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By David Norris - Sunday 17th September, 2023
One thing I like about Gemini is that is simple and there is no need to render the file to another format, because it is just plain text and is easy to work with. I also like Gopher
for this reason - ***MUCH** quicker and less error prone than writing HTML! Oh, and those not in the know can only dream about an online experience free of all the obnoxious
crap we are only to used to in the world of HTTP(S) - cookies (and being continually nagged to either accept them or change settings for every single site we visit!!!), pop-ups
getting in the way of work, incessant user tracking and invasions of our privacy, and being bombarded with autoplaying audio and video which draw the attention of colleagues (and
the boss!) or wake up everyone in the house late at night... the list goes on and on.
Both Gopher and Gemini also are MUCH more bandwidth efficient than the web for the above reasons. Great for clients in places or on limited contracts or where one pays by the MB, as
well as for those for whom privacy is important. Trouble is, the less well informed nowadays have a web browser and little else. There is PLENTY more to the internet than just the
mess which they call the web - for the er, less educated, the web is synonymous with the internet. It isn't! See port numbers and services below...
Gemini uses a markup language. I will experiment using the nano editor in the first instance. This service is under test, please be aware! I welcome any bug or error reports.
Users requiring NFS, AFP or (Only over VPN) Netbios access working with us in future must contact me.
Freqiently asked questions about the Gemini protocol
Complete RFC listing - updated via rsync - on Gopher
What is that kludge known as network address translation?
Interesting review - Preply versus Italki - the truth revealed
Indeed I tried unsucessfully to get onto Italki. I was declined. Age descrimination is everywhere I look.
Complete list of transport layer protocols which run over IP
List of OSI protocols by layer
Note that unlike Gemini, Goper and HTTP are not encrypted - these pages are public access however.
A trip down memory lane: UK Scanning Directory as it was in 2009.
Guide to UK radio spectrum - complete, but allocations may change from time to time.
Pirate Radio Survival Guide - from the 1990s
A little bit old (!) - 1987 - but it has stood the test of time
Beginners guide to Unix - old, but good.
An early guide to the internet. Oh, how I long for those bygone days.
An early hitchhikers' guide to the internet
A history of the internet: how it all began
Computer Archive history of Unix
Another history of the Unix operating system
How to backup your entire system using Rsync - a must read!
External links (I am not responsible for the content of external sites).
Those who have visited http://dfdn.info/radio will know I am a licenced radio amateur since 1995.
Directory of "Geminispace" - I hope to be there soon!
Shared capsules - want to add mine there.
List organised by topic. Useful!
Gemini Related software (clients, servers editors, etc)
Gemini search engines currently available:
A Gemini search engine. Like google on HTTP, Archie on FTP, Veronica on Gopher...
Another Gemini space search engine
Search engine acclaimed to use minimal computing resources.
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Gemini clients include:
Name Platform License Written in
Amfora Terminal (TUI) GPL 3.0 Go
AmiGemini GUI (Intuition) MIT C, Intuition
asuka Terminal (TUI) MIT Rust, ncurses
AV-98 Terminal (CLI) 2 Clause BSD Python
Bollux Terminal MIT Bash
Bombadillo Terminal GPL 3.0 Go
Buran App (Android) GPL 3.0 Kotlin
Castor GUI (GTK) MIT Rust, GTK
Castor9 GUI (Plan 9) C
Deedum App (Android and iOS) GPL 3.0 Flutter, Dart
Diohsc Terminal (CLI) GPL 3.0 Haskell
dillo-gemini Plugin (Dillo) FSFAP Shell
Elaho (gemini-ios) App (iOS) MPL 2.0 Swift
Elpher GUI (Emacs) GPL 3.0 Emacs Lisp
Eva GUI (GTK) MIT Rust, GTK
Fafi GUI MIT Racket
GemiNaut GUI (Windows) GPL 3.0 C# for Microsoft Windows
gemini.filter.dpi Plugin (Dillo) MIT Go
Geopard GUI (GTK) GPL 3.0 Rust, GTK
gmni Terminal (CLI) GPL 3.0 C
gplaces Terminal (CLI) GPL 3.0 or later C
Jimmy App (macOS) MIT Swift
Kristall GUI (Qt) GPL 2.0 C++, Qt
Lagrange GUI (Windows, macOS, Linux) 2 Clause BSD C, SDL
Moonlander GUI (GTK) MIT Rust, GTK
Offpunk Terminal (CLI) 2 Clause BSD Python
Rocketeer App (iOS, macOS) Swift
Seren App (Android) Kotlin
Starfish GUI (elementary OS/Linux) GPL 3.0 Vala, GTK
Telescope Terminal (TUI) ISC C
Twin Peaks GUI (Windows) GPL 3.0 C#
VIRGIL99 Terminal (TI-99) Assembly language
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