Hey everyone,
I ended up moving the IRC daemon to its own server.
Hopefully that's the end of the issues with inspircd-3.0.0.
I apologize for the tumultuous IRC connection these
last couple of days.
If you've specified the connection by hostname, eg
institute.tilde.chat, then it should still work
as soon as I can get the A-record updated.
Everything should be A-OK by the end of the night.
Let me know if you're still having issues after
about 12 to 24 hours have passed.
Thanks,
~ahriman
Hey everyone,
I've upgraded GCC/G++ from 4.2.1-20070719 to
8.3.0. If, for some reason, you still need
gcc/g++ 4.2.1, they will be available as:
/usr/bin/gcc4
/usr/bin/g++4
While 'gcc' and 'g++' have been linked to
the version 8 binaries.
Enjoy!
~ahriman
Hey everyone,
I'm having some issues with the irc daemon after
the tildeverse network moved to inspircd v3.0.0.
I'm currently working on it, so it should be
resolved soon.
Thanks for your patience
~ahriman
> I would like to know what people use for handling email, as I've been
> using mutt for so long I don't really know what other folks do.
It depends on my platform.
On my daily driver (currenly Debian Stable; slated to become FreeBSD in
the near future), I tend to use Claws mail but have been (sloooowly)
transitioning over to mutt/neomutt.
For most of the other boxes that I manage, it's either mutt/neomutt for
anything that requires real mail management, or mail(1) for those where
I just need to read system messages and delete them without replying.
Here on tilde, I've given myself the challenge of using only mail(1) as
my mail interface (including to compose this) and ed(1) as my $EDITOR.
It's been a great way to sharpen those skills.
> That way I'll have an idea of what config examples to include on
> the docs or that perhaps there's no interest at all in this and I can
> use my time on other stuff ...
I'll grant I'm a bit of an outlier with mail(1), but the other two are
pretty common based on the other replies I've seen here.
-tim
For my every day mail, I use K9 and Claws. For tilde maile, I just use mail(1). If a mail client requires much more configuration than putting in my address, server, and password, I'll pretty much check out. I don't care about every single option, I just need something to barf text onto my screen.
That said, I'll still read your gpg documentation. =)
~rdh
Hey everyone,
Due to some recent patches that have gone out for OpenBSD,
I'm going to need to reboot the system tonight around 4:00
AM UTC/GMT. I apologize for any interruption in service. The
reboot should be completed within 60 to 90 seconds.
~ahriman
Hello everyone!
A kind soul posted a link to this modest project on
https://lobste.rs, a tech news and link aggregation site that I
frequently browse. Since then, we've had quite a few new folks
join us.
I wanted to extend a warm welcome to everyone! Feel free to
reach out if you have any questions or need anything. Either
myself or Kneezle will usually be online at a given time, so we
aren't far away as admins.
In addition to IRC, this mailing list is available for
anyone to use. I tend to use it for announcements, but anybody
is welcome to start a conversation here. :)
One thing I've been trying to focus on is the wiki. If you
learn something cool, or know something nifty, and want to share
it with others, please feel free to submit a pull request. The
repository is hosted on the tildeverse gitea instance at
https://tildegit.org/institute/site
Account registration on tildegit is open and it includes
access to https://drone.tildegit.org!
In addition to tildegit, there are tons of services available
here in the tildeverse. Check out https://tildeverse.org for a
list of some of them. One of the more recent additions is the SIP
server at https://tilde.tel, run by cat. If you feel like
relieving some stress, a while back I created a Dungeon Crawl
Stone Soup server at https://crawl.tildeverse.org. WebTiles are
available on the site. However, if you prefer a more traditional
ascii roguelike environment, simply run `dcss` from the command
line here at ~institute!
Again, welcome everybody! I'm glad to have all of you join us!
~ahriman
Hello everyone,
I've installed password-store for everyone to use. For those
unfamiliar, it's a great password manager for unix-like OSes.
Rather than a proprietary database, it uses a structure of
directories and text files encrypted using the GnuPG key
specified during setup. This allows easy portability, diversity
in algorithm availability, and ease of backups.
The utility is called via /usr/local/bin/pass
Enjoy!
~ahriman
Hello everyone,
I wanted to take a moment to extend a warm welcome
to the new co-admin of tilde.institute, Kneezle.
Since joining the tildeverse, he has been a pillar
of the community, offering help and knowledge to
anyone in need. I felt like tilde.institute needed
a second person to represent it as it continues to
grow. Luckily, Kneezle was available and willing
to join the project.
In the future, if anyone has a question, a request,
or an issue, they may feel free to look for either
myself or Kneezle in IRC, or send either one of us
an email, @tilde.institute
~ahriman
