The best way to see the system is to try out all the various menus. Most people
enjoy
the Communications area (particularly "NetNews", which can be quite
addictive),
downloading/uploading files, and using the raw Unix system underneath the
menus. Local
messages and bulletins are in the "news", contained in newsgroups
whose names
begin with "nyx.", such as "nyx.misc". First time users
should head
this way first and regular users should check these groups ... regularly.
NetNews is
where the major "action" is on Nyx, with tens of thousands of
worldwide message
areas that see considerable traffic.
Nyx provides public access to the Internet and the Unix environment, and all
this
entails, such as:
-
Internet access
. There are many other systems that have files you can
grab (via "ftp"), creating an effective download area of many
Terabytes.
-
World Wide Web access
with the text browser "Lynx" and your
own webspace.
-
Usenet news
, a bulletin board with messages in over 30,000 categories,
shared by a network of millions of machines around the world, with millions of
readers.
-
Email
. Send and Receive electronic mail to folks around the
globe.
-
Complete access to a multi-tasking operating system
. Feel free to
engage in text processing, programming, game playing, or other recreational
activities.
Send mail to
webmaster@nyx.net
with questions or comments about
this web site.
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Last modified: July 11, 1998