23rd April 2022 - First Year on SDF
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Listening to smj playing with telephone systems on OpenVOIP, 
aNONradio.

So it has been a year of being a member of SDF. Both since I joined 
and got validated. I found SDF after catching an article on gopher and 
it answered many of the things I have been looking for. It provides a 
remote shell to access key files and to run programs while out and 
about without carrying a laptop. This is something I achieved through 
a colocated Raspberry Pi for a while and using VCS'. SDF is much 
simpler than those options. I first explored using SDF-EU but found it 
very quiet. I decided to have a look at the main instance and I 
discovered a wonderful community. 

I have found myself learning lots about ssh key management, using 
sshfs to move files around, streaming with mixxx, marmots, SIP phones, 
Nebraska, different music genres, BSD flavours, plan9, gopher, gemini, 
port forwarding, the fediverse and other such things. The community 
make SDF what it is. I never thought I would enjoy listening to some 
chap exploring various parklands of Omaha, Nebraska and finding 
wildlife. Thanks SDF for being a weird and wonderful place! My only 
regret is not finding SDF earlier.