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tilde.pink

tilde.pink: a shared Unix tilde community running NetBSD. SSH access, home directory, Gemini capsule, Gopher hole, email, finger, and IRC.

ssh you@tilde.pink

Shell Setup

The default login shell is sh. To change it:

which bash     # find path to your preferred shell
which zsh
chsh           # set your login shell

To automatically launch byobu on every SSH/mosh login:

byobu-enable

Add to ~/.profile:

export PAGER=less

See Who's Online

w              # who's logged in and what they're doing

IRC: tilde.chat

Connect with irssi:

irssi

Email

neomutt        # read mail

For forwarding, add destination address to ~/.forward.

Finger

Read someone's finger info:

finger you@tilde.pink

Set your own finger details:

chfn           # set name, office, phone fields

Write in ~/.plan (what you're working on) and ~/.project (current project description). These are shown when anyone fingers your account. See .plan and .project for what to write.

Gemini Capsule

Your capsule is served at gemini://tilde.pink/~yourname/.

cd ~/public_gemini/
echo 'hello, port 1965' > index.gmi
amfora gemini://tilde.pink/~yourname/    # view in browser

See Gemini for writing .gmi files.

Gopher Hole

Your gopherhole is served at gopher://tilde.pink/1/~yourname/.

cd ~/public_gopher/
echo 'greetings, port 70' > index.gph
bombadillo gopher://tilde.pink/1/~yourname/    # view in browser

CGI scripts for Gopher via geomyidae:

man geomyidae

See Gopher for writing gophermap files.

Differences from tilde.town

tilde.pink tilde.town
OS NetBSD Linux
Gemini ✓ (~/public_gemini/) ✓ (~/public_gemini/)
Gopher ✓ (~/public_gopher/) ✓ (~/public_gopher/)
Email neomutt alpine
IRC tilde.chat tilde.chat
BBJ : ✓
TTBP : ✓

See Also

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