Hey all,
Who's still here in the big year 2026? I couldn't
help but notice that we're a few versions behind
on OpenBSD releases, and that the https cert has
expired recently.
I know this is just a hobby project, and I want
to make it clear that I expect no kind of SLA or
anything, just checking in.
Me? Jeeze, I've had a heck of a few years. Got
fired, got a great new job, lost that job due to...
Uhh, real life stuff we don't need to get into,
had some shit jobs and now I'm in probably the
best job I've ever had. What about you?
Is the UNIX social network stil there? What neat
stuff have you seen in this space lately?
Love and peace,
~rdh
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Even though I'm subscribed to a gazillion mailing lists, apparently I still hit
the wrong button when responding to a list email ...
Anyway, forwarding this to the right place.
And sorry rdh for the duplicate.
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From: "paco (e1e0)" <erxeto(a)tilde.institute>
To: rdh(a)tilde.institute
Subject: Re: Hey, who's still around?
rdh(a)tilde.institute writes:
> Hey all,
Hey hey !
> Who's still here in the big year 2026? I couldn't
> help but notice that we're a few versions behind
> on OpenBSD releases, and that the https cert has
> expired recently.
>
> I know this is just a hobby project, and I want
> to make it clear that I expect no kind of SLA or
> anything, just checking in.
Just as the others that have answered, I'm "around" but barely active.
Truth is I've never been active here or on ~team, where I have an account too.
I rarely get into IRC and this list has always been super-duper-low-traffic.
Even though I find the community around tilde servers nice and welcoming, I can't
help but feeling that the whole concept is a nice tool waiting for a problem to
solve.
I mean, usually the online communities that get traction are the ones focused on
a narrow or specific topic. This is quite the opposite, so you end up being
"alone", but with a bunch of other people telling you "hey, cool stuff you did
there !" ...
That's why, I think, initiatives like tilde radio and other more niche or
specific are still sort of active. Anyway, just a thought.
In any case, maintaining a pubnix involves quite a bit of work and probably
gbmor and the other admins don't have the time for it.
At this point I think we're 5 (soon 6) versions behind, which will require quite
a bit of time to update, specially when we have custom software and
configurations that will break for sure between updates. It would probably be
better to just backup, and start from a fresh install.
My point is, either you're on top of it, or the difficulty of maintaining the
server stacks up with every release you "miss".
> Me? Jeeze, I've had a heck of a few years. Got
> fired, got a great new job, lost that job due to...
> Uhh, real life stuff we don't need to get into,
> had some shit jobs and now I'm in probably the
> best job I've ever had. What about you?
That was quite a roller-coaster. Glad to read you landed softly.
About me, outside of work (which does not count as life), cycling as much as I
can and picking up tech adjacent hobbies that allow me to still use technology
but in a way that I don't hate it (again, because of work ...) in a more calm
and relaxed manner.
> Is the UNIX social network stil there? What neat
> stuff have you seen in this space lately?
Probably part of the slow demise (for lack of a bette word) is to compare this
to a social network. Or what we currently understand as a social network.
The interactions, barrier to entry and "engagement" are totally different.
That's why (I think, maybe ...) make it go quiet after the novelty wears off.
But what do I know. I never had any kind of social media account besides a
brief time where I had a Mastodon account which I abandoned hehehehe.
> Love and peace,
>
> ~rdh
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