Linux & Unix
192 sites
http://sdf.org/
SDF Public Access UNIX System, established in 1987, offers free shell accounts and a thriving community platform built around UNIX, the Fediverse, and vintage computing systems. Members gain access to shell environments, IRC, Gopher, Git, Mastodon, Minecraft, and an array of retro and modern services in one of the longest-running public access UNIX communities on the internet.
https://tilde.club/~lafe
Lafe's tilde.club homepage covers their journey switching from Windows to Arch Linux, including guides on using the Pan Usenet reader and experimenting with twtxt and the smol web. The site has a refreshingly honest, work-in-progress feel with pages on Arch Linux setup, static site generators like Eleventy, and Gemini/Gopher exploration.
https://tilde.town/
Tilde.town is a shared Linux server community of around 3000 users who collaborate to make art, socialize, and learn together, founded in 2014 by ~vilmibm. Visitors can explore user-made projects like interactive blackout art, mosaic tetris, and HTML graffiti, or apply to join this quirky digital neighborhood.
https://linuxguideandhints.com/
Linux Guide and Hints is a technical documentation site by remyabel and nazunalika covering system administration for Fedora, Rocky Linux, and CentOS Stream. It includes tutorials on FreeIPA, OpenLDAP, PXE booting, IPv6 tunnels, SELinux best practices, and exam prep for enterprise Linux certifications.
https://gbmor.org/
The personal homepage of gbmor, a software developer and Linux/BSD enthusiast who runs tilde.institute, a public-access OpenBSD system for exploration and socializing. The site showcases numerous open-source software projects including a twtxt registry server, a Gemini protocol server, and community tools built for public-access UNIX environments.
https://haripm.com/
Hari Mohan's personal weblog documents his journey as a university student and sysadmin, with a strong focus on NixOS, self-hosting, containers, and Linux system administration. Posts like the multi-part 'Nixmas' series offer thoughtful technical write-ups alongside honest personal reflections on writing and perfectionism.
https://prussiafan.club/
Prussia's personal blog and technical corner covers Linux, free software, privacy, and programming projects including a custom window manager called ming-wm. Posts range from hash functions and captcha rewrites to manga translation critiques and Wikipedia rabbit holes, making it a eclectic but distinctly tech-leaning old-web hangout.
http://pixelbeat.org/cmdline.html
A comprehensive Linux command line reference packed with practical, copy-paste-ready examples covering everything from file searching and text manipulation to networking, disk management, and process control. Available in multiple languages and PDF format, this cheat sheet by pixelbeat.org is an invaluable quick-reference for both beginners and seasoned Linux users.
http://cat-v.org/
Cat-v.org is a hub for Plan 9 and Inferno operating system enthusiasts, hosting documentation archives, manual pages, software repositories, and the infamous 'Considered Harmful' essays on software complexity. Built around a contrarian philosophy toward bloated software and protocols, it brings together projects by luminaries like Rob Pike alongside community resources for those interested in Bell Labs-era computing culture.
https://soucy.cc/
hs0ucy runs a small self-hosted internet server out of a basement on an HP Mini 110, powered by OpenBSD 7.8 i386. The landing page is a minimalist ASCII splash screen linking to a personal Hugo site and a wiki, making it a charming example of hobbyist self-hosting culture.