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Updated 2025-01-01
Made several minor updates to the website.
- Added the version to the footer, not just the head.
- Fixed the homepage title.
- Bumped the year.
- TODO: make some note about the version of zola, 0.19.2.
Migration to Zola
Once again The Peers Community has a new static site generator today, completely coincidentally the same as the ForgeFed website. I had considered migrating back to pelican, but I prefer the speed and default configurations for zola. The two of them are nearly a drop-in replacement for each other, so if zola does not work out for us, I can migrate again back to pelican with little effort.
One thing to note, some formatting doesn't survive migrating from pandoc to zola, including footnotes.
Zola is case sensitive.
Retiring freepost
After a long run, zPlus retired freepost.
To the best of my knowledge:
First archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20150205130529/http://freepo.st/
Final archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20241119092341/https://freepo.st/
Project News
The ForgeFed project has moved along. I have removed them from the list of Peers projects, but we will continue to keep in contact. I had been maintaining the website and hosting it, though not the registration, but even that I passed over over a year ago.
Collaborative work or at least usage on fenrisg lasted for a few years, but the other web sites using it have changed mantainers, including my own with relation to ForgeFed. This became the main motivation for migrating to something different.
Highlighted Projects
Maintaining this list has taken quite a bit of time, but since 2021 it has not received any curation. I will post a copy of it here before I remove it from Why?.
| Project | Description |
|---|---|
| Arduino/Genuino | Libre prototyping platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software. |
| F-Droid | Android application package manager |
| Firefox | Free web browser by Mozilla |
| FreedomBox | A personal server that protects privacy. |
| GIMP | cross-platform image editor |
| gnusocial | Federated social networking/communication software for both public and private communications. |
| IceCat | GNU version of the Firefox browser. Also, with the FSF directory list of IceCat Addons. |
| keepass2 | A light-weight and easy-to-use password manager. |
| Kontalk | End to end encrypted chat, based on XMPP |
| LibreOffice | A powerful office suite, including word processor, spreadsheets, and slidedeck maker. |
| Minetest | An infinite-world block sandbox game with survival and crafting. |
| Mumble | A voicechat (VoIP) program originally implemented for gamers written on top of Qt and Speex. |
| OpenPhoenux | Independent Mobile Tool Community, whose devices run free software. |
| Replicant | A free fork of Android. |
| VLC Media Player | A cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. |