Darren du NordOur home #internet service has gone out during this snow storm. I still have mobile. But I also have offline access to #Wikipedia and #ProjectGutenberg on my laptop, thanks to @kiwix !
Last month I downloaded a 110GB zim file and repurposed a Raspberry pi to serve this content offline.
Its great that these priceless repositories of knowledge are free to access and use, and made available to self host. For me, this just a fun project, but for an offline school in an under developed country, this same tech can help kids learn or provide access to knowledge in an emergency.
sduvick
@darren oh sweet! Didn't realize kiwix also provided the content, might have to throw this on a pi in the basement with some extra storage...
@sduvick You can get content at https://download.kiwix.org/zim/gutenberg/
Look for the large en_maxi or en_all labeled files if you want to get all the pictures and videos. Its pretty easy to want to download a terabyte. There are also some mirrors that can serve content a bit faster.
@sduvick The trickiest thing I'm dealing with is figuring out how to redirect users to the landing page after they connect. Otherwise, setup was really easy.