#TheDam: a #Guix public access server

#TheDam is a #PubNix –a public access #UNIX server–: a computer running the #GNU #Guix operating system, shared by different people over the internet.

Get access for 10€/year !

Also the #TheDam is an experiment in shared and distributed computing:

  • the server runs services most people turn to corporate social media giants for: text messaging, link sharing and commenting, activity feed sharing; the dam services, by contrast,
  • - follow the #UNIX and #suckless philosophy,
    - respect their users’ privacy;
  • the server provides a test bed for experimental software, for example ported from the #Plan9 operating system to #Linux, managed by #Guix; the resulting distributed computing environment blurs the boundary between client and server ;
  • the community offers training sessions and challenges.
  • https://the-dam.org/
    The Dam: a Guix public access server

    @julm I'm enjoying reading the write-up on #suc (https://the-dam.org/docs/explanations/suc.html). Very neat! How many users are there on #TheDam?
    A slack clone in 5 lines of bash

    @pixelatedfist not much if I were to guess: the domain was registered last April, and #suc announced on #HackerNews last week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36594916
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