- What Is A Shell? - A shell is a command line interpreter for
an operating system. It is the Linux equivalent of the DOS
command prompt in Windows. In Linux, instead of just one command
line interpreter there are many to choose from, each with
different syntax and capabilities. A shell account here is kind
of a bring your own access account. It provides you with all of
the host services, e-mail, web hosting, ftp hosting, and file
space, that you would have if you also had access through us. It
is a way to have a home on the Internet that remains the same
regardless of which carrier or method you use to access the
Internet. We do our best to make Eskimo North a good Internet
home. - Graphical Applications - The most secure and capable way
to experience a graphical user interface with Eskimo North is to
use a free thin client called NX. Setup instructions can be
found here. If you have a hi-speed Internet connection such as
DSL, Cable, Satelite, WiMax, or 4G cell; you can also run X
applicaitons here and have