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This post really starts to show the right direction: Z-Library - "the desktop app", with built in Tor (for seeders safety), IPFS (for p2p distribution), IPNS (
by imhoguy 4y ago
This post really starts to show the right direction:
Z-Library - "the desktop app",
with built in Tor (for seeders safety), IPFS (for p2p distribution), IPNS (to download updated indexes), with local search engine (no SPOF & convenience), optional at-rest file encryption, and some random pining algorithm to let users donate 1-10GB of local disk space to host random chunks of the library.
It needs to be dead easy to let anyone use and contribute.
- RobotToaster 4y agoSince it needs to be on all the time, a raspberry pi image maybe? Literally just configure your wifi password, burn the image, and let it rip.
- bozhark 4y agoIf I could tack it on to the current network with a single pi+Ethernet connection it would be worthwhile
- gizmo385 4y agoRequiring a raspberry pi and burning an image is not generally accessible to a non technical person imo
- tfsh 4y agoIf you're not slightly technically inclined you wouldn't be interested in contributing to Z-Libs decentralised hosting so this isn't an issue.
- dendriti 4y agoIf you're limiting support of Z-Libs to only those 'slightly technically inclined', you're leaving a lot of support on the table.
- joshspankit 4y agoThat’s a fair point. The main demographic is people who are probably already technically inclined... but there are lots of supporters of intellectual freedom who are not the main demographic of Z-Library.
- DoItToMe81 4y agoEven my grandma with dementia knows how to burn CDs. The software to burn a disk image to an SD card is even easier to use.
- delcaran 4y agoWith alpine and an external HD you just need to copy some file on a windows-formatted SD card to have a fully working system that doesn't even write to the SD.
- rahimnathwani 4y agoSeems like a lot of I/O for a poor SD card.
- sneak 4y agoMostly just O, if it's caching.
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