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Gemini Articles of Interest

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 12, 2023

A Gemini client* is needed for the following links.

Technology and Free Software

Tribal Voice PowWow

Did anyone here use PowWow back in the late 90s?

Mirabilis ICQ

Did anyone here use ICQ back in the 90s? I was shocked to learn my UIN actually still works today 🤯

Old Computer Challenge 2023 - Day Two

Recently I switched to Honk, a ActivityPub server written in Go. It is mostly without Javascript.

This means you can use any browser to view the time line.

Honk doesn't support external clients like toot.

Goodbye Manjaro, Hello Debian

I have been running Linux on my personal computers for some time now, probably between 10-12 years. I started using Linux after I worked with it as a Post-Grad, it was love at first site, how can you not love the SPEED?!

I first tried Scientific Linux, then some weird Ubuntu/Debian derivates like Elementary, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Voyager linux etc; I had no idea what I was doing and what I was looking for. After a few breaking of install by adding dodgy PPAs I discovered Manjaro XFCE; it was amazing and everything I was looking for! I went full Manjaro, even printed those little stickers to stick on my laptop after I removed the Windows ones. After a few years on Manjaro I got that itch again and went down other Linux rabbit holes (ArchLabs Ricing etc). One of which was the systemd-free one, but that for another time.

* Gemini links can be opened using => https://gemini.circumlunar.space/software/ ↺ Gemini software

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