💾 Archived View for zaibatsu.circumlunar.space › ~solderpunk › phlog › the-zen-of-pubnix.txt captured on 2022-07-16 at 15:56:05.
⬅️ Previous capture (2020-09-24)
-=-=-=-=-=-=-
The Zen of Pubnix
-----------------
I mentioned recently that manifesto-writing seemed to be doing the
rounds in gopherspace[1], and that I had a long-abandoned stub of a
manifesto on how public access unix systems should be run sitting
around.
Somehow I recently got the idea to try to distill the core ideas I had
for this manifesto down into something pithy instead of my usual
overly verbose ramblings. So, here's a take on that, inspired by the
famous "Zen of Python"[2]:
---
Small is better than huge
Distributed is better than centralised
Free is better than proprietary
Transparency counts
Uptime counts
Admins should be active community participants
Active community participants should become admins
---
I don't consider this to be "finished", and if anybody wants to
suggest additions or changes, I'm happy to receive them.
[1] gopher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/0/~solderpunk/phlog/manifestos-r-us.txt
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_of_Python