TAO Communications is a project of the Toronto-area tech collective known as OAT (Organizing for Autonomous Telecomms).

We provide mail, lists and webhosting to individuals and groups working towards social justice, and believe in free access to information and technical tools, particpatory democracy and secure means of communications.

Basic Shell Commands

A list of some of the most common commands you will need when using a linux shell. On oat.tao.ca, you can use the linux shell to view or modify your files on our server, setup your webpage, check your e-mail, chat with us and generally do just about anything.

Account Setup/Password Change

How to change your user password on oat.tao.ca

Checking e-mail

All the different ways you can check your @tao.ca e-mail

Instant Messenging

A reference guide for using the SILC secure IM chat client. SILC is what OAT uses for secure online chat.