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<h1>tilde.town faq</h1>
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<h2>is tilde.town free?</h2>
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<p>yes. tilde.town costs nothing. however, <a href="https://www.patreon.com/nathanielksmith">donations</a> are encouraged for the continued existence of tilde.town.</p>
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<h2>do i have to know a lot about computers to use tilde.town?</h2>
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<p>tilde.town is not, at first, the easiest thing to use if you're not already familiar with certain computing concepts. however, we strive to be beginner friendly and to be a place to learn all of the things you need to participate in tilde.town.</p>
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<p>in other words, the only prerequisite for being a tilde.town user is a willingness to learn (and be bound by our <a href="/wiki/conduct.html">code of conduct</a>).</p>
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<h2>who runs tilde.town?</h2>
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<p>tilde.town was founded by and is primarily run
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by <a href="/~vilmibm"><strong>~vilmibm</strong>.</a></p>
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<h2>why was tilde.town made?</h2>
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<p>
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tilde.town was initially founded on October 11th, 2014 for folks who
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could not get an account on <a href="http://tilde.club">tilde.club</a>.
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tilde.town expands on the
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mission of tilde.club--to provide a shared computer for socializing and
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making things on--with a more expansive and radical vision.
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</p>
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<h2>i'm really confused by SSH. can you help?</h2>
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<p>sure! SSH stands for Secure Shell and is the tool users use to connect to
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and interact with tilde.town. It is a <em>command line tool</em>.</p>
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<p>check out
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this <a href="/wiki/ssh.html">SSH
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How To</a> for information on how to get started with your OS.</p>
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<p>if you want live help, you can get help via one of these means:
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<ul>
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<li>tweet at <a href="https://twitter.com/tildetown">@tildetown</a></li>
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<li>file a <a href="https://cgi.tilde.town/help/tickets">help ticket</a></li>
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<li>email tildetown AT protonmail DOT ch</li>
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</ul>
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</p>
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<h2>can i run servers on tilde.town?</h2>
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<p>sort of. currently, we don't open any ports for users to use; however,
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you can run simple services or cron jobs for local-only access. please be
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respectful of system resources. any admin has the right at any time to kill
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any of your processes or cron tasks if the system is overloaded.</p>
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<h2>can i run my own tilde site?</h2>
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<p>of course, anyone can. if you'd like, the founder of tilde.town has made
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available a <a href="https://github.com/nathanielksmith/puppet-tilde">puppet
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module</a> that is a starting point for running your own tilde server. It's
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fallen into a bit of disrepair, but should give you an idea of what to do.</p>
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