~ Early Web Links ~

tilde.pink is a tilde community server accessible exclusively via Gopher and Gemini protocols, making it a rare holdout of the old-school internet philosophy. Visitors are redirected away from the web entirely, encouraged to explore using alternative, lightweight protocols that predate or sidestep the modern HTTP web.

SDF Public Access UNIX System, established in 1987, offers free shell accounts and a thriving community platform built around UNIX, the Fediverse, and vintage computing systems. Members gain access to shell environments, IRC, Gopher, Git, Mastodon, Minecraft, and an array of retro and modern services in one of the longest-running public access UNIX communities on the internet.

The personal homepage of chtc, a self-described internet denizen with a passion for Linux (NixOS specifically), music, films, and games. The site links out to a rich set of profiles including Last.fm, Letterboxd, Discogs, and AniList, painting a picture of someone deeply engaged with tracking their media consumption.

Chötrin's self-hosted wiki is a digital garden of personal notes published with vimwiki and served from a Raspberry Pi inside a hexagonal end table, covering programming languages like 6502 assembly, Ada, and Zig alongside operating systems such as OpenBSD, Plan 9, and Haiku. The site also branches into NES gaming, watercolor art, a homebrew NES game project, bicycling, and a curated collection of readings and recommendations that reflects a thoughtful, minimalist computing philosophy.

Lafe's tilde.club homepage covers their journey switching from Windows to Arch Linux, including guides on using the Pan Usenet reader and experimenting with twtxt and the smol web. The site has a refreshingly honest, work-in-progress feel with pages on Arch Linux setup, static site generators like Eleventy, and Gemini/Gopher exploration.

A practical reference guide covering how to find and display your MAC address across a wide range of Unix and Linux operating systems, including Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, HP-UX, AIX, and more. Each OS gets its own step-by-step instructions with real command-line output examples, making it a handy quick-reference for network administrators and Unix users alike.

Command Line Kung Fu is a long-running blog by contributors Ed Skoudis, Hal Pomeranz, and Tim Medin, delivering tips, tricks, and practical techniques for working with the command line across Linux, OS X, and Windows. With over 180 episodes covering everything from shell scripting to security tools, it is a rich reference for anyone who spends time at a terminal.

Paul Ford's home on tilde.club, the shared Unix server community he accidentally founded, featuring his web journal, letters to the mailing list, and reflections on the tildeverse movement. It chronicles the origin story of tilde.club and the philosophy behind collaborative multi-user Unix spaces as a throwback to early internet culture.

man.cx hosts Linux manual pages online, making classic command-line documentation accessible through a web browser without needing a terminal. This particular page covers the Dutch-language translation of the chmod(1) manpage, with the full command reference available in over a dozen languages.

Nonk's personal developer site highlights a passion for low-level programming, GNU/Linux, and game development using raylib and SDL3. The site features links to projects, a blog, guestbook, and a lively collection of webrings and friend links typical of the indie web scene.