commit 5c50515b12b8de0d3c171c96efd0c6b48f55aa19
Author: William (wrpr.us) <x@linear.codes>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 22:32:49 -0400
Updating wrpr.us gopherspace and more
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+ ___ __
+ / (_)__ / /__ ___
+ / / / _ \/ '_/(_-<
+/_/_/_//_/_/\_\/___/
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+My list of cool links!
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+[1|<-Back|/userlogs/linear/|wrpr.us|70]
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+[1|SDF|/|sdf.org|70]
+[h|Linear.codes|URL:https://linear.codes|wrpr.us|70]
+[h|LandChad|URL:https://landchad.net|wrpr.us|70]
+[h|Suckless|URL:https://suckless.org|wrpr.us|70]
+[h|wrpr git|URL:https://git.wrpr.us|wrpr.us|70]
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+__ __ ___ _ _ __ _ _
+\ V V / '_| '_ \ '_|
+ \_/\_/|_| | .__/_|
+ |_| W R P R . U S
+ GOPHER SPACE
+_________________________________________________________________
+IRC, BBS, Gopher and More!
+
+Request membership or more info by emailing -> x AT linear.codes
+
+Come chat: irc.wrpr.us port:7000
+
+Access is also available over TOR and I2P:
+[h|I2P|URL:http://hli2ank4yulky7k2sk26s3ztah7sv4g5mwl5ujjtb2j54hfr5s5a.b32.i2p:80|wrpr.us|70]
+[h|TOR|URL:http://kuef7ymer3yc6hpyam7m24icmud6cf4qwxob4qvrch7ercalc3gijrad.onion|wrpr.us|70]
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+WRPR Residents:
+[1|linear|/userlogs/linear/|wrpr.us|70]
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+W E L C O M E T R A V E L L E R...
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+| |/|/ / __/ _ \/ __// // (_-< |
+|__,__/_/ / .__/_/ (_)_,_/___/ o * ' -0- '
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+ /\/\/ ~/\ ` `
+ ~+ /\/\ \ \\", + # `
+ + '' \ \ \ \\ # \- *
+ /- ; / /. \ / \ \ \\\ ` \ .
+ / \---_^__-/\__-___ /\ -___-___\\_--__\ |\\\=_-__/ |\_-_
+ ^ /\ ^ - ^ -
+ -- ^ _ - ^ /| - __ - _.\ /\ - -
+ - --_ ^ - _ - -
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+[1|<-Home|/|wrpr.us|70]
+[1|Cool Links|/userlogs/linear/cool-links/|wrpr.us|70]
+[1|WRPR.US Updates and News|/userlogs/linear/updates/|wrpr.us|70]
+[1|Personal updates|/userlogs/linear/personal/|wrpr.us|70]
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+ ___ __
+ / (_)__ / /__ ___
+ / / / _ \/ '_/(_-<
+/_/_/_//_/_/\_\/___/
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+My list of cool links!
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+[1|<-Back|/userlogs/linear/|wrpr.us|70]
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+[1|SDF|/|sdf.org|70]
+[h|Linear.codes|URL:https://linear.codes|wrpr.us|70]
+[h|LandChad|URL:https://landchad.net|wrpr.us|70]
+[h|Suckless|URL:https://suckless.org|wrpr.us|70]
+[h|wrpr git|URL:https://git.wrpr.us|wrpr.us|70]
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+W E L C O M E T R A V E L L E R...
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+| |/|/ / __/ _ \/ __// // (_-< |
+|__,__/_/ / .__/_/ (_)_,_/___/ o * ' -0- '
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+ /\/\/ ~/\ ` `
+ ~+ /\/\ \ \\", + # `
+ + '' \ \ \ \\ # \- *
+ /- ; / /. \ / \ \ \\\ ` \ .
+ / \---_^__-/\__-___ /\ -___-___\\_--__\ |\\\=_-__/ |\_-_
+ ^ /\ ^ - ^ -
+ -- ^ _ - ^ /| - __ - _.\ /\ - -
+ - --_ ^ - _ - -
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+[1|<-Home|/|wrpr.us|70]
+[1|Cool Links|/userlogs/linear/cool-links/|wrpr.us|70]
+[1|WRPR.US Updates and News|/userlogs/linear/updates/|wrpr.us|70]
+[1|Personal updates|/userlogs/linear/personal/|wrpr.us|70]
diff --git a/linear/personal/.nvimlog b/linear/personal/.nvimlog
diff --git a/linear/personal/index.gph b/linear/personal/index.gph
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+Some personal posts and other things!
+
+[1|<-Back|/userlogs/linear/|wrpr.us|70]
+Updates:
+[0|sshuttle and data centers|/userlogs/linear/personal/sshuttle-and-datacenters-10-27-23.txt|wrpr.us|70]
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diff --git a/linear/personal/sshuttle-and-datacenters-10-27-23.txt b/linear/personal/sshuttle-and-datacenters-10-27-23.txt
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+2023-10-27
+
+A new use for wrpr.us I just came up with!!! (Fist personal post
+too, but still kind of an update)
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+So while visiting Ashburn, Va (Data center ally) I needed access
+to my network, but Wireguard was acting up for some reason... BUT
+I remembered a cool tool I found a while back; Drum roll
+please... SSHUTTLE!!! to the rescue. So far it's reliable, fast
+and easy to use. So from now on if any user of wrpr.us needs a
+quick VPN just shoot me William (Linear) a msg on IRC, email or
+even mail me on the wrpr.us minecraft server (new plugin alert!)
+and just tell me your intended use so I can keep track of what
+comes across the network.
+
+So whats up in Ashburn?
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+I'm here for some amateur boxing and not much else! I've also
+wanted to come up here for a while just to see all the data cen-
+ters. I once thought about data-center engineering as a career
+path, still might. BUT the reality of seeing these things, it on-
+ly cements my beliefs on small scale hosting and self hosting.
+It's kind of depressing really. Behemoths of concrete and steel,
+nearly devoid of life and seeing the backdrop of the Appalachians
+really has a dystopian cyberpunk feel. I've called those moun-
+tains home for 10 years now, the fresh air, wild life, the sense
+of comradery and friendship among a community smaller than the
+occupancy of the hotel I'm staying at. All juxtaposed with this
+cold, isolated place of uncaring wires and monuments; it really
+makes me feel a little uneasy.
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+I used to believe that due to my surroundings of barely any peo-
+ple and a slow internet connection that I wanted out, back to the
+city where I belonged, where I can have a career that mattered.
+But several Maciej Ceglowski talks and just about all of Luke
+Smiths videos and blog posts later I've changed my tune. I've al-
+so realized internet speeds aren't everything, taking it slow has
+benefits after all, just don't try consuming movies everyday (un-
+less torrenting and keeping local backups lol).
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+2023-09-14
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+Another Install, Another Day
+
+Currently I'm playing around with configs and still thinking
+about switching back to Void. Last week or so I reinstalled
+Alpine and decided to keep WRPR.US as simple as possible; so
+I've made a simple check list. -- 1. Do I use a program? 2.
+If I don't use one, could I? 3. What are my goals with
+WRPR.US? (1. Have a small pubnix for myself and friends 2.
+Have fun 3. keep it simple, if you want complexity, the
+wider web has enough of it 4. Actually use it) And now for
+some must haves -- 1. My shell BBS 2. Gopher/Gemini (Maybe
+one, maybe both) 3. Messaging (Was IRC, now it's XMPP, in
+future who knows) And for my one extra, A community game
+server, currently running a Minecraft server, but it's not
+Free Software so might switch to something like Veloren. I
+just like the simple lighthearted nature of older Minecraft.
+Really symbolizes what the web should look like (Credit to
+Maciej Ceglowski, In one of his talks he compared A
+Minecraft like web future to a CoD like web future.)
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+Other Site Stuff
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+1. Currently need to update the gopher intro paragraph and
+Tor/I2P links. (Might hold off because of a Distro hop.)
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+2. I like Void and Alpine, Just Void feels like a smoother
+long term experience. I've already had to wipe Alpine due to
+some weird update stuff I couldn't figure out; plus I've had
+a few years of daily driver experience with Void.
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+3. Mirrors, not sure if I've mentioned this before but
+thinking about hosting some sort of repo or mirror + git
+server for software I use.
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diff --git a/linear/updates/gentoo-update.txt b/linear/updates/gentoo-update.txt
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+2023-08-18
+Long time no see, almost a month later daily driving Gentoo, fix-
+ing connectivity and debating wrpr.us vs linear.codes.
+
+First off I have switched to Gentoo and it's not the leap I was
+expecting in a daily driver scenario. The biggest change in how I
+use my system isn't emerge/compile times; rather my approach to
+packages and their dependencies. Typically I like to run a small,
+minimalist system, keeping focus on what I need to get stuff done
+and nothing more. Now Gentoo really has changed my approach to
+minimalism, with how extensible and informative portage is. On
+previous installs I never stopped to appreciate all the portage
+con fig files and use flag versatility. 10/10 Really recommend
+running Gentoo if you have the core power, it's extensible, sta-
+ble, fast and powerful...
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+I might make an encrypted install guide some time this week. Al-
+though the handbook is great for a standard install, it's lacking
+cohesion with the full disk encryption guide. For example, timing
+and configuration, like how to properly configure grub and when
+should you install grub, or things like genkernel over dracut. I
+would have appreciated a straight forward guide on genkernel +
+grub + full disk encryption. I know every system is different, so
+maybe this will end up being more install notes and pointers than
+a full guide.
+
+linear.codes vs wrpr.us
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+In other news, moving towards a full self hosted home-lab model
+means I no longer need my VPS. Now the decision I need to make is
+should I keep linear.codes. Pros: linear.codes is a pretty cool
+domain name, and I already use it for email and a searx instance,
+but not much more. Cons: it's expensive... 50 bucks per renewal,
+now I know it's like a donation thing but still 50 bucks? wrpr.us
+is like 5. I'll probably wait till next year, pay the renewal fee
+and wonder if it's worth it again.
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+Slow posts and expectations
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+It's already been a more than a month, and more than a couple
+weeks since I started writing this. Updates and posts are slower
+and less than what I thought I would output. I haven't even made
+a personal post, the closest thing to a personal post is why site
+updates have been slow due to distro hopping to Gentoo.
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diff --git a/linear/updates/gopher-posts-and-more.txt b/linear/updates/gopher-posts-and-more.txt
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+2023-06-30
+Hello, Currently testing Userlog posting, editing and cross-post-
+ing across all protocols hosted on wrpr.us. Userlogs as well as
+wrpr.us may be gopher exclusive going forward, although I might
+allow some limited, personal site hosting on the wider web.
+Streamlining the site to be gopher or gemini exclusive would make
+userlog posting cleaner, as you only need to make one symlink.
+Or even better use gophernicus’s inbuilt user home hosting feat-
+ure.
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+ _ _________ ____ __ _____
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+ __ _____ ___/ /__ _/ /____ ___
+ / // / _ \/ _ / _ `/ __/ -_|_-<
+ \_,_/ .__/\_,_/\_,_/\__/\__/___/
+ /_/ Updates from around wrpr
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+
+[1|<-Back|/userlogs/linear/|wrpr.us|70]
+Updates:
+[0|Updates updates updates!|/userlogs/linear/updates/updates-updates-updates-12-08-23.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|quick minecraft update|/userlogs/linear/updates/minecraft-update-102323.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|quickmenus and quick updates|/userlogs/linear/updates/quickmenus-101323.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|another install another day|/userlogs/linear/updates/another-install-another-day.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|scope creep and downsizing|/userlogs/linear/updates/scope-creep-and-downsizing.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|gentoo update|/userlogs/linear/updates/gentoo-update.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|slow updates|/userlogs/linear/updates/slow-updates.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|gopher posts and more|/userlogs/linear/updates/gopher-posts-and-more.txt|wrpr.us|70]
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diff --git a/linear/updates/minecraft-update-102323.txt b/linear/updates/minecraft-update-102323.txt
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+2023-10-23
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+Minecraft server stuff
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+I decided to switch from Minecraft 1.6.4 to 1.8.8. The main rea-
+son I switched was server side performance, and it's still before
+the dreaded combat update. At least 1.8 still had Notch involve-
+ment. :( I also switched to a paper mc server over the stock Mo-
+jang one (Better performance with paper). Also in the process of
+adding some quality of life mods, like warps and the such.
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+Wrpr.us will also be getting a Minecraft section with some
+screenshots and other things maybe!
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+2023-10-13
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+Quick updates and Quick menus
+
+How do you navigate a pubnix effectively, simply and quickly? Do
+you let users navigate it like their local system? How about a
+simple menu system? Both? I'm guessing both, so I've made a sim-
+ple menu and system info script. The main functions are access to
+the BBS, Guestbook and ~/Home.
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+Keeping WRPR.US simple
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+So... simplicity? Well I've decided to go back to IRC, although
+currently the XMPP server is still up. Userlogs have been removed
+for now, it was a mess of a script and didn't work well with go-
+pher and formatting options. How about Gopher vs Gemini? Gopher
+is what's running currently, still debating Gemini. As for the
+distro hoping situation, I haven't switched, still on Alpine. And
+what about Minecraft? It's easy to keep up and I like it, so it's
+still up.
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+2023-08-19
+Scope creep and changes
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+WRPR.US is meant to be a small, experimental community BBS and
+Gopherhole/Gemispace hosting site. Although it was mean to be a
+BBS the first service that went live was the Minecraft server.
+Taking inspiration from other PubNixes like SDF I started adding
+features and compounding complexity; leaving too many unused ser-
+vices. Going forward I might switch from Alpine and downsize to
+the essentials until I upgrade from a couple of RPI's and get
+some users.
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+Now that I think about it, Distro hopping, redesigning and be-
+lieving in a better way of operating in the future sounds a whole
+lot like Second System Syndrome. Too late for SSS concerns though
+I've just about made up my mind on downsizing.
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+ 2023-07-12
+ Updates in pursuit of making WRPR.US a functioning site have
+ slowed down a bit in the past couple of weeks. Mainly be-
+ cause after my Void Installs boot partition corrupted, I de-
+ cided to install Alpine on my main machine. Distro hopping I
+ know... But I couldn't resist after my experience with
+ alpine on the WRPR.US Raspberry Pi.
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+ Anyway where I like to compile most everything on my system
+ Void was convenient with a nice balance for custom kernels
+ and suckless software, while using Void's amazing XBPS for
+ binaries like Firefox. Now this brings us back to a deci-
+ sion, continue on Alpine and continue to learn abuild and
+ aports, go back to ole faithful Void OR make the jump to
+ Gentoo.
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+ I've used Gentoo for only a few months at a time, about the
+ same length I've dabbled with OpenBSD. Every year I install
+ and use Gentoo but always find my way back to Void, but this
+ year I think it's time. Only thing that stands in my way is
+ configuring yet another system... I should've made my own
+ LARBS like script by now.
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diff --git a/linear/updates/updates-updates-updates-12-08-23.txt b/linear/updates/updates-updates-updates-12-08-23.txt
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+2023-12-08
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+Updates Updates and more changes
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+Back Into The VOID!
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+After some debating and a few weird errors with Alpine, I've de-
+cided to go back to Void Linux. Although I love both, Void feels
+more like home. I've used it longer and am more familiar with
+XBPS. Now my issues with Alpine; Apk has some weird update behav-
+iors, like new confs. Basically a non issue, but Apk does have
+better, more up to date packages. Now on to stability, every few
+months I would encounter some weird networking issues on Alpine,
+something I've never experienced on Void in my years of use...
+TLDR; I distro hopped, both Void and Alpine are about equal and
+interchangeable. Who knows maybe I'll try Gentoo on the Pi's
+next.
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+Minecraft? Minetest? Both???
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+I've been running the Minecraft server for a while now, and The
+Minetest server has only been on and off for about a week while I
+experiment with it. So far I like really like Minetest, except
+for just one thing... It feels super uncanny, like some sort of
+weird future infdev Minecraft. I've heard the some advice similar
+to that given to MS Windows to Linux converts "Treat it as it's
+own thing". And that's solid advice, still feels a little weird.
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+As for the future of the Minecraft server, I feel like I should
+commit to one or the other. So here's where I stand 1. I don't
+like Micros*ft 2. I don't like modern Minecraft, The only reason
+why the server is on 1.8.8 is because that's the oldest version
+supported by Paper. 3. Minecraft is what I know and have played
+for over 10 years. Now for Minetest 1. I've always liked the
+Project but never really got into it. 2. As I said before, it
+feels uncanny. 3. Love the simplicity and mods.
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+Currently the plan is to run both, but in future potentially
+choose one or the other. Minetest will most likely win out be-
+cause of its free nature. But I might keep the Minecraft server
+up just because of the time I've played on the wrpr server.
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+XMPP? IRC?
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+Since the migration I shut the XMPP server down, I like IRC more
+and there's no need for 2 chat servers. I might bring it back
+later, but for now it's just IRC.
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+| |\/| | | ' \/ -_) _| '_/ _` | _| _|
+|_| |_|_|_||_\___\__|_| \__,_|_| \__|
+Highlights from around the wrpr.us Minecraft server!
+[1|<-Home|/|wrpr.us|70]
+[1|Cool Pictures|/userlogs/linear/wrpr-minecraft/pix|wrpr.us|70]
diff --git a/personal/.nvimlog b/personal/.nvimlog
diff --git a/personal/index.gph b/personal/index.gph
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+Some personal posts and other things!
+
+[1|<-Back|/userlogs/linear/|wrpr.us|70]
+Updates:
+[0|sshuttle and data centers|/userlogs/linear/personal/sshuttle-and-datacenters-10-27-23.txt|wrpr.us|70]
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diff --git a/personal/sshuttle-and-datacenters-10-27-23.txt b/personal/sshuttle-and-datacenters-10-27-23.txt
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+2023-10-27
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+A new use for wrpr.us I just came up with!!! (Fist personal post
+too, but still kind of an update)
+
+So while visiting Ashburn, Va (Data center ally) I needed access
+to my network, but Wireguard was acting up for some reason... BUT
+I remembered a cool tool I found a while back; Drum roll
+please... SSHUTTLE!!! to the rescue. So far it's reliable, fast
+and easy to use. So from now on if any user of wrpr.us needs a
+quick VPN just shoot me William (Linear) a msg on IRC, email or
+even mail me on the wrpr.us minecraft server (new plugin alert!)
+and just tell me your intended use so I can keep track of what
+comes across the network.
+
+So whats up in Ashburn?
+
+I'm here for some amateur boxing and not much else! I've also
+wanted to come up here for a while just to see all the data cen-
+ters. I once thought about data-center engineering as a career
+path, still might. BUT the reality of seeing these things, it on-
+ly cements my beliefs on small scale hosting and self hosting.
+It's kind of depressing really. Behemoths of concrete and steel,
+nearly devoid of life and seeing the backdrop of the Appalachians
+really has a dystopian cyberpunk feel. I've called those moun-
+tains home for 10 years now, the fresh air, wild life, the sense
+of comradery and friendship among a community smaller than the
+occupancy of the hotel I'm staying at. All juxtaposed with this
+cold, isolated place of uncaring wires and monuments; it really
+makes me feel a little uneasy.
+
+I used to believe that due to my surroundings of barely any peo-
+ple and a slow internet connection that I wanted out, back to the
+city where I belonged, where I can have a career that mattered.
+But several Maciej Ceglowski talks and just about all of Luke
+Smiths videos and blog posts later I've changed my tune. I've al-
+so realized internet speeds aren't everything, taking it slow has
+benefits after all, just don't try consuming movies everyday (un-
+less torrenting and keeping local backups lol).
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diff --git a/updates/.nvimlog b/updates/.nvimlog
diff --git a/updates/another-install-another-day.txt b/updates/another-install-another-day.txt
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+2023-09-14
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+Another Install, Another Day
+
+Currently I'm playing around with configs and still thinking
+about switching back to Void. Last week or so I reinstalled
+Alpine and decided to keep WRPR.US as simple as possible; so
+I've made a simple check list. -- 1. Do I use a program? 2.
+If I don't use one, could I? 3. What are my goals with
+WRPR.US? (1. Have a small pubnix for myself and friends 2.
+Have fun 3. keep it simple, if you want complexity, the
+wider web has enough of it 4. Actually use it) And now for
+some must haves -- 1. My shell BBS 2. Gopher/Gemini (Maybe
+one, maybe both) 3. Messaging (Was IRC, now it's XMPP, in
+future who knows) And for my one extra, A community game
+server, currently running a Minecraft server, but it's not
+Free Software so might switch to something like Veloren. I
+just like the simple lighthearted nature of older Minecraft.
+Really symbolizes what the web should look like (Credit to
+Maciej Ceglowski, In one of his talks he compared A
+Minecraft like web future to a CoD like web future.)
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+1. Currently need to update the gopher intro paragraph and
+Tor/I2P links. (Might hold off because of a Distro hop.)
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+2. I like Void and Alpine, Just Void feels like a smoother
+long term experience. I've already had to wipe Alpine due to
+some weird update stuff I couldn't figure out; plus I've had
+a few years of daily driver experience with Void.
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+3. Mirrors, not sure if I've mentioned this before but
+thinking about hosting some sort of repo or mirror + git
+server for software I use.
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+2023-08-18
+Long time no see, almost a month later daily driving Gentoo, fix-
+ing connectivity and debating wrpr.us vs linear.codes.
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+First off I have switched to Gentoo and it's not the leap I was
+expecting in a daily driver scenario. The biggest change in how I
+use my system isn't emerge/compile times; rather my approach to
+packages and their dependencies. Typically I like to run a small,
+minimalist system, keeping focus on what I need to get stuff done
+and nothing more. Now Gentoo really has changed my approach to
+minimalism, with how extensible and informative portage is. On
+previous installs I never stopped to appreciate all the portage
+con fig files and use flag versatility. 10/10 Really recommend
+running Gentoo if you have the core power, it's extensible, sta-
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+I might make an encrypted install guide some time this week. Al-
+though the handbook is great for a standard install, it's lacking
+cohesion with the full disk encryption guide. For example, timing
+and configuration, like how to properly configure grub and when
+should you install grub, or things like genkernel over dracut. I
+would have appreciated a straight forward guide on genkernel +
+grub + full disk encryption. I know every system is different, so
+maybe this will end up being more install notes and pointers than
+a full guide.
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+linear.codes vs wrpr.us
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+In other news, moving towards a full self hosted home-lab model
+means I no longer need my VPS. Now the decision I need to make is
+should I keep linear.codes. Pros: linear.codes is a pretty cool
+domain name, and I already use it for email and a searx instance,
+but not much more. Cons: it's expensive... 50 bucks per renewal,
+now I know it's like a donation thing but still 50 bucks? wrpr.us
+is like 5. I'll probably wait till next year, pay the renewal fee
+and wonder if it's worth it again.
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+Slow posts and expectations
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+It's already been a more than a month, and more than a couple
+weeks since I started writing this. Updates and posts are slower
+and less than what I thought I would output. I haven't even made
+a personal post, the closest thing to a personal post is why site
+updates have been slow due to distro hopping to Gentoo.
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+2023-06-30
+Hello, Currently testing Userlog posting, editing and cross-post-
+ing across all protocols hosted on wrpr.us. Userlogs as well as
+wrpr.us may be gopher exclusive going forward, although I might
+allow some limited, personal site hosting on the wider web.
+Streamlining the site to be gopher or gemini exclusive would make
+userlog posting cleaner, as you only need to make one symlink.
+Or even better use gophernicus’s inbuilt user home hosting feat-
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+ /_/ Updates from around wrpr
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+[1|<-Back|/userlogs/linear/|wrpr.us|70]
+Updates:
+[0|Updates updates updates!|/userlogs/linear/updates/updates-updates-updates-12-08-23.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|quick minecraft update|/userlogs/linear/updates/minecraft-update-102323.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|quickmenus and quick updates|/userlogs/linear/updates/quickmenus-101323.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|another install another day|/userlogs/linear/updates/another-install-another-day.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|scope creep and downsizing|/userlogs/linear/updates/scope-creep-and-downsizing.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|gentoo update|/userlogs/linear/updates/gentoo-update.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|slow updates|/userlogs/linear/updates/slow-updates.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|gopher posts and more|/userlogs/linear/updates/gopher-posts-and-more.txt|wrpr.us|70]
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+2023-10-23
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+Minecraft server stuff
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+I decided to switch from Minecraft 1.6.4 to 1.8.8. The main rea-
+son I switched was server side performance, and it's still before
+the dreaded combat update. At least 1.8 still had Notch involve-
+ment. :( I also switched to a paper mc server over the stock Mo-
+jang one (Better performance with paper). Also in the process of
+adding some quality of life mods, like warps and the such.
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+Quick updates and Quick menus
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+How do you navigate a pubnix effectively, simply and quickly? Do
+you let users navigate it like their local system? How about a
+simple menu system? Both? I'm guessing both, so I've made a sim-
+ple menu and system info script. The main functions are access to
+the BBS, Guestbook and ~/Home.
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+Keeping WRPR.US simple
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+So... simplicity? Well I've decided to go back to IRC, although
+currently the XMPP server is still up. Userlogs have been removed
+for now, it was a mess of a script and didn't work well with go-
+pher and formatting options. How about Gopher vs Gemini? Gopher
+is what's running currently, still debating Gemini. As for the
+distro hoping situation, I haven't switched, still on Alpine. And
+what about Minecraft? It's easy to keep up and I like it, so it's
+still up.
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+2023-08-19
+Scope creep and changes
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+WRPR.US is meant to be a small, experimental community BBS and
+Gopherhole/Gemispace hosting site. Although it was mean to be a
+BBS the first service that went live was the Minecraft server.
+Taking inspiration from other PubNixes like SDF I started adding
+features and compounding complexity; leaving too many unused ser-
+vices. Going forward I might switch from Alpine and downsize to
+the essentials until I upgrade from a couple of RPI's and get
+some users.
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+Now that I think about it, Distro hopping, redesigning and be-
+lieving in a better way of operating in the future sounds a whole
+lot like Second System Syndrome. Too late for SSS concerns though
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+ 2023-07-12
+ Updates in pursuit of making WRPR.US a functioning site have
+ slowed down a bit in the past couple of weeks. Mainly be-
+ cause after my Void Installs boot partition corrupted, I de-
+ cided to install Alpine on my main machine. Distro hopping I
+ know... But I couldn't resist after my experience with
+ alpine on the WRPR.US Raspberry Pi.
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+ Anyway where I like to compile most everything on my system
+ Void was convenient with a nice balance for custom kernels
+ and suckless software, while using Void's amazing XBPS for
+ binaries like Firefox. Now this brings us back to a deci-
+ sion, continue on Alpine and continue to learn abuild and
+ aports, go back to ole faithful Void OR make the jump to
+ Gentoo.
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+ I've used Gentoo for only a few months at a time, about the
+ same length I've dabbled with OpenBSD. Every year I install
+ and use Gentoo but always find my way back to Void, but this
+ year I think it's time. Only thing that stands in my way is
+ configuring yet another system... I should've made my own
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+Updates Updates and more changes
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+Back Into The VOID!
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+After some debating and a few weird errors with Alpine, I've de-
+cided to go back to Void Linux. Although I love both, Void feels
+more like home. I've used it longer and am more familiar with
+XBPS. Now my issues with Alpine; Apk has some weird update behav-
+iors, like new confs. Basically a non issue, but Apk does have
+better, more up to date packages. Now on to stability, every few
+months I would encounter some weird networking issues on Alpine,
+something I've never experienced on Void in my years of use...
+TLDR; I distro hopped, both Void and Alpine are about equal and
+interchangeable. Who knows maybe I'll try Gentoo on the Pi's
+next.
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+Minecraft? Minetest? Both???
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+I've been running the Minecraft server for a while now, and The
+Minetest server has only been on and off for about a week while I
+experiment with it. So far I like really like Minetest, except
+for just one thing... It feels super uncanny, like some sort of
+weird future infdev Minecraft. I've heard the some advice similar
+to that given to MS Windows to Linux converts "Treat it as it's
+own thing". And that's solid advice, still feels a little weird.
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+As for the future of the Minecraft server, I feel like I should
+commit to one or the other. So here's where I stand 1. I don't
+like Micros*ft 2. I don't like modern Minecraft, The only reason
+why the server is on 1.8.8 is because that's the oldest version
+supported by Paper. 3. Minecraft is what I know and have played
+for over 10 years. Now for Minetest 1. I've always liked the
+Project but never really got into it. 2. As I said before, it
+feels uncanny. 3. Love the simplicity and mods.
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+Currently the plan is to run both, but in future potentially
+choose one or the other. Minetest will most likely win out be-
+cause of its free nature. But I might keep the Minecraft server
+up just because of the time I've played on the wrpr server.
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+XMPP? IRC?
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+Since the migration I shut the XMPP server down, I like IRC more
+and there's no need for 2 chat servers. I might bring it back
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+Highlights from around the wrpr.us Minecraft server!
+[1|<-Home|/|wrpr.us|70]
+[1|Cool Pictures|/userlogs/linear/wrpr-minecraft/pix|wrpr.us|70]
