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pfr
Nixers
New thread idea.... But first of all, *nixers is buzzing at the moment which is really nice to see!

Ok so, this might not actually work, but I want to try it anyway. I used to participate in a game of Tag on a forum related to bikes. We'd ride around the city, take a photo of our bike next to a building or some insignificant local icon, and then it would be a race to figure out where that spot is. Whoever found that spot first would take a picture of their bike in the same spot (TAG) then again in a new spot, setting the new tag location.

Now I know what you're thinking... "the internet is an abyss! there is no way this will work". And you're probably right. But perhaps if we put some rules in place?

The idea is to take a screenshot on a website that are in some way related to *nix. It should be searchable through your mainstream search engines (goog, ddg, startpg, youtube etc.) so probably no gopher or .onion sites or dark web at this stage... (unless you think dark-web or gopher tag is a better idea?).

Please give me your feedback/input in terms of how this could work better, ie. what parameters/boundaries should be in place etc. But as a rough start:

RULES:
  • Sites must appear in all major search engines (GitHub, YouTube & Wiki included)
  • No gopher, .onion sites or dark web at this stage... maybe later
  • Neocities? allowed, as long as they are searchable
  • Sites should not be more than 4 pages deep in search engines
  • Screenshots must include some images & text (unless it would make it too obvious, use your discretion)
  • Screenshots can be any size (it's up to you) eg. if the site is quite obscure, consider including the whole page, or if it's a well known site, you could just capture a small portion of the page which might be recognisable to others.
  • To claim a tag you must post a url link to the page of the previous tag then post a screenshot of your next tag.
  • As a general rule, try not to make it too hard for people, and as the old saying goes "A quick game's a good game!"

I am prepared for this thread to be a complete flop.. but I reckon it'll be fun if we don't make it too hard.

I'll start with a really easy one!
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venam
Administrators
Here I go to claim the first tag: https://www.tuhs.org/

And here's my next one:
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jolia
Long time nixers
here is yours venam: http://catb.org/hacker-emblem/

let's keep going with this one:

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venam
Administrators
I'll take this tag easily.
It's no game when you put the same link on irc: https://webcast.web.cern.ch/event/i970903

Here's the next one:
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jolia
Long time nixers
first entry on ddg :D http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/

here's the next one:

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i'll stop for today, already played too much, this is fun as hell!
Dworin
Members
Found it on https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/sta...thors.html but I have to zoom in one step to get the same alignment.

here's one more:

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pfr
Nixers
I was too slow
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(06-11-2020, 07:45 AM)jolia Wrote: this is fun as hell!
Glad it's catching on!
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z3bra
Grey Hair Nixers
The text helped a lot ! https://ub.fnwi.uva.nl/computermuseum/X1.html

Rush next !

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jolia
Long time nixers
i think i got this: https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/rio.html

here ya go:

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venam
Administrators
I think I got it: https://nmap.org/ncat/

Here's the next one:
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Dworin
Members
That would be https://sanctum.geek.nz/arabesque/passin...ta-to-awk/

Then a website that kept boredom away in hospital last week (spent wayyyy too much time there!)

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s0kx
Members
https://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Sed.html

Doesn't have to be this exact thread, just find the website:
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mcol
Nixers
That took some time but it's here: http://pbbs.sakura.ne.jp/cgi/girlsillust...p?res=3124.


Try and find this (hopefully not too obvious):
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seninha
Long time nixers
https://xcb.freedesktop.org/KittyLogo/

Just because I'm into awk these days...
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s0kx
Members
pfr
Nixers
(06-11-2020, 09:40 AM)z3bra Wrote: Rush next !
Cool website! And I must have this wallpaper!?

(08-11-2020, 02:01 PM)sokx Wrote: Retroooo

To be honest I don't think I would have ever got that if it wasn't fr the text!
>> https://twcclassics.com/

Who remembers this?
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jolia
Long time nixers
i do! http://dotshare.it/dots/

does some already use it?
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s0kx
Members
Never heard of it, but looks interesting.
https://beets.io/

If I write a letter
and mail it
to someone I love,
someone I love may write a letter to me.
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venam
Administrators
I think I've found it: http://flamesgif.com/2018/06/28/0/

Get ready for this one:
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neeasade
Grey Hair Nixers
seninha
Long time nixers
pfr
Nixers
(10-11-2020, 04:14 PM)venam Wrote: Get ready for this one:
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Could have left the text out of that one I reckon. I'd recognise that funny looking cat logo anywhere.


(10-11-2020, 07:56 PM)phillbush Wrote: [Image: scrot.png]

>>> https://savannah.gnu.org/


Lets try make it a tiny bit harder... Anyone know this one?
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pfr
Nixers
Ok, I'll give a hint: It's not Linux or BSD, but it is UNIX.
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jkl
Long time nixers
That’s easy (I even installed that one once):
tribblix.org

How’s this?
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<mort> choosing a terrible license just to be spiteful towards others is possibly the most tux0r thing I've ever seen
s0kx
Members
Good one!
https://www.oracle.com/solaris/solaris11/

Shouldn't be too hard:
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pfr
Nixers
(12-11-2020, 05:17 AM)jkl Wrote: (I even installed that one once):
tribblix.org
OT: might open a thread about illumos distros. I was mad keen on Tribblix when I first cam accross it. Might give it another crack.
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jkl
Long time nixers
Please do! Tribblix is deliberately kept “retro” (including the old package system), but it has its advantages.

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venam
Administrators
I found the tag: https://slbr.tildeverse.org/
What a dangerous game!

Here's the next one, let's keep the chain moving with interesting findings:
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neeasade
Grey Hair Nixers
Found it - https://kmandla.wordpress.com/about/

Let's up the ante...

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venam
Administrators
It was hard but I think I found it: https://szdiy.org/history

Let's unblock this and move on to the next tag:
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