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Oliver Cromm
Aug 22, 2012, 12:39:06 PM8/22/12
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I would like to move my (very neglected) Gopher site to my new
server machine, which is an ARM-based plug computer.
Which server software would be suited to that? Does anyone have
experience?
I assume pygopherd (which I currently use) would work, being
Python. However, I also had an eye on mgod, for low resources
requirements and scripting capability (for some pseudo
"Web-Services"). However, I'm not a C programmer, so if it doesn't
compile I wouldn't know what to do. How likely is it that mgod or
a similar product can be adjusted so it compiles?
[Remark: I sent this to the Gopher mailing list first, it's been
awaiting moderator approval for two days now]
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server machine, which is an ARM-based plug computer.
Which server software would be suited to that? Does anyone have
experience?
I assume pygopherd (which I currently use) would work, being
Python. However, I also had an eye on mgod, for low resources
requirements and scripting capability (for some pseudo
"Web-Services"). However, I'm not a C programmer, so if it doesn't
compile I wouldn't know what to do. How likely is it that mgod or
a similar product can be adjusted so it compiles?
[Remark: I sent this to the Gopher mailing list first, it's been
awaiting moderator approval for two days now]
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Press any key to continue or any other key to quit.
Andreas Baumgartner
Sep 5, 2012, 6:13:55 AM9/5/12
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Am Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:39:06 -0400 schrieb Oliver Cromm:
> I would like to move my (very neglected) Gopher site to my new
> server machine, which is an ARM-based plug computer.
I think it depends more on the operating system on your arm. Guessing
> I would like to move my (very neglected) Gopher site to my new
> server machine, which is an ARM-based plug computer.
you run a Linuxlike OS, it is very likely no big thing to make your
gopher server run on that computer and pre-compiled gopher server
packages would be available.
> Which server software would be suited to that? Does anyone have
> experience?
causing too much work for me. But i intend to use the gopher server
provided at sdf to carry my gopher contents. I guess there you can find
documentation about your gopher needs as well.
http://sdf.org/
http://sdfeu.org/
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Greets, Andreas Baumgartner
Oliver Cromm
Sep 5, 2012, 12:23:45 PM9/5/12
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* Andreas Baumgartner:
> Am Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:39:06 -0400 schrieb Oliver Cromm:
>
>> I would like to move my (very neglected) Gopher site to my new
>> server machine, which is an ARM-based plug computer.
>
> I think it depends more on the operating system on your arm. Guessing
> you run a Linuxlike OS, it is very likely no big thing to make your
> gopher server run on that computer and pre-compiled gopher server
> packages would be available.
First of all it's good to see that someone is still reading and
answering here. I did ask my question in the "Gopher Project"
mailing list to get more responses, but I do like Usenet, for much
the same reasons I like Gopher.
For the moment, I intend to run a Linux-based OS. The default
choice on my machine (Pogoplug) seems to be Arch Linux, and I did
not see any Gopher packages in its repositories. I concluded that
I have to compile myself, and that is what worried me.
However, it seems that Debian is a choice, too, I may choose that
as I'm more familiar with it (running Ubuntu on two machines).
Provided it plays well with 128 MB RAM.
>> Which server software would be suited to that? Does anyone have
>> experience?
>
> I do not administrate a gopher server myself, which i guess is
> causing too much work for me. But i intend to use the gopher server
> provided at sdf to carry my gopher contents. I guess there you can find
> documentation about your gopher needs as well.
>
> http://sdf.org/
> http://sdfeu.org/
I've been running pygopherd on another machine until now, it was
rather painless. Of course I don't run a whole machine only for
that purpose, it's one of two server machines running 24/7 for my
home network. With new machines having lower and lower power
requirements (my current Atom-based server ca. 10�W, ARM-based
machine ca. 3�W), I'll even stop worrying and trying to make that
one machine, I may add a third one instead.
--
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to
chance.
Robert R. Coveyou
> Am Wed, 22 Aug 2012 12:39:06 -0400 schrieb Oliver Cromm:
>
>> I would like to move my (very neglected) Gopher site to my new
>> server machine, which is an ARM-based plug computer.
>
> I think it depends more on the operating system on your arm. Guessing
> you run a Linuxlike OS, it is very likely no big thing to make your
> gopher server run on that computer and pre-compiled gopher server
> packages would be available.
answering here. I did ask my question in the "Gopher Project"
mailing list to get more responses, but I do like Usenet, for much
the same reasons I like Gopher.
For the moment, I intend to run a Linux-based OS. The default
choice on my machine (Pogoplug) seems to be Arch Linux, and I did
not see any Gopher packages in its repositories. I concluded that
I have to compile myself, and that is what worried me.
However, it seems that Debian is a choice, too, I may choose that
as I'm more familiar with it (running Ubuntu on two machines).
Provided it plays well with 128 MB RAM.
>> Which server software would be suited to that? Does anyone have
>> experience?
>
> I do not administrate a gopher server myself, which i guess is
> causing too much work for me. But i intend to use the gopher server
> provided at sdf to carry my gopher contents. I guess there you can find
> documentation about your gopher needs as well.
>
> http://sdf.org/
> http://sdfeu.org/
rather painless. Of course I don't run a whole machine only for
that purpose, it's one of two server machines running 24/7 for my
home network. With new machines having lower and lower power
requirements (my current Atom-based server ca. 10�W, ARM-based
machine ca. 3�W), I'll even stop worrying and trying to make that
one machine, I may add a third one instead.
--
The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to
chance.
Robert R. Coveyou
mi...@myiworld.net
Sep 28, 2012, 11:33:26 PM9/28/12
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Oliver:
Hi,
If you're using linux, such as Wheezy on an ARM such as a Raspberry pi, I would suggest bucktooth server.
You have to download it from the site:
gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/1/buck
The instructions are straightforward.
If you are using Wheezy on a raspberry pi, you will need to install the xinetd package first.
If you need any help, feel free to email me at:
gopher at myiworld dot net
gopher://gopher.tinycave.dyndns.org
is our gopherspace that we are just getting up.
Take care,
Mike
Hi,
If you're using linux, such as Wheezy on an ARM such as a Raspberry pi, I would suggest bucktooth server.
You have to download it from the site:
gopher://gopher.floodgap.com/1/buck
The instructions are straightforward.
If you are using Wheezy on a raspberry pi, you will need to install the xinetd package first.
If you need any help, feel free to email me at:
gopher at myiworld dot net
gopher://gopher.tinycave.dyndns.org
is our gopherspace that we are just getting up.
Take care,
Mike
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