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| The Fingerverse: The First Frontier. |
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| These are the travels of netizens. Embarking on a lifelong mission: to |
| explore new servers; to seek out plan files and communities; to go forth |
| where few have gone before. |
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| finger://happynetbox.com | Perfect for ASCII pages |
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| | https://happynetbox.com |
| | https://benbrown.com/home/ |
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| finger://plan.cat | Classic Finger with modern features |
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| | https://plan.cat |
| | https://jcs.org |
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| finger://flounder.online | Free Gemini capsules & finger |
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| | https://flounder.online |
| | https://alex.flounder.online |
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| finger://thebackupbox.net/ring | A new community is born |
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| | https://v.gd/aRumG2 (mozz.us) |
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| finger://tildeverse.org | https://tildeverse.org |
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| | https://tildeverse.org/members/ |
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| finger://telehack.com | .plan pages autogenerated by system |
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| | https://telehack.com/telehack.html |
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| finger://sdf.org (info only) | Closed: SSH access or KnownUser@sdf.org |
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| | https://sdf.org |
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| finger://typed-hole.org | additional services (aka: @9til.de) |
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| finger://1436.ninja | personal site |
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| finger://skyjake.fi/jaakko | Lagrange Browser |
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| finger://redterminal.org | personal site |
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| finger://typed-hole.org/textfile | Random file from textfiles.com |
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| finger ^"location"@graph.no | Current Weather via Finger. |
| | https://github.com/ways/fingr/ |
| finger://graph.no/^'location' | |
| | finger @graph.no |
| | finger ^"roswell, new mexico"@graph.no |
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| | finger://graph.no/^'Death Valley, CA' |
| | finger://^'Death Valley, CA'@graph.no |
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| | gopher://graph.no:79/0^'Maui, Hawaii' |
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| finger://typed-hole.org/cyoa | Choose Your Own Adventure |
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| | Underground Kingdom by Edward Packard |
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| finger://danq.me/blog | Realtime Wordpress to Finger blogging |
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| | https://danq.me/2022/11/17/wp-finger/ |
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| finger://typed-hole.org/smog | Saturday Morning Gemzine from The Free |
| | Internet. Last Issue: 06feb2021 |
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| Finger Syntax | finger benbrown@happynetbox.com |
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| | finger://plan.cat/jcs |
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| | finger://julien@typed-hole.org |
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| Gopher clients | gopher://flounder.online:79/0alex |
| are also | |
| Finger clients | : 79 is the port number Finger uses |
| | : add a zero before the username |
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| | Source (entry 2023-02-21): |
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| | gemini://ruario.flounder.online/journal-2023-04.gmi |
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| finger | https://manpages.org/finger |
| | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_(protocol) |
| | https://web.stanford.edu/~learnest/ |
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| | The finger program was written in 1971 by Les Earnest for |
| | the time-sharing, mainframe OS appropriately named WAITS. |
| | |
| | For perspective: the first computers were being connected, |
| | in 1969, to the newly developed ARPANET. The Network Control|
| | Protocol was implemented in 1970. In 1971, the first ARPANET|
| | network mail was sent. (source: wikipedia) |
| | |
| | And right there, at the start of it all... finger. |
| | |
| | Of note: Finger was "probably the earliest form of presence |
| | information for remote network users." |
| | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| | Origins of the Finger Command (Les Earnest, 1990) |
| | |
| | finger://happynetbox.com/originsfinger |
| | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17006486 (2018) |
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| lynx | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser) |
| | https://lynx.invisible-island.net/lynx_help/ |
| | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| | Remove background images (can't find similar for Chrome): |
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| | https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/no-color/ |
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| | The initial release of Lynx, in 1992, included a hypertext |
| | browser. In 1993, version 2.0 was released which enabled it |
| | with internet capabilities. These dates say that Lynx is the|
| | oldest browser still being developed today! |
| | |
| | In addition to the protocols it supports (finger, http(s), |
| | gopher, file://, ftp, nntp, wais, cso, lynxcgi, lynxexec), |
| | Lynx can also be found on an inspiring number of platforms. |
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| | TIP: "lynx finger://happynetbox.com/fingerverse" will take |
| | the raw ASCII page and convert it into a monospaced HTML |
| | page with clickable links. |
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| | Newcomers might be interested in this tweak to the default |
| | behavior of the Up/Down arrow key (it's a favorite of mine):|
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| | (sudo) edit /etc/lynx/lynx.cfg |
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| | #KEYMAP:UPARROW:PREV_LINK (TO) KEYMAP:UPARROW:UP_TWO |
| | #KEYMAP:DNARROW:NEXT_LINK (TO) KEYMAP:DNARROW:DOWN_TWO |
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| | Links, forms and others no longer interfere with scrolling |
| | using the Up/Down arrows. Smooth scrolling on any page. |
| | Navigate links with TAB and Shift + TAB. |
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| curl | https://curl.se |
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| | curl gopher://happynetbox.com:79/0codepage437 (8-bit) |
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| Bopher-NG | https://git.sr.ht/~luxferre/Bopher-NG |
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| | About as polished of a gopher client as I've seen and it's |
| | all written in pure BASH. Includes additional useful gopher |
| | and gemini text processing tools. |
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| offpunk | https://sr.ht/~lioploum/offpunk/ |
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| | Gemini, Gopher, Spartan and Web support. Collects and |
| | synchronizes pages for offline viewing. Will also browse |
| | pages in real time. |
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| gopherus | https://gopherus.sourceforge.net |
| | https://mateusz.viste.fr/software/ |
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| | Modern, multiplatform. Includes DOS support! |
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| phetch | https://github.com/xvxx/phetch |
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| | note: was not able to get this working; libssl.so.3 issue : |
| | a shame because it seems pretty full-featured. |
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| ddwarf | https://mateusz.viste.fr/software/ddwarf |
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| | Linux, Windows. I love the DOS-like feel of the program. |
| | From the colors used to the ESC key to exit. Everything |
| | about this program says DOS (even if it wasn't written for |
| | that platform). Gopherus now replaces Digger Dwarf. |
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| bollux | https://git.sr.ht/~radiocane/bollux |
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| | bollux [URL] (gemini, spartan, gopher) |
| | |
| | o : open a link on the current page |
| | g : goto a new URL |
| | G : goto new URL, current URL pre-filled |
| | [ : previous page |
| | ] : next page in history |
| | q : quit |
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| bombadillo | https://bombadillo.colorfield.space |
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| | syntax: finger://username@example.com |
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| | Issue: 64bit (bombadillo-2.3.3) failed: GLIBC_2.32 not found|
| | |
| | Fix : 32bit (bombadillo-2.3.3/linux) ran without issue. |
| | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| | start : ./bombadillo |
| | help : man ./bombadillo.1 |
| | |
| | j : scroll down |
| | k : scroll up |
| | b : navigate back a page |
| | f : navigates forward a page |
| | q : closes the application |
| | |
| | space : enter URLs, commands or numbered link |
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| dfinger | https://github.com/KikyTokamuro/dfinger |
| | |
| | A dedicated finger client written in the D language. Has |
| | performed well in my testing. Available in source, compiles |
| | easily (sudo apt install dub). |
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| finger-client| https://github.com/alexmullins/finger-client |
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| | Like dfinger, finger-client is also a program written to |
| | access the finger protocol exclusively. Written in Rust, a |
| | precompiled binary is available. |
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| Lagrange | https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/ |
| | https://gmi.skyjake.fi |
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| | Top-rated & full-featured Gemini, Gopher and Finger client. |
| | |
| | Additionally, it supports Spartan, Titan, Nex as well as |
| | seamless file:// system browsing. As a file manager it has |
| | built-in image and mp3/ogg/wav support. It will also quickly|
| | open unsupported filetypes with the OS's default program. |
| | |
| | Listed on its [about:help] page is support for split view, |
| | persistence, image/audio support, gemini/atom feeds, gempub,|
| | books, view internal zip archives and much more. |
| | |
| | Going through the [about:help] page will help you get the |
| | most out of Lagrange because of its many well thought-out |
| | features. |
| | |
| | A multiplatform powerhouse with support for: Linux, Windows,|
| | macOS, iOS (TestFlight) and Android (F-Droid, github). |
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| Kristall | https://random-projects.net/projects/ |
| | https://kristall.random-projects.net |
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| | Along with Lagrange, one of the top graphical browsers for |
| | GeminiSpace. Platforms: Linux, *BSDs, Windows and macOS. |
| | |
| | Kristall's protocol support includes: Gemini, Gopher and |
| | direct support for Finger. |
| | |
| | It displays http/s html content surprisingly well with the |
| | expected rendering issues on modern sites. |
| | |
| | On less demanding html sites, Kristall does a remarkable job|
| | considering how young the browser is and that HTML is a |
| | secondary focus. |
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| | I love all the config options available and the built-in |
| | search. Kristall is a top-tier browser that just happens to |
| | focus on the smolnet. |
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| | Settings: proper monospace on all ASCII pages (finger) and |
| | HTML preformatted seems to require the following: |
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| | File -> Settings -> Style... |
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| | Both the [Standard] Font and [Preformatted] Font must be |
| | changed to monospace (or similar). Larger font, nice too:-) |
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| Dillo | https://github.com/dillo-browser/dillo-plugin-gopher |
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| | https://dillo-browser.github.io |
| | https://dillo-browser.github.io/user_help.html |
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| | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38847613 (ver 3.1.0) |
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| | Syntax: gopher://happynetbox.com:79/0fingerverse |
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| | Cross platform: Linux, BSD, macOS, Windows, Atari and on |
| | FreeDOS/DOSBox via DilloDOS. |
| | |
| | Supports: gemini, gopher/finger, ftp, spartan(?), file:// |
| | and the light web (~html 4.1, css 2.1, no js, http/s). |
| | |
| | Dillo's support for gemini, gopher, and finger (via gopher) |
| | comes via plugins. Its powerful plugin system is used to |
| | provide most services within Dillo. |
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| | I found the following edits to be helpful (for me): |
| | |
| | sudo edit /etc/dillo/dillorc |
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| | * increase font_factor=1.75 |
| | * bg_color=0xFAF9F6 |
| | * geometry=1600x900 |
| | * start_page="file:/home/path.to/filename.html" |
| | * home="file:/home/path.to/filename.html" |
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| gophie | https://github.com/jankammerath/gophie |
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| | Finger syntax: gopher://happynetbox.com:79/1/debug |
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| | Both the linux and Java versions performed well. One issue..|
| | the input box to enter a URL is too small. |
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| Castor | Steps for an Ubuntu/Mint based install (24jan2024): |
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| | 1. https://git.sr.ht/~julienxx/castor |
| | 2. click on "ec77c753" (version tested on 24jan2024) |
| | 3. download ".tar.gz" |
| | 4. The following on a Single Line: |
| | apt install build-essential rustc cargo libgtk-3-dev |
| | libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev libssl-dev |
| | 5. make (from directory of extracted .tar.gz file) |
| | 6. sudo make install (system integration) |
| | 7. file is empty : ~/.config/castor/settings.toml |
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| | settings.toml : https://sr.ht/~julienxx/Castor/ |
| | also here ... : https://archive.ph/9JW9p & on Wayback |
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| | Included here because: (1) Direct Finger support, (2) it's a|
| | Graphical Client and (3) the install process was smooth. |
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| | Lengthy install, lots of bits. Final binary was only 8.3mbs |
| | but coupled with many supporting libraries. Worth it! I like|
| | having another Graphical Finger/Gopher/Gemini client. |
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| Gopher | http://runtimeterror.com/tools/gopher/ |
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| | Last update 2017 but works great as a finger client (tested:|
| | Linux). Portable with support for Windows, Linux and macOS. |
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| Plan Poke | https://www.borovia.co (iOS) |
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| | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/plan-poke/id1606247516 |
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| | Supports: iOS, iPadOS and visionOS |
| | |
| | Among Plan Poke's many features are: Add, Edit and Search |
| | accounts / Face-ID locking / configurable display colors / |
| | iCloud data syncing, ASCII Art view and much more. |
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| Lagrange | https://gmi.skyjake.fi/lagrange/ (Android & iOS) |
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| | https://skyjake.github.io/fdroid/repo/ |
| | github.com/skyjake/skyjake.github.io/tree/master/fdroid/repo|
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| | update (Mar 25, 2024): Installed lagrange_v1.17b26_phone.apk|
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| | Lagrange Browser looked and worked great on my Lenovo Tab |
| | P12-2023, 12.7" Android 13 Tablet. It is as good looking and|
| | feature-rich as its Desktop counterpart. |
| | |
| | Personal preference changes: |
| | Settings -> Colors -> Light (default is Dark Theme) |
| | Settings -> UI -> UI Scale Factor (font made larger) |
| | |
| | Minor issue: Android's soft back button does not close or |
| | minimize browser. It remains on the screen. |
| | |
| | Issue 2 ?: Page font size is tied to UI size. |
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| Mozz.us | https://portal.mozz.us |
| | https://github.com/michael-lazar/gemini-portal |
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| | See Proxy-based Clients section for more info. |
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| FingerList | https://github.com/sirjofri/fingerlist (Android) |
| | |
| | Add a list of finger addresses and when the app opens, it |
| | will display the content of all the saved finger accts. |
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| Mozz.us | https://portal.mozz.us |
| | https://github.com/michael-lazar/gemini-portal |
| | https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/geminize/ |
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| | So much to like, including support for many of the smolnet |
| | protocols, a bookmark-like front page that does a great job |
| | linking to core sites for each of these protocols and the |
| | overall rendered presentation of these sites. |
| | |
| | One feature I really like is that it takes an unformatted |
| | (untagged) text-only page and converts it into a monospaced |
| | html file with clickable links. For example: it will make |
| | this link-heavy fingerverse file easier to interact with. |
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| Underbite | https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/underbite/ |
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| | One of the extensions I have installed. Does a great job on |
| | both gopher and finger (via gopher) sites. |
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| OverbiteWX | https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/overbitewx/ |
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| Floodgap | https://gopher.floodgap.com/gopher/ |
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| Happynetbox | https://happynetbox.com/gopher (domain specific) |
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| Burrow | https://is.gd/IMGsGJ (Chrome Extension) |
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| smolmail | send email: smolmail (at) typed-hole.org |
| | |
| | Subject Line (the finger format is written as): |
| | |
| | @example.com .. or .. username@example.com |
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| | Reply received as fixed font email. Links on pages using |
| | tags (html/s, gopher, gemini) are stripped for readability |
| | and listed at the bottom of the page. In contrast, links on |
| | text-only finger pages are made clickable directly. |
| | |
| | Protocols supported: finger, gopher, gemini and http(s) |
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| | Want to try something cool? Read the author's description of|
| | smolmail by sending email to "smolmail (at) typed-hole.org" |
| | with the subject line: |
| | |
| | gopher://typed-hole.org/0/phlog/2022/smolmail.txt |
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| netcat | echo | nc telehack.com 79 |
| | echo | nc plan.cat 79 | head -n 20 |
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| | echo "alex" | nc flounder.online 79 |
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| | Source: https://zserge.com/posts/small-web/ |
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| telnet | Example below using textfile@typed-hole.org |
| | |
| | telnet typed-hole.org 79 |
| | textfile |
| | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| | As a single line: |
| | |
| | cat <(echo textfile) - | telnet typed-hole.org 79 |
| | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| | As a single line (8-bit sample): |
| | |
| | cat <(echo codepage437) - | telnet happynetbox.com 79 |
| | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| | Source: https://danq.me/2022/11/17/wp-finger/ |
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: The core set of protocols that help make up smolnet give alternative OSes :
: additional modern viability. :
: :
: The lightweight and spyware-free nature of both older OSes and actively :
: developed alternative OSes, speak to the spirit of smolnet and its users. :
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| AmiGemini | https://aminet.net/package/comm/net/AmiGemini |
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| Amiga | https://amitopia.com?s=AmiGemini&submit=Search |
| | |
| | A modern Amiga smolnet browser with support for: Gemini, |
| | Gopher, Finger, Spartan and Nex protocols. |
| | |
| | Demo posted on Feb 26, 2024: |
| | https://youtu.be/Lx4k1Oox4oY?t=80 |
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| Kristall | https://github.com/MasterQ32/kristall |
| for | https://kristall.random-projects.net |
| Haiku | |
| | The build instructions seem very straightforward. I've also |
| | seen discussion of Kristall running on Haiku. |
| | |
| | https://github.com/nkrisc/kristall/blob/master/BUILDING.md |
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| fingerverse/happynetbox.com |----| Jul 10, 2024 |----| 640kb.neocities.org |
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