[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: [Brighton-lug-misc] Free UNIX shell account

[Harry Rickards]

On 16 April 2010 09:28, Ciarán Mooney <general.mooney at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>>> Keeping an IRC client (irssi) and other stuff open 24/7 in an instance
>>> of screen.
>>
>> Ah, so you are able to install stuff?
>>
>
> Apart from the fact their Terms and Conditions explicitly state that
> don't allow that
>
> "(Our) definition of a background process would be any process that is
> detached/nohup'd and stays running after you log out. Example:
> starting screen, starting irssi and logging out. Not cool. HOWEVER,
> note that we do not have a problem with you running screen with
> multiple windows, while staying connected to our servers. We are not
> crazy overlords and want you to be able to work in peace."
>
> http://devio.us/policy
>

Sorry, I should have made it clearer that you need a premium account
($2 or $3 a month to do that). Premium accounts, among other things,
let you run 1 or 2 background processes (depending on how much you
paid). screen doesn't count as a background process, so for example
running screen with 3 windows - one just running bash, one running
irssi and one running lynx - would count as 2 background processes.

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