I hope most of you got a shell account. This is a good thing as you
can use a unix from your system (on any os with internet). These are
the places where you can learn A LOT of things from other Users/Hackers.

You have to telnet to these sites and follow the instructions.

Few Points :
If you make a typing mistake, press the Backspace key (or try Delete
or Ctrl-H).

To cancel the entire command before you press Enter, press Ctrl-U
(occasionally Ctrl-K). The command disappears.

When you finish typing a command, press Enter.

If you type a command that UNIX doesn't know, it displays a message
saying that it couldn't find the command. What probably happened is
that you mistyped the command.

UNIX cares about capitalization. Enter commands as they appear here,
or else UNIX won't recognize them. UNIX considers ls and LS to be two
totally different commands. Most UNIX commands are in all lowercase.
When you're typing filenames, upper- and lowercase matter too: FROG,
Frog, FrOg, and frog are four different names and may be four
different files. (We didn't say that this would be easy.)

Don't stick any extra spaces in the middle of commands. Do, however,
type a space after a command and before any other information you type
on the command line.

If you're stuck, type help. Not all UNIX providers have a help
command, but you never know.


I placed few links in the group link section..make your shell account
a right place for some cool stuff. remember unix shell accounts are
not the place of chatting but you can learn real things from the gurus.

The List of Shell Providers.
http://www.ductape.net/~mitja/freeunix.shtml

Few more things.
for browsing you will get:
links or lynx (Web Browser)
mutt, pine (mail)