~ Early Web Links ~

Unix Toolbox is a comprehensive reference guide by Colin Barschel covering hundreds of Unix, Linux, and BSD commands for sysadmins and advanced users. With concise, practical coverage of topics like SSH tunnels, VPNs, SSL certificates, rsync, disk management, and more, it serves as an indispensable compact handbook for IT professionals.

The personal site of Arija A. (Ari Archer), a Lithuanian developer who shares FOSS tools, a microblog, webshrines, and self-hosted services built on Alpine Linux, Nginx, Python, and Flask. Visitors can explore online utilities like a TTY theme generator, maze solver, and RSS validator, alongside Ari's Gentoo Linux overlay and TOR-accessible mirror.

Jeff Veen's 2004 blog post walks through using the wget command-line utility to automatically scrape and download MP3s from music blogs on a daily basis. The post breaks down each command-line flag in detail, making it a practical tutorial for anyone wanting to build a personal automated music collection from the early mp3 blog scene.

STFN is a personal tech blog by a Python developer and homelabber who writes about self-hosting, Linux containers, networking, and home server builds. Posts range from setting up Proxmox on a Lenovo Tiny PC to building a solar-powered web server, making it a rich resource for hands-on homelab enthusiasts.

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.

Scott Nesbitt's blog covers Linux and open source software with a non-techie slant, making it accessible to everyday users rather than hardcore developers. Posts range from command-line tool guides to app roundups for FOSS Android apps, desktop utilities, and productivity software for the Linux desktop.

The .Files is a technical blog by dgy on tilde.club covering Linux tooling, static site generation, and terminal-based workflows including Hugo, Drone CI, Gitea, BSPWM, and Vim. Posts are concise and practical, walking through real configuration challenges like multimonitor setups and integrating FZF as a Vim package.

Tilde.town is a shared Linux server community of around 3000 users who collaborate to make art, socialize, and learn together, founded in 2014 by ~vilmibm. Visitors can explore user-made projects like interactive blackout art, mosaic tetris, and HTML graffiti, or apply to join this quirky digital neighborhood.

Artic, a 24-year-old Italian tech enthusiast, has built this personal corner of the web to share his deep interests in Linux, self-hosting, privacy, open-source software, electronics, and hacking. The site has a cozy old-web aesthetic complete with pixel art backgrounds, a guestbook, webrings, and a changelog that signals active upkeep.

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.