~ Early Web Links ~

A tilde.club personal blog by ~imt, focused on tinkering with public-access Unix systems, self-hosting, and internet infrastructure experiments. Notable projects include club6.nl, the first IPv6-only public access Unix system, and tilde.hol.es, an uptime monitoring dashboard for tildeverse servers.

The personal homepage of aktsbot, a software developer and self-described Unix nerd who writes C/C++ for fun and JavaScript/Python professionally. The site features a blog, code projects, OpenBSD notes, and slides, all wrapped in a minimalist style with a metal-head personality.

The official reference manual for mdoc, the semantic markup language used to write Unix manual pages, hosted on the mandoc.bsd.lv project site. Written by Kristaps Dzonsons, this comprehensive document covers mdoc syntax, macro overview, language structure, and compatibility with groff and other implementations.

The tilde.club wiki is a community-maintained knowledge base for users of the tilde.club shared Unix server, covering everything from SSH login and Emacs editing to CGI scripting and Gopher setup. It offers a nostalgic yet practical slice of the tildeverse, with tutorials aimed at beginners and guides for the retro-inspired command-line community.

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.

The official Tildeverse Wiki documents the history and community of the tildeverse, a loose association of public Unix shell servers inspired by tilde.club. Visitors can learn about pubnixes, how to join member tilde communities, and explore the origins of the modern tilde culture movement.

Volution Notes is a technical blog by a small IT company owner covering Linux internals, cryptography, containerization, security, and cloud infrastructure with a thoughtful, hands-on approach. Posts range from experiments with Linux policy-based routing and UEFI booting to musings on password security, binary encoding, and the open web, making it a rich resource for systems-minded readers.

Tilde.green is a public-access Unix community server running Ubuntu, where members get personal web space, shell accounts, and access to shared services like forums, wikis, and weblogs. With over 270 registered users and a growing list of personal pages, it is part of the broader 'tildeverse' movement of collaborative shared hosting communities.

Jonathan Dowland's weblog covers Linux, Debian, and open-source software development with a technical depth that rewards curious readers. Posts range from creating custom font glyphs for the Debian swirl to shell prompt customization and FOSDEM conference coverage.

The Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide by Mendel Cooper is a comprehensive, freely available textbook covering shell scripting from beginner basics to advanced techniques. Packed with heavily-commented examples, exercises, and deep UNIX lore, it has long been a go-to reference for anyone learning Bash on Linux and Unix systems.