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Old 04-28-2013
Free shell account for UNIX.
Hi I want to practice UNIX on my computer. I need a free shell account.. tcsh - in specific .. anyone who can help? thanks in advance
I googled it on the web- but was unable to download.. after clicking on each link..
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Old 04-28-2013
Here are some I looked at, seemed OKl, and my notes from a few months ago:

arbornet - freebsd - too slow?
cjb.net - freebsd
polarhome - one time $10 setup
sdf - netbsd - seems like old shell version
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Old 04-28-2013
why not install a *nix on your computer? or in a virtuell machine?
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Old 04-28-2013
I agree it's better to have a local machine. I used the online shell accounts to check out how a few commands of interest behave differently on different unix variants.
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Old 04-28-2013
virtualbox/vmware/etc... and install your own UNIX locally and run in a VM. Or you might be able to practice tcsh with Cygwin though I don't recommend that.
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Old 04-29-2013
Oracle has prebuilt Virtual Box VM's for Solaris 11
Oracle Solaris 11 VM Downloads
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Old 04-30-2013
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Oracle has prebuilt Virtual Box VM's for Solaris 11
Could you explain a little how that works? I read on wikipedia some. Does the VirtualBox run under Windows, and then the Solaris run in the VirtualBox? Is the performance OK, or do the multiple layers slow it down? Basically, is a good thing to try?
 
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