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--- tilde:start [2026/09/23 14:52] – created - external edit 127.0.0.1
+++ tilde:start [2026/10/23 15:59] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== tilde.town ======
-A shared Unix server — a "tilde community" — where users get a home directory, SSH access, and a space on the small web.
+A shared Unix server (a "tilde community") where users get a home directory, SSH access, and a space on the small web.
 ===== Connect =====
 <code bash>
-ssh brennan@tilde.town
+ssh you@tilde.town
 </code>
-See [[terminal:tools:ssh_tilde|SSH — tilde.town]] for full config.
+See [[terminal:tools:ssh_tilde|SSH: tilde.town]] for full config.
-===== What lives there =====
+===== A Typical Home Directory =====
 ^ Path ^ Content ^
-| ''~/public_html/'' | Web page at ''https://tilde.town/~brennan'' |
+| ''~/public_html/'' | Web page at ''https://tilde.town/~you'' |
-| ''~/public_gopher/'' | Gopher at ''gopher://tilde.town/1/~brennan'' |
+| ''~/public_gopher/'' | Gopher at ''gopher://tilde.town/1/~you'' |
 | ''~/.ttbp/'' | Tilde Town Blog Project entries |
-| ''~/.botany/'' | Virtual plant game |
+| ''~/.botany/'' | Virtual plant game data |
 | ''~/.prosaic/'' | Poetry generation templates |
-| ''~/.plan'' | Shown via ''finger brennan@tilde.town'' |
+| ''~/.plan'' | Shown via ''finger you@tilde.town'' |
 | ''~/.project'' | Current projects description |
 | ''~/.pronouns'' | Preferred pronouns |
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 See [[tilde:tools|tilde.town Tools]] for TTBP, Botany, Prosaic, Bink, BBJ, IRC, Alpine.
-===== Syncing =====
+===== Keeping a Local Mirror =====
 <code bash>
-./bin/sync-to-tilde.sh    # push local → tilde.town
+rsync -avz tilde.town:~ ./town/      # pull home directory to local
-./bin/sync-from-tilde.sh  # pull tilde.town → local
+rsync -avz ./town/ tilde.town:~      # push local changes up
 </code>
-===== tilde.pink =====
+Exclude ''.ssh'', mail spools, and ''.DS_Store'' from any mirror script.
-  * [[tilde:pink|tilde.pink]] — NetBSD tilde; Gemini, Gopher, neomutt, tilde.chat IRC
+===== Other Tildes =====
+  * [[tilde:pink|tilde.pink]]: NetBSD tilde; Gemini, Gopher, neomutt, tilde.chat IRC
+  * [[tilde:club|tilde.club]]: the server that started the 2014 wave
+  * [[tilde:sdf|SDF]]: the Super Dimension Fortress; public-access Unix since 1987
+  * [[tilde:cosmic|cosmic.voyage]]: pubnix built around a shared sci-fi story
+  * [[tilde:envs|envs.net]]: minimalist Debian tilde with a long service list
+  * [[tilde:green|tilde.green]]: 2022 tilde focused on creativity and wildness
+  * [[tilde:rwrs|rw.rs]]: experimental open-source tilde, 199X aesthetic
+===== The Tildeverse =====
+  * [[tilde:tildeverse|The Tildeverse]]: the member network, shared IRC, shared services
+  * [[tilde:history|Pubnix History]]: CTSS to BBSes to pubnixes to the 2014 revival
+  * [[tilde:join|Joining a Tilde]]: pick a server, make an SSH key, stay safe
+  * [[tilde:glossary|Glossary]]: plain-language definitions for tilde jargon
+===== Account Reference =====
+  * [[tilde:accounts|A Tilde Account]]: what an account includes and where hosts differ
+  * [[tilde:commands|Commands]]: per-host launchers and connecting
+  * [[tilde:apps|Tilde Apps]]: weechat, irssi, alpine, mutt, mail, micro, byobu
+  * [[tilde:town_square|Town Square]]: town's world-writable communal directory
+  * [[tilde:maintenance|Keeping a Tilde Account Active]]: daily and weekly routine
+  * [[tilde:publishing|Publishing on a Pubnix]]: public_html, permissions, rsync deploys
 ===== See Also =====
   * [[tilde:tools|tilde.town Tools]]
+  * [[tilde:tildeverse|The Tildeverse]]
+  * [[tilde:sdf|SDF]]
   * [[protocols:gopher:start|Gopher]]
   * [[protocols:gemini:start|Gemini]]