Grex was first established primarily for this purpose. Converse with other users on Grex, or converse with a helper . Access to Usenet , a world-wide public message exchanging system. Internet Services such as telnet, FTP, gopher, and the World Wide Web are also available, but membership is required. There is a collection of On-line games , including NetHack .
Utilities are available to perform a myriad of small useful jobs.
Access to a Unix shell , with all standard commands, including full access to the C compiler, assembler, and other development tools. You can also run a single Unix command from here. Try sending them mathom . Create an account and log on to really be able to use stuff.