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diff --git a/updates/aahhh-05-03-24.txt b/updates/aahhh-05-03-24.txt
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+2024-03-05
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+AAHHHH Too many Changes!
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+I can hardly remember what changes I've made!
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+I'll just make a list with some of the bigger changes:
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+ (1) Personal Git at git.wrpr.us ‐ Doing git things with
+ git
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+ (2) A SearXng Instance at searx.wrpr.us ‐ My favorite
+ search engine
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+ (3) No more users, making wrpr.us more personal
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+ (4) Pinebook Adventures (Armbian img available at wrpr
+ git) ‐ more form this to come!
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+ (5) Also working on a netcat based text wall
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+ (6) And much more!
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+ As for the more personal thing - I've decided to
+ take wrpr.us in a more personal direction. My reason-
+ ing behind the switch was time, ease of use and fo-
+ cusing on what I actually use. Especially after I
+ dropped my VPS with Vultr and Linear.codes, I might
+ re-purpose linear or something later. As for some of
+ the services hosted here the only big change is shell
+ access will be more restricted and git is locked for
+ personal use for now.
+
+ Gopher? HTTP?
+
+ In my search of simplicity and minimalism; I am
+ torn between the ease of access of a static site gen-
+ erator and HTTP. Just one, one thousand pound gorilla
+ in the room -- I HATE MARKUP LANGUAGES. I feel like a
+ need a paragraph to print a good looking, well for-
+ matted sentence! I might make a super simple HTTP
+ static site generator to mimic the syntax Gopher or
+ Gemini uses, maybe make some sort of conversion tool
+ to mirror the Gopher site.
+
+ It's been about a week since I wrote the last
+ paragraph; I'm now testing out Phroxy and Pygopherd.
+ I like the idea of hosting a Gopher proxy, since
+ Phroxy has been archived I might start maintaining a
+ fork if I use it. As for Pygopherd, currently Geomyi-
+ dae has been great, I just like the web interface
+ that Pygopherd provides. You can find an example over
+ at quux.org.
+
+ PineBook Stuff
+
+ Do you have an original PineBook? Is Armbian no
+ longer working for you? Or do you just want a differ-
+ ent Debian distro to try out on your PineBook? Head
+ on over to git.wrpr.us today and clone my Armbian Im-
+ age!
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+ I might make it another server or some interface
+ thing for my Pis, I just want to actually use my
+ Pinebook for something other than small projects and
+ OS tinkering. Virtual machines are more useful for
+ tinkering anyways. I might make a recurring series
+ of PineBook projects, we'll see.
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+ Wrapping up
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+ It's been way too long since the last update, I
+ would like to log changes as they come, so I'll end
+ this update here and publish more as I work on things
+ coming up!
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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
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+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.)
+
+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/updates/distro-temptations-07-03-24.txt b/updates/distro-temptations-07-03-24.txt
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+2024-03-07
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+The ever present distro temptations
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+Hop Hop Hop... I've had multiple temptations surrounding my
+choice in OS over the years. Just a small fraction of which
+was logged in the update section. As of now I run Gentoo on
+my main machine, Void on one of the RPis running wrpr.us and
+Debian/Raspbian on the other two pi's. Although I'm counting
+this iteration of these thoughts as distro hopping, it's a
+little different. For years now, at least a few times a
+year, I play with the notion of creating, publishing and
+maintaining a Linux distro.
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+Now you might be thinking "We don’t need anymore distros" or
+something along the lines. Which is why I've never fully
+committed to the idea, but now might be different. I see
+projects like Kiss Linux and Crux Linux and love their sim-
+plicity, I see what Nix is doing but simultaneously see the
+drama in the Nix community, the lawsuits surrounding Red hat
+and the spending habits of the Linux Foundation. So I can’t
+help but think 'Why can’t it be better?'
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+What exactly is better? in my opinion of course
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+ (1) Focus - A project should focus on it's absolute core
+ values. All software, hardware, standards, licenses
+ and the such are all tools meant to be used. Not per-
+ sonality traits, not vectors for political action,
+ not for activism, etc. Unless a tool was designed
+ for something (like activism) leave it alone. The
+ NixOs fiasco really got to me if you couldn't tell,
+ it’s a Linux distro calm down.
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+ (2) Kernel - This Idea might be a Fork of one of the big
+ 3 BSDs, Instead of Linux. But will most likely be
+ Linux for now, just because I'm more familiar with
+ the kernel. In short we’ll see, I don't intend on
+ rushing development.
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+ (3) Minimizing - I really love the Kiss software repo
+ bloat idea. Keeping the main repo a small list of
+ high quality, vetted, stable software to keep the
+ base system running would be ideal. And lets be hon-
+ est - this will make any endeavors in maintenance
+ easier.
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+ Kinda forgot about this post, going to post what I
+ have anyways. Had a lightning strike, needed a new
+ router, had some more networking issues after. and
+ had a busy July. Anyways, the idea still stands, I
+ might make a distro or something like a meta-distro.
+ Who’s knows - it'll probably end up being more of a
+ personal project instead of something meant for any
+ serious production.
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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
+
+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.
+
+Slow posts and expectations
+
+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/updates/gopher-posts-and-more.txt b/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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diff --git a/updates/gopherproxy-stuff-05-12-24.txt b/updates/gopherproxy-stuff-05-12-24.txt
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+2024‐12‐05
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+Gopher stuff
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+ I've been messing around with Gopherproxy (The one from
+gopher.mills.io); instead of Pygopherd so I can keep Geomyi-
+dae as my main gopher server software and have easy http ac-
+cess for easy sharing. Also will probably use the Gopher
+edition of Stagit alongside of regular HTTP stagit for con-
+tinuity.
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+Solar??
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+ A small solar powered Raspberry Pi hosting thing would
+be pretty cool, in my opinion. Maybe make some sort of off
+grid system for long range LoRa to internet thing. Like a
+server that sends updates over the air in the middle of a
+field, or some remote radio astronomy stuff, like an array
+of some sort? More realistically this would be somewhere
+with limited connection to send very limited text updates to
+a remote location with broader connection capabilities to
+post on the wider web. Like a super slow cabin logging sys-
+tem that can post to my favorite plain text protocols! And
+possibly receive text based updates, like news, weather and
+the like.
+
+ Now thinking about some sort of field station/server/re-
+lay/radio thing almost like some sort of intractable thing
+straight out of Death Stranding or something like a Cyber-
+punk data term. I'm envisioning something that looks like
+Anduril's Pulsar system, but instead of radio based defense
+it’s an easy deploy‐able, long range, nearly off‐grid commu-
+nications system. With the current geomagnetic storms and
+talk of a magnetic pole shift; a system that is somewhat
+shielded from such events might actually prove useful some-
+day too.
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+Journaling?
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+ The Netcat text wall needs some sort of real purpose...
+Currently guessing it will end up being a simple public
+journal. Although resetting, simple paste service might be
+interesting too.
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+ / // / _ \/ _ / _ `/ __/ -_|_-<
+ \_,_/ .__/\_,_/\_,_/\__/\__/___/
+ /_/ Updates from around wrpr
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+[1|<-Back|/|wrpr.us|70]
+Updates:
+[0|distro temptations|/updates/distro-temptations-07-03-24.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|Minetest is Fun|/updates/minetest-is-fun-06-29-24.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|gopherproxy stuff|/updates/gopherproxy-stuff-05-12-24.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|aah too many updates!|/updates/aahhh-05-03-24.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|Updates updates updates!|/updates/updates-updates-updates-12-08-23.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|quick minecraft update|/updates/minecraft-update-102323.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|quickmenus and quick updates|/updates/quickmenus-101323.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|another install another day|/updates/another-install-another-day.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|scope creep and downsizing|/updates/scope-creep-and-downsizing.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|gentoo update|/updates/gentoo-update.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|slow updates|/updates/slow-updates.txt|wrpr.us|70]
+[0|gopher posts and more|/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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+Wrpr.us will also be getting a Minecraft section with some
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+2024-29-06
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+Minetest is pretty fun
+
+Just a quick update on the Minecraft - Minetest debate.
+About a week ago I had a Microsoft account issue; which lead
+me to firing up Minetest again. One thing lead to another
+now the wrpr.us Minetest server is in an arguably better
+state than the Minecraft server. Really enjoying that old
+Minecraft with mods feel that Minetest has. Currently I've
+got a small town around spawn, feel free to hop on, build
+something and say hi! address: wrpr.us port: 30000
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+Rules?
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+Just a note on rules, they’re not final / complete, I want
+them short, simple and easy to follow, without limiting the
+play experience.
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+ (1) No Griefing
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+ (2) PVP is allowed, as long as it's light hearted and
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+ (3) looting is allowed if it's a clearly abandoned chest
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+ (4) inactive accounts will be removed after a year
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+ (5) Please put effort into your builds, not really a
+ rule, I just want a nice looking server
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+ These rules basically apply to both Minecraft and
+ Minetest. I'll make an updated rule page when I get
+ around to making the Voxel game section of wrpr.us.
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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.
+
+Keeping WRPR.US simple
+
+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
+ LARBS like script by now.
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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
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