🌟 Announcing lowendirc.com – The IRC Home for the LowEnd Community 🌟

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  • itsdeadjimitsdeadjim

    @thagoat said:
    Anything you need from a hardware/software standpoint? I can help, I've been running Unrealircd for over 10 years (albeit with a very small instance) and wouldn't mind pitching in for the greater good.

    Sure, you are my man :) Come to discuss about this. Thanks!

  • fitkohfitkoh

    I'd recommend a web client on the site for lazy people to check in on the fly, or newbies to get a taste with no commitment. Great work.

  • itsdeadjimitsdeadjim

    @fitkoh said:
    I'd recommend a web client on the site for lazy people to check in on the fly, or newbies to get a taste with no commitment. Great work.

    Thanks fitkoh :) TheLounge & Cgiirc are on the way.

  • AuroraZeroAuroraZero Retired

    @Mumbly said:
    Irssi in few lines.

    apt-get install irssi screen
irssi (or "screen irssi")
/server lowendirc.com
/join #lowendtalk
/join #general

    And you're in.

    /query AuroraZero to open chat session with AuroraZero (the more the better, he will be glad) or simply write /msg AuroraZero behave!
    cycle through channels and private messages using CTRL + p or CTRL + n
    /quit (btw. true idlers never quit, that's what screen is for)

    Why you picking on the Yeti? I dint do nuffins!!

    The Yeti has left the building.

  • fitkohfitkoh

    @itsdeadjim said:

    @fitkoh said:
    I'd recommend a web client on the site for lazy people to check in on the fly, or newbies to get a taste with no commitment. Great work.

    Thanks fitkoh :) TheLounge & Cgiirc are on the way.

    I was going to put kiwi on a subdomain but apparently it's been down for at least a couple days.
    A long long time ago in the early 2000s I had a chat server running on dsl out of my living room. Good times.

  • AuroraZeroAuroraZero Retired

    @fitkoh said:

    @itsdeadjim said:

    @fitkoh said:
    I'd recommend a web client on the site for lazy people to check in on the fly, or newbies to get a taste with no commitment. Great work.

    Thanks fitkoh :) TheLounge & Cgiirc are on the way.

    I was going to put kiwi on a subdomain but apparently it's been down for at least a couple days.
    A long long time ago in the early 2000s I had a chat server running on dsl out of my living room. Good times.

    Rich guy here bragging about his DSL in the 2000's. :p Still had dialup at the farm and barely 56k at that.

    The Yeti has left the building.

  • DPDP OG

    @AuroraZero said:

    @fitkoh said:

    @itsdeadjim said:

    @fitkoh said:
    I'd recommend a web client on the site for lazy people to check in on the fly, or newbies to get a taste with no commitment. Great work.

    Thanks fitkoh :) TheLounge & Cgiirc are on the way.

    I was going to put kiwi on a subdomain but apparently it's been down for at least a couple days.
    A long long time ago in the early 2000s I had a chat server running on dsl out of my living room. Good times.

    Rich guy here bragging about his DSL in the 2000's. :p Still had dialup at the farm and barely 56k at that.

    US Robotics' modem was on the "wishlist" back then :smiley:

    "The imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity." — Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • CrabCrab

    @TheDP said:
    US Robotics' modem was on the "wishlist" back then :smiley:

  • fitkohfitkoh

    @AuroraZero said:

    @fitkoh said:

    @itsdeadjim said:

    @fitkoh said:
    I'd recommend a web client on the site for lazy people to check in on the fly, or newbies to get a taste with no commitment. Great work.

    Thanks fitkoh :) TheLounge & Cgiirc are on the way.

    I was going to put kiwi on a subdomain but apparently it's been down for at least a couple days.
    A long long time ago in the early 2000s I had a chat server running on dsl out of my living room. Good times.

    Rich guy here bragging about his DSL in the 2000's. :p Still had dialup at the farm and barely 56k at that.

    Lol I just got very fortunate. In '05 it was $50.00ish +fees. I was a few blocks from the beach, close enough to get the bougie internet. The machine it ran on had a k6-2 AMD Athlon and 128MB ram. I got it from a thrift store for 20$, a steal of a deal then. It took me 3 days to install debian on it because I only had 1 monitor and I had to switch back and forth to manually transfer instructions during installation.

    Not rich but rich in imagination.

  • IV__IV__ OG

    oh well... my irc skills are a bit rusty....

    it seem that I might have found a usage for my 128mb gullo dolla nat that has been idling so hard for the past 5 years....

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  • cmeerwcmeerw

    @Crab said:

    @TheDP said:
    US Robotics' modem was on the "wishlist" back then :smiley:

    I had the low-end option: a SupraFAX:

  • AstroAstro

    @IV__ said: it seem that I might have found a usage for my 128mb gullo dolla nat that has been idling so hard for the past 5 years....

    >

    A hidden gem

    Team push-ups!

  • fitkohfitkoh

    @IV__ said:
    oh well... my irc skills are a bit rusty....

    it seem that I might have found a usage for my 128mb gullo dolla nat that has been idling so hard for the past 5 years....

    You might have to dig around some old repos to find something light enough to run in it. It'd be nice if you could proxy to port 6667 but not strictly necessary.

  • IV__IV__ OG

    @fitkoh said:

    @IV__ said:
    oh well... my irc skills are a bit rusty....

    it seem that I might have found a usage for my 128mb gullo dolla nat that has been idling so hard for the past 5 years....

    You might have to dig around some old repos to find something light enough to run in it. It'd be nice if you could proxy to port 6667 but not strictly necessary.

    You mean running the irc daemon , it was not planed to compete with lowendirc :) But I might try it as a pet project.

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  • itsdeadjimitsdeadjim

    @IV__ said: it was not planed to compete with lowendirc :)

    Come to revive irc wars :)

  • fitkohfitkoh

    @IV__ said:

    @fitkoh said:

    @IV__ said:
    oh well... my irc skills are a bit rusty....

    it seem that I might have found a usage for my 128mb gullo dolla nat that has been idling so hard for the past 5 years....

    You might have to dig around some old repos to find something light enough to run in it. It'd be nice if you could proxy to port 6667 but not strictly necessary.

    You mean running the irc daemon , it was not planed to compete with lowendirc :) But I might try it as a pet project.

    You wouldn't necessarily have to compete. Irc servers are meant to be linked.

  • MumblyMumbly

    @itsdeadjim said: Come to revive irc wars

    The minimal requirement for this is to remove Anope (no channel or nickname registrations) :p

  • MumblyMumbly
    edited December 2024

    @fitkoh said: Irc servers are meant to be linked.

    This could be actually the funny part - several servers linked to form network, but not necessarily all with global/open i-lines.

  • IV__IV__ OG

    @fitkoh said:

    @IV__ said:

    @fitkoh said:

    @IV__ said:
    oh well... my irc skills are a bit rusty....

    it seem that I might have found a usage for my 128mb gullo dolla nat that has been idling so hard for the past 5 years....

    You might have to dig around some old repos to find something light enough to run in it. It'd be nice if you could proxy to port 6667 but not strictly necessary.

    You mean running the irc daemon , it was not planed to compete with lowendirc :) But I might try it as a pet project.

    You wouldn't necessarily have to compete. Irc servers are meant to be linked.

    In that sense... that make a lot more sense! :)

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  • itsdeadjimitsdeadjim
    edited December 2024

    @Mumbly said: The minimal requirement for this is to remove Anope (no channel or nickname registrations) :p

    #general isn't registered ^^

    @IV__ said: In that sense... that make a lot more sense! :)

    Sure, this is a mostly educational/nostalgia project. You are welcome to link.

  • AuroraZeroAuroraZero Retired

    Lucky guys I had an internal an external was too expensive on the farm. Couldn't even think about a used one at all.

    The Yeti has left the building.

  • AaronSSAaronSS

    Anyone have a getting started guide?

  • CrabCrab
    edited December 2024

    @AaronSS said:
    Anyone have a getting started guide?

    For FreeBSD: pkg install irssi
    For NetBSD: pkgin install irssi
    For OpenBSD: pkg_add irssi
    For Debian/Ubuntu: apt install irssi
    For CentOS/RedHat/Amazon Linux: dnf install irssi
    For Windows: https://irssi.org/2008/01/30/windows-installer/

    irssi -c lowendirc.com -p 6667
    /join #general

  • itsdeadjimitsdeadjim

    Bots are also welcome.

    @carlin0 runs a bot in the #debian channel to announce Debian security issues.
    @Crab suggested a bot to announce new posts in LowEnd forums.

    Bots can be very useful, and they are also an excellent event driven programming exercise. They are very simple to implement, whether you choose to implement raw irc protocol (which is very nice by the way), or you use one of the hundrends libraries in any programming language.

    If you’re interested in programming, have a cool idea, or simply want to put your idle server to use, feel free to experiment or suggest.

    If you get stuck with the programming or protocol part, I’m happy to help you out.

    @Not_Oles I am curious to see what you can do with netcat :P

  • MannDudeMannDude Provider IncogNET - Speech and Privacy

    Good to see this. I'll idle in there, as I am now in #general

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  • IV__IV__ OG

    There is no better place to idle than on IRC on an already idling vps

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  • treesmokahtreesmokah

    this will be fun

    joined as v

  • CrabCrab

    @IV__ said:
    There is no better place to idle than on IRC on an already idling vps

    As long as your VPS is <$7.

  • CrabCrab

    @itsdeadjim said:
    @Crab suggested a bot to announce new posts in LowEnd forums.

    Is there a public API available to pull recent posts? I tried to access Vanilla's API at https://lowendspirit.com, but I got access denied. Hopefully it is not seen as a hacking attempt :lol:

  • itsdeadjimitsdeadjim

    I have no idea&gt; @Crab said:

    @itsdeadjim said:
    @Crab suggested a bot to announce new posts in LowEnd forums.

    Is there a public API available to pull recent posts? I tried to access Vanilla's API at https://lowendspirit.com, but I got access denied. Hopefully it is not seen as a hacking attempt :lol:

    I would probably parse the html but maybe @Mason or @mikho have better ideas

  • CrabCrab

    @itsdeadjim said:
    I would probably parse the html but maybe @Mason or @mikho have better ideas

    Scraping is always a possibility, but I was hoping there was something more appropriate available to achieve the same :sunglasses:

  • mikhomikho AdministratorOG Bash Me Gently

    @itsdeadjim said:
    I have no idea&gt; @Crab said:

    @itsdeadjim said:
    @Crab suggested a bot to announce new posts in LowEnd forums.

    Is there a public API available to pull recent posts? I tried to access Vanilla's API at https://lowendspirit.com, but I got access denied. Hopefully it is not seen as a hacking attempt :lol:

    I would probably parse the html but maybe @Mason or @mikho have better ideas

    Api was disabled some years ago to avoid our megathreads and offers to be copy/pasted into other forums.

    Especially the LES special category was a hot category to snatch offers before our community had the chance.

    “Technology is best when it brings people together.” – Matt Mullenweg

  • itsdeadjimitsdeadjim

    Only thing missing now is @host_c irc-only deals :)

  • NeoonNeoon OG
    edited December 2024

    The biggest disaappointment is actually no #deals channel when I joined.

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  • BrueggusBrueggus OG

    @Crab said:

    @TheDP said:
    US Robotics' modem was on the "wishlist" back then :smiley:

    I had the same device. Good ol' times. 🥲

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  • CrabCrab

    @Brueggus said:
    I had the same device. Good ol' times. 🥲

    I still have two as decorations in my office :lol:

  • MumblyMumbly

    @MannDude said:
    Good to see this. I'll idle in there, as I am now in #general

    Server: lowendirc.com
    /join #idle :p

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    @yoursunny

    Check our KVM VPS plans in 🇵🇱 Warsaw, Poland and 🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden

  • AuroraZeroAuroraZero Retired

    Watch out I am farting up the room!!!!

    The Yeti has left the building.

  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Provider

    @itsdeadjim Congrats! If I counted right, there now are 41 people logged in to #general. It's a nice party! :star:

  • MumblyMumbly

    @Not_Oles said:
    @itsdeadjim Congrats! If I counted right, there now are 41 people logged in to #general. It's a nice party! :star:

    /list

  • itsdeadjimitsdeadjim
    edited December 2024

    @Not_Oles said:
    @itsdeadjim Congrats! If I counted right, there now are 41 people logged in to #general. It's a nice party! :star:

    Next year we should arrange an amiga demoparty

  • loayloay

    The #deals channel now features the low-end-web-bot, monitoring LET/LES for the latest offers :)

    ✨🎁 Low end deals Telegram tracker: https://t.me/lowendweb

  • Not_OlesNot_Oles Provider

    If I understand right, the lowendirc server is using anope services. Here is a link to anope services' syntax page, which has been helpful to me:

    https://clients.sisrv.net/knowledgebase/86/Anope-Services-commands.html

    Best wishes!

  • itsdeadjimitsdeadjim

    @Not_Oles said:
    If I understand right, the lowendirc server is using anope services. Here is a link to anope services' syntax page, which has been helpful to me:

    https://clients.sisrv.net/knowledgebase/86/Anope-Services-commands.html

    Best wishes!

    Yeah it's using anope services. /ns help and /cs help provide extensive documentation for nickserv and chanserv services

  • NeoonNeoon OG

    Well, my bouncer can't connect to the IRC anymore, anything died?

    Free NAT KVM | Free NAT LXC

  • DecicusDecicus OG

    I guess I'll try to remember that I have The Lounge running this time...

    @Neoon said:
    Well, my bouncer can't connect to the IRC anymore, anything died?

    I was able to connect just now. Still having issues?

    Website: thomassen.sh

  • NeoonNeoon OG

    @Decicus said:
    I guess I'll try to remember that I have The Lounge running this time...

    @Neoon said:
    Well, my bouncer can't connect to the IRC anymore, anything died?

    I was able to connect just now. Still having issues?

    Yea looks fixed

    Free NAT KVM | Free NAT LXC

  • NeoonNeoon OG

    Well, big rip

    " Cannot join #$7 (Channel is invite only)"

    One network outage and then this

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  • itsdeadjimitsdeadjim
    edited January 2025

    @Neoon said:
    Well, my bouncer can't connect to the IRC anymore, anything died?

    Probably random event, I didnt see anything weird

    @Neoon said:
    Well, big rip

    " Cannot join #$7 (Channel is invite only)"

    One network outage and then this

    The channel #$7 is indeed invite only. Was this done by mistake? I don't keep such logs

    edit: @dedicados i see that you initially created this channel, if you locked this by mistake, tell me to unlock it

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