Explain where one can find a free unix account. Although it doesn't

seem relevant, it comes up quite a bit on -questions et al.

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Submitted by:	James Howard <howardjp@well.com>
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<corpauthor>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</corpauthor>
<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.155 2001/03/14 23:26:05 nik Exp $</pubdate>
<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.156 2001/03/15 01:57:58 dd Exp $</pubdate>
<copyright>
<year>1995</year>
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</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="free-account">
<para>Where can I find a free FreeBSD account?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>While FreeBSD does not provide open access to any of their
servers, others do provide open access Unix systems. The
charge varies and limited services may be available.</para>
<para><ulink URL="http://www.arbornet.org/">Arbornet,
Inc</ulink>, also known as M-Net, has been providing open
access to Unix systems since 1983. Starting on an Altos
running System III, the site switched to BSD/OS in 1991. In
June of 2000, the site switched again to FreeBSD. M-Net can be
accessed via telnet and SSH and provides basic access to the
entire FreeBSD software suite. However, network access is
limited to members and patrons who donate to the system, which
is run as a non-proft organization. M-Net also provides an
bulletin board system and interactive chat.</para>
<para><ulink URL="http://www.grex.org/">Grex</ulink> provides a
site very similar to M-Net including the same bulletin board
and interactive chat software. However, the machine is a Sun
4M and is running SunOS</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandaset>
</chapter>

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<corpauthor>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</corpauthor>
<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.155 2001/03/14 23:26:05 nik Exp $</pubdate>
<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.156 2001/03/15 01:57:58 dd Exp $</pubdate>
<copyright>
<year>1995</year>
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</answer>
</qandaentry>
<qandaentry>
<question id="free-account">
<para>Where can I find a free FreeBSD account?</para>
</question>
<answer>
<para>While FreeBSD does not provide open access to any of their
servers, others do provide open access Unix systems. The
charge varies and limited services may be available.</para>
<para><ulink URL="http://www.arbornet.org/">Arbornet,
Inc</ulink>, also known as M-Net, has been providing open
access to Unix systems since 1983. Starting on an Altos
running System III, the site switched to BSD/OS in 1991. In
June of 2000, the site switched again to FreeBSD. M-Net can be
accessed via telnet and SSH and provides basic access to the
entire FreeBSD software suite. However, network access is
limited to members and patrons who donate to the system, which
is run as a non-proft organization. M-Net also provides an
bulletin board system and interactive chat.</para>
<para><ulink URL="http://www.grex.org/">Grex</ulink> provides a
site very similar to M-Net including the same bulletin board
and interactive chat software. However, the machine is a Sun
4M and is running SunOS</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
</qandaset>
</chapter>