The Internet That Doesn’t Suck

The goal of this website is to document technologies we think are still useful today, focusing primarily on self-hosted infrastructure.

This site does not use Docker or one-click installers: These instructions are for people who want to understand what is being set up and run. Knowing these techniques will continue to be useful, long after the “easy” methods have gone away, because these are the actual underlying tools used by the software itself.

However, we do seek to be easy in the sense of “complete” - You should be able to sit down with only these instructions and get a working service, even without background knowledge of Linux or other software development practices. If it is relevant, the site should teach you.

Reference guides:

• Using basic HTML
• Using Markdown & Pandoc
• Command line glossary

Things you will need:

• Getting a domain
• Getting a server

Infrastructure:

• Setting up an XMPP server
• Setting up phpBB3

Internet Culture:

• Web Directory

In Progress:

• The LAMP stack
• SSH Guide

Planned Tutorials:

• Receive email at your domain (infinite email addresses!)
• Setting up a Wordpress blog
• Setting up a forum
• Setting up a self-hosted git repository
• Setting up Icecast
• Setting up a Lemmy server
• Setting up Mastodon
• Setting up a PeerTube server
• Setting up an RSS reader
• Setting up a wiki
• Introduction to EMACS
• Setting up passwordless SSH
• Using IPFS through Cloudflare Gateways
• Using IPFS through your own server
• Using Let’s Encrypt!
• Port wrangling with Apache
• Setting up an SMTP server

Planned XMPP Info:

• Prosody vs ejabberd
• XMPP client feature support list
• Moderators guide to running an XMPP server
• Setting up invites

Other Planned Writing:

• XMPP: You Want It
• The Internet That Doesn’t Suck
• More TTUFTF lore!