Even a dual core pentium is a supercomputer by 80s standards, that's THE way to look at it
- insert one(1) hdd and use as a backup target (you should have multiple, so it doesn't matter if this one fails eventually) - **fuck the web, embrace the internet**: FTP, SMTP, NNTP, IRC and so on, all work without requiring many resources - you can host a mail server with ipv6 right from your living room. Pro tip: sending mail is difficult, but receiving mails on mythrowaway@homeserver.funny doesn't require any precautions) - set up FTP (with explicit encryption, so FTPES) and never need a cloud drive service again) - run several screen sessions with IRC (irssi), torrent (rtorrent seeding Linux .isos) - register for one or more pubnix servers (tildeverse.org), run a script with cron that checks for interesting new stuff on them, show in your MOTD which servers have updates so you don't have to check them manually - install newsboat and check all your RSS feeds - install a newsreader and help revive USENET with a free account from literally anywhere sysadmin.jpeg
Anonymous · 2025-11-07 01:52 [#1059][report] i feel like nntp is more centralized than http can ever be because you have to >register your account with a >provider in order to even begin using the fucking thing to begin with afaik
Anonymous · 2025-11-07 04:44 [#1065][report] I like the list, can you post more ideas?
Anonymous · 2025-11-09 05:04 [#1094][report] tell me more about tildeverse why hasn't there been much activity with it since 23?
Anonymous · 2025-11-15 06:24 [#1132][report] bump for interests, please respond with more ideas anons
suecra · 2025-12-04 20:04 [#1205][report] is it worth using smb if i'm too lazy to setup ftpes
Anonymous · 2025-12-04 20:21 [#1206][report] Anything is better than dealing with HTTP.
suecra · 2025-12-04 20:32 [#1207][report] fair enough, i already have smb setup
Anonymous · 2025-12-21 15:50 [#1278][report] I've been dabbling with gopher and Gemini last months, I think I'll transfer my websites to there and just ditch HTTP for once, the internet was not meant to be a surveillance protocol
Anonymous · 2026-01-06 07:23 [#1552][report] please respond with more ideas anons
Anonymous · 2026-01-06 08:05 [#1554][report] if you dislike HTTP you probably don't understand it (not even a little bit), read RFC 9110 (and maybe also RFC 9112)
Anonymous · 2026-01-23 04:31 [#2214][report] Omg old good new bad very nuanced take this site is so subversive and cool
Anonymous · 2026-01-23 12:10 [#2222][report] >>4511 >>4514 >>4517 torposters showing overt contempt for the in-group? being broad, hostile, and moralizing? blanket insults aimed at everyone here, signalling non-belonging more than sincerity?
Do not feed the 4channers and their future replies on this site. They'll go home after hours of getting no bites.
Anonymous · 2026-02-10 07:15 [#2347][report] I once used gemini and liked it a lot, there's no accounts and everyone is anonymous becaus there isn't anything similar to javascript that can track userd
Anonymous · 2026-02-16 03:52 [#2435][report] post more ideas anons
wagger · 2026-02-17 04:05 [#2452][report] the wiggly wagger walked down to the wiggly wigger to wig the wiggly chigger
Anonymous · 2026-02-18 10:33 [#2485][report] >>10187 https://geminiprotocol.net/docs/faq.gmi 1.7 So it's just links to static content, no interactivity?
Well, no. Gemini pages can provide visitors with a written prompt and ask them to type in some text to use as input. This is basically there to make search engines possible, because you need to have some way to enter your search terms. Even Gopher had support for search term input, before Google existed!
But there's nothing special about search engines and search terms, so it's really just a mechanism for pages to get a little bit of user input. People can, and have, used them as a way to let their readers leave comments, sign guestbooks, and that sort of thing.
Gemini even has a way for readers to voluntarily start (and end, whenever they want) a "session", so that applications can maintain server-side state. If you know what CGI apps from the early days of the web are, well, most CGI apps which work with text can be replicated to some extent with Gemini.
nix · 2026-02-19 00:21 [#2497][report] i support this what IRC clients do the cyberix users recommend?
Krisanthemum · 2026-02-19 01:00 [#2499][report] >>10204 I personally use Konversation if I have to use IRC. It's simple to use and actively developed for. It's KDE's client so that may be a turnoff for some if they don't like KDE or Qt. If you don't mind a client that's no longer updated Hexchat is still viable. If you prefer text-based clients WeeChat and Irssi are still developed for as far as I'm aware of. The only other client I see get talked about and is actively developed is Halloy.
Anonymous · 2026-02-19 11:12 [#2509][report] >>10206 Halloy hogs memory like a Discord client.
Anonymous · 2026-02-21 13:05 [#2546][report] >>10191 the gemini protocol prompts are annoying because they're limitted to single line input. but many gemini capsules and browsers also support the titan protocol for file upload and larger prompts.
0sum · 2026-02-23 04:42 [#2570][report] are there any cool matrix communities?
Anonymous · 2026-02-23 14:15 [#2587][report] >If you don't mind a client that's no longer updated Hexchat is still viable. Why would you want a client that is still updated? Doesn't that mean that it isn't finished?
Anonymous · 2026-04-24 10:49 [#3504][report] I had to look up most of those. I only recognize IRC. I'm on board, just not tech savvy enough to meaningfully contribute
Anonymous · 2026-07-02 08:46 [#4182][report] >>1670 I think SFTP is better than FTPS and it's very straightforward to set up as well.
Anonymous · 2026-07-06 04:38 [#4804][report] Interesting ideas, but the clients for most of these protocols are aids. Gotta find somewhere to share it too.
Anonymous · 2026-07-06 04:44 [#4807][report] >>18852 I'm all for everything here but my internet is also aids, cuz it's DSL. I did use a shitty WYSE thin client behind my router and that did host a fileserver for a bit, but I had to organize shit and just opted to use Google Drive.