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  • never again will the tears fall from my eyes

    From Maurice Kinal@2:280/464.113 to Donnie Elbert on Thu Sep 11 02:20:26 2025
    Hej Donnie!

    google has officially dropped support for text browsers, such as lynx. As for me, duckduckgo is the new default, including a gui browser such as firefox which happens to be the only such browser here.

    As the subject implies, I won't be shedding a tear.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    o- -o -o -o -o -o o- -o -o -o o- o- o- -o -o o- /) (\ (\ (\ (\ (\ /) (\ (\ (\ /) /) /) (\ (\ /) ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ... Æfter leofan menn langað swiðost.
    People long most for a loved one.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.3.3(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint @ (2:280/464.113)
  • From Real User@1:103/705 to Maurice Kinal on Mon Dec 15 05:28:36 2025
    On 2025-09-11, Maurice Kinal <Maurice.Kinal@p113.f464.n280.z2.fidonet> wrote:

    Hej Donnie!

    google has officially dropped support for text browsers, such as lynx. As for me, duckduckgo is the new default, including a gui browser such as firefox which happens to be the only such browser here.

    As the subject implies, I won't be shedding a tear.

    Het leven is goed,
    Maurice

    o- -o -o -o -o -o o- -o -o -o o- o- o- -o -o o-
    /) (\ (\ (\ (\ (\ /) (\ (\ (\ /) /) /) (\ (\ /) ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ... Æfter leofan menn langað swiðost.
    People long most for a loved one.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.3.3(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint @ (2:280/464.113)

    Head to https://lite.duckduckgo.com just in case.

    Also:

    https://farside.link <- debloated replacement
    gopher://magical.fish <- shitload of services,
    from news, RSS feeds and a online translator
    over gopher.
    gopher://bitreich.org/1/lawn <- tons of links
    --- SBBSecho 3.33-Linux
    * Origin: Vertrauen - [vert/cvs/bbs].synchro.net (1:103/705)
  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001 to Real User on Mon Dec 15 14:26:13 2025
    Hey Rob????

    Head to https://lite.duckduckgo.com just in case.

    That works. So far, so good.

    I'll have to check the rest later. Thank you for the heads up.

    Дуже груви,
    Maurice

    o- o- -o -o -o o- o- o- -o o- -o o-
    /) /) (\ (\ (\ /) /) /) (\ /) (\ /)
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
    ... Ne byð þæt fele freond, se þe oþrum facn heleð.
    He who harbours treachery against another is not a faithful friend.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.3.3(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's Brain - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001)
  • From Oleg Artemjev@2:6078/80.1354 to Maurice Kinal on Tue Dec 16 01:28:40 2025
    Åα¿óÑΓ, Maurice!

    15 ñѬ 25 14:26, Maurice Kinal -> Real User:
    Head to https://lite.duckduckgo.com just in case.
    That works. So far, so good.
    opens for me too.

    Дуже груви,
    which codepage is this phrase?

    antiofftopic: what is best gother server & client also from security history point of view?

    I'ven't used gother for lots of years. What shouuld I do to add support for it in Alt Linux for example?

    By good security history I mean the VM with this stuff is not getting owned by someeone not so lazy to
    place a web trap. :-) Do people still develop gother servers and clients?

    Best wishes, Oleg.

    --- -ôεΓ¡« π óáß, á Γ«½∞¬« ßΓαá¡¡«. ê ß«½¡µá ¼á½«.
    * Origin: Ç ¼δ ¡áα«ñ Γαπñ∩Θ¿⌐ß∩... (2:6078/80.1354)
  • From Maurice Kinal@1:153/7001 to Oleg Artemjev on Mon Dec 15 23:37:06 2025
    Hey Oleg!

    Дуже груви,
    which codepage is this phrase?

    utf-8. They are cyrillic characters, not unlike your cp866 characters, except far more universal.

    For the record, it is half-assed Ukrainian/Canadian the first word translates to "Very" in English whereas the second word spells "groovy" (translit). We used to say it that way back in the 1960's and it is pronounced "Doosha groovy".

    What shouuld I do to add support for it in Alt Linux for example?

    For a client, lynx is the way to go given that it supports the gopher protocol by default. As for server software I have yet to try anything other than using lynx to connect to gopher servers.

    Do people still develop gother servers and clients?

    Yes.

    Дуже груви,
    Maurice

    -o -o o- -o o- o- o- -o o- -o o- o-
    (\ (\ /) (\ /) /) /) (\ /) (\ /) /)
    ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^
    ... Hwæt bið betst and wyrst? Ic ðe secge, mannes word.
    What is the best and the worst thing? I tell you, man's word.
    --- GNU bash, version 5.3.3(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
    * Origin: Little Mikey's Brain - Ladysmith BC, Canada (1:153/7001)