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Gopher Is Still Worth Checking Out
- jandeboevrie 5y agoCan't wait for the Python3 version of PyGopherD so I don't have to do this anymore: https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/Installing_PyGopherd_on_Ubuntu_20.04.html https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/Installing_PyGopherd_on_Ubunt...
- jamesfinlayson 5y agoInteresting - I remember someone at my last job saying that Gopher was still a thing, and that there were maybe 100 Gopher sites. I didn't realise there were licensing issues in the 1990s though - I figured the only reason it disappeared was because of the world wide web.
- mattowen_uk 5y agoThe Windows client shown in the article is my Gopher Client for Windows, which seems to be becoming a popular client for Windows Users. If you want to check it out, you can find it here: http://www.mattowen.co.uk/gopher/gopher-client-browser-for-windows http://www.mattowen.co.uk/gopher/gopher-client-browser-for-w...
- xtracto 5y agoGopherVR reminds me of VRML, which was booming for a time in the late 90s/early 2000s. I remember implementing an application that did some renderings with a VRML client (I think it was called CortanaVRML)