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Hej!

Sure TLS is a requirement. And from the endpoint it is all gemini. nginx will handle the TLS part of the communication and hand the clear text request on to inetd, which in turn will start a program (vger) to produce the response, which is funneled all the way back. Call it a three-layer-gemini-server :-) See

gemini://ew.srht.site/en/2021/20211023-alpine-vger.gmi

Linux class. Oh well, I could go on for a lengthy epistle ... Some day I was motivated to do this kind of thing by a peculiar ripple through space time. So I thought: How could I ever teach folks to use Linux? And who could that folks possibly be? I started with colleagues, a hand crafted set of computer affine folks. They would have the necessary understanding ... So I came up with the plan to go for 12 classes, 2 hours each. Attendees would bring a not so brand new notebook with them. Then:

• class 1: give them a flash drive with a live system --- so they find out how to boot from a stick. Most have never seen a Live system, it's eye opening.
• class 2: Install Debian on the notebook --- I encourage folks to try other distros as well, but that requires a lot of time
• class 3: sift through all questions, problems that came with the installation.

Old fashioned. With homework assignments (install again! yay!).

And go from there: package manager, network fundamentals, a class about email, another about web surfing and yet another about backup. Always point out how to find out, what the system is doing. And why I prefer some things over others. Install zoom. All the way including verifying the signatures. One class asked for encrypted email. So I explained the bits an pieces and what you really can conclude from them. Interesting challenge. Intro to shell scripting, if the audience wants that. These 12 classes fly by fast. And a few of the attendees did stick. So, it's partially successful ...

Ok, this is getting lengthy. Better stop here.

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