I’m kind of indecisive about what information in the Kiwix library (see: https://infosec.exchange/@Em0nM4stodon/113872764752277451) would be valuable to download – y’know, just in case – so I’m just going to become one of their only full-library mirrors hosted in the Americas 😆
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Attached: 1 image Tiny Apocalyptic Time Tip 🌐✨ If you too feel uneasy about the state of the world, and you too worry about losing access to one of the greatest knowledge treasure of the internet, Know that you can download an offline copy of Wikipedia! Here's how 📚👇 1. Download the free and open source software Kiwix (this will be your reader): https://kiwix.org/en/applications/ 2. If you want smaller versions of Wikipedia, you can download them within Kiwix. Within the app, go to "Categories" in the menu on the left, then browse to a topic/version you want. Scroll to the bottom for Wikipedia mini, for example. Click on it then click "Download" on the right :neocat_book: 3. Once you have downloaded a database, click on "Opened" on the left > database you want to search > "Open Main Page" on the right. 4. You can use the Search field on the upper-right to find topics like on online Wikipedia! 🔍 5. If you want the full English version of Wikipedia (110GB), you might want to download it from the torrent file instead. Install a torrent client of your choice (I use Transmission). Then, go to this page, click on "Download - 109.89 GB" blue button on the first result (size may vary overtime), then select "Torrent file": https://library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng&category=wikipedia 6. Once you have the torrent file, open it with your torrent client to start the download. This is BIG! Be patient! 📦 7. Once the download is completed, open your Wikipedia `.zim` file with Kiwix! 8. Magic! 📖✨ Extra Tip: You can download many other awesome knowledge files from the Kiwix Library! Personally, I also got the iFixit knowledge base! ⚒️ :blobcatrainbow: #Wikipedia #Kiwix #Offline #KnowledgeIsPower

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It’s started here, but it’s incomplete because it’s still downloading: https://mirror.triplebit.org/download.kiwix.org/zim/

Turns out it’s a pretty sizable amount of data, might take a day or two to download lol

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@jonah since https://internet-in-a-box.org is real, and distributes #Kiwix among many other similarly useful offline (or locally broadcasted) things, I promise you won't be the only one.

I've built a few. #Wikipedia in English is only 102GB, so many other things are available too, you definitely won't be the only one!

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@mousey of course :)

I just mean in reference to this: https://mirror.download.kiwix.org/mirrors.html (Wikimedia only partially mirrors Kiwix for their own stuff & I think yours.org is outdated)

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