man(8) Thunix man(8)
NAME
Thunix - a public Linux server
SYNOPSIS
ssh thunix.net
ADMINISTRATORS
List of system adminstrators are:
* naglfar - Email: naglfar@thunix.net
IRC: Naglfar/irc.tilde.chat, Nagl‐
far/irc.freenode.net
* ubergeek - Email: ubergeek@thunix.net, ubergeek@your‐
tilde.com
- IRC: ubergeek/irc.tilde.chat,
ub3g33k/irc.freenode.net
* fosslinux - Email: fosslinux@thunix.net
- IRC: fosslinux/irc.tilde.chat
DESCRIPTION
Thunix is a publicly accesible Linux server, running De‐
bian 9, and managed using ansible playbooks.
There are many optional things to do on Thunix. There is
IRC chat availble with the weechat client. Most build
tools are available to you as well, to include git, make,
gcc, go, python, and perl. Mail facilties are also avail‐
able for you to use via alpine, mutt, or even mailx.
To enter chat, just type 'chat' and hit enter. You'll be
dropped into the #thunix chat room on the irc.tilde.chat
network.
You should create an account at tildegit.org, where Thu‐
nix's git repos are hosted, to include the system configu‐
ration definition files.
Ansible is the tool we use to configure the systems that
comprise Thunix. Git and ansible are two tools your
should familiarize yourself with.
Purpose
The goal of Thunix is to be an open and collaborative en‐
vironment, conducive to learning the principles of *Nix
operating systems, regarding how they work, how to admin‐
ister them, how to use them, and how to collaborate using
them.
Thunix tries to adhere to the values and philosophy of the
Hacker Ethic whenever possible. The hacker ethics and be‐
liefs as described by Levy are:
* Access to computers - and anything which might
teach you something about the way the world works - should
be unlimited and total. Always yield to the Hands-On Im‐
perative!
* All information should be free
* Mistrust authority - promote decentralization
* Hackers should be judged by their hacking, not cri‐
teria such as degrees, age, race, sex, or position
* You can create art and beauty on a computer
* Computers can change your life for the better
Thunix will never use proprietary software but users can
do that if they wish. This is something they should avoid
however.
Terms of Service
Nothing is without its rules and regulations; thunix is no
exception. Below are the site's service terms. Everything
in this page should be clear to everyone who wishes to use
thunix's services; failure to abide by these terms can re‐
sult in penalties such as service bans and may result in
legal action against any offending users, depending on the
severity of each case and any other individuals who may
have been affected. Thunix may conduct investigations on
any suspected violations, and we will cooperate with law
enforcement agencies with their investigations. Be sure to
read this page carefully and understand it.
You are responsibe for checking your local mail account
from time to time. This email address is the only one we
retain, and as such, any warnings and notices regarding
your account, or service status will be sent to this ac‐
count.
* Deliberately defacing the accounts of other users
* Deliberately trying to disrupt thunix's server
* Using thunix as a launch pad for disrupting other
servers
* Using thunix to impersonate other websites and
businesses for criminal purposes
* Storing/distributing pornography of any genre and
medium (especially child pornography)
* Storing/distributing content that defames any indi‐
vidual
* Promoting racial, ethnic, religious, political and
other forms of bigotry
* Storing/distributing, promoting, or encouraging use
of pirated/cracked software, license keys, license/regis‐
tration circumvention programs, or any questionable pro‐
grams/scripts that can risk causing unauthorized modifica‐
tions, or disrupts network services for any programs or
devices.
* Mining cryptocurrencies
* Spamming on any forums, mailing lists, irc chan‐
nels, newsgroups, etc.
* Leaking or publishing any user's or individual's
personal information without that person's consent.
Copyright infringement is not allowed on thunix, and we
will not allow any illegal content to be distributed. It's
also expected that all users respect the copyrights of
those who produce original content of any kind and only
share if the author or license grants you permission. Con‐
tent hosted on accounts used for external file storage
must also follow copyright law.
If you want to request for content you own the copyright
for to be removed from thunix, please refer to our abuse
reporting page (https://www.thunix.net/contact). In the
email, please identify who you are, if you are the copy‐
right holder or legally representing them, the exact files
you want removed with links to the files and infringed
content, and contact information such as phone numbers or
a reply-to email address.
Users that repeatedly violate the Terms of Service will
have their account removed. Depending on the degree of the
offense, their account may be removed immediately. These
terms also apply to communication services such as forums,
mailing lists, irc channels, newsgroups, and any other
service either hosted on or used for thunix. If you come
across anything that violates the terms of service, please
let us know with the abuse reporting page
(https://www.thunix.net/contact).
Architecture
The Thunix system consists of one server, running Debian
9, which runs inside of an LXD container. This allows for
an out-of-band administration of the host, in case of con‐
figuration-gone-awry.
Hourly, thunix reaches out to tildegit, pull down the lat‐
est version of the configuration, and run the configura‐
tion tool, ensuring it is in a known, and easily replica‐
ble state.
All repos for system configuration, Thunix-supplied/ran
code is hosted on tildegit.org. Thunix users are recom‐
mended to create accounts on tildegit, and contribute pull
requests to make their desired changes to the system, or
very minimally, submit issues for problems and/or re‐
quests.
SEE ALSO
ssh(8), weechat(8), git(8), make(8), gcc(8), go(8),
python(8), perl(8), alpine(8), mutt(8), mailx(8), ansible-
playbook(8), tildegit.org(8)
AUTHOR
Uber Geek (ubergeek@thunix.net) amcclure (amcclure@thu‐
nix.net)
1.6 15 July 2019 man(8)