Prospective Users
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If you are a user that wants an account or is considering joining Cluenet, this is where you should start.
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General Information
Cluenet is an organization of many servers that provide different services including, but not limited to, ClueMail and ClueShells. See Comparison_of_Servers for a list of servers. A single Cluenet account can be used to access all Cluenet services for which it has privileges.
What to Read
Here's a list of things you should read, in order, before trying to get a Cluenet account. First, because a lot of stuff depends on IRC, read the IRC stuff.
- IRC Rules
- Clueful Chatting
- ClueIRC Information
- Cluenet Accounts Information
- Cluenet Terms of Service
- Signing Up
- Tips for Using Your Cluenet Account
- ClueShells Access Servers
FAQ
Why ClueShells?
ClueShells is different from many other shell providers in that the resources are spread out across many different servers, and as such, provides more resources overall. If an individual server doesn't allow something, there's a good chance that another server will. Also, because of the variety of software and hardware, you're likely to find whichever resources or tools you need. Because, with SSH access, you automatically get an account on all servers, a variety of interesting things are possible, such as using DistCC to speed up compiles. We even allow this from your home machines.
How Is This Free?
Cluenet services are free because it is an organization of many different administrators and machines all run in different places. If the individual locations can be free, then so can the network.
What Is Required?
Cluenet is focused around the community, so we do ask that you participate actively in the community. If you're a clueful user, you will like it there. Community participation is required for a shell account.
How Do I Get An Account?
See the Signing Up section.
