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The Mare Crisium Soviet Socialist Regency (The Soviet) is one of the |
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colonies in the circumlunar.space universe. There other two sister |
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The Mare Serenitatis Circumlunar Corporate Republic (republic.circumlunar.space) |
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The Mare Tranquillitatis People's Circumlunar Zaibatsu (zaibatsu.circumlunar.space) |
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The Soviet is a non-commercial public-access Unix server (pubnix) |
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offering shell account and gopher/gemini hosting to anyone who asks, at |
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no cost. The colony is inspired by the principle of "Small Internet": |
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read "The Small Internet Manifesto" (by spring) (republic.circumlunar.space) |
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read "Pubnix as an ecosystem" (by KatolaZ) (republic.circumlunar.space) |
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and is federated with other pubnix systems administered by like-minded |
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people. |
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Anybody with an interest for Unix systems and the intention to |
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participate to the life of a small community by sharing resources and |
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knowledge is welcome to sign-up for an account: |
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More information about signing up for an account |
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In particular, if you are interested in publishing your stuff through |
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gopher/gemini and/or in sharing knowledge and experience with other |
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fellow Unix enthusiasts, then this is the right place for you. |
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The server is running OpenBSD and provides a multi-user, full-featured, |
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text-based Unix environment, intended for development, publication of |
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content (e.g., gopher pages, phlogs, gemini capsules, etc.), and |
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collaboration. The focus of the colony is on use and development of |
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minimalist Unix software and simple Internet protocols, on sharing |
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knowledge and resources, and on improving the environment for the joy of |
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the colony members and of the wider circumlunar universe. |
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More information about Principles and Organisation of The Soviet |
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Frequently Asked Questions about The Soviet |
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Due to the limited amount of resources available, and to ensure that the |
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members of the colony can establish meaningful relationships with other |
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fellow members, the maximum number of colony members is set to 48. |
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All the colony members get a shell account with a Base Disk Quota (BDQ) |
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initially set to 100MB, where they can host a gopherspace and/or a |
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gemini capsule. The BDQ will be periodically reviewed by The Union and |
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increased appropriately, for all the members of The Soviet, according to |
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the level of activity and collaboration observed in the colony. Due to |
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the imposed restrictions on personal resources, lightweight and simple |
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software is preferred to heavy and bloated alternatives. Colony members |
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can participate to the wider circumlunar.space community by means of |
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shared BBS, inter-server email, and a private IRC network. |
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More information about software available at The Soviet |
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The focus of The Soviet is on simple protocols and applications. In |
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particular, members of the colony can publish material via gopher or |
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gemini, but they *do not have a web space*. If you are looking for a |
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place where to host your webpages, then this system is not for you. |
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Outbound connections are heavily restricted by a firewall that allows |
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only a scant list of protocols towards a selection of other pubnix |
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systems. If you are looking for a place from which to send spam, seed |
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torrents, port-scan other machines, scrap websites, etc., then this |
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system is not for you. |
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The Soviet is maintained and administered by KatolaZ. |
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More information about Principles and Organisation of The Soviet |
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More information about signing up for an account |
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<== Back to The Soviet main page |
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