Has anyone made a fun, simple, educational zine about getting on the Fediverse, navigating and finding what you need for aussie under 16s? Seems like there's a need.
Would this involve setting up a family ActivityPub server like #Friendica on some local hardware? (I know I'm like a broken record but something like #Yunohost - If only it was possible to have a single device that could do all that and replace your ISP router? - friendica.ginestes.es/display/… )
I'm not sure if getting correctly what you mean by a single device replacing the ISP router (which often can't be feasibly replaced), but maybe this will help.
You can use a virtual router (literally a router in a VM, a.k.a. The FORBIDDEN router).
The downside of it you need more networking knowledge and/or perhaps a virtualization platform that has networking management (f.e. Proxmox).
Edit: reading trough your linked post it's “maybe too much, unless separate LAN”.
@abeorch you could if you had the time and inclination. But I reckon for most people it would be about finding the best existing space to suit their needs.
I'm not sure there is a good existing space. I look at what younger family members have access to at the moment and its all pretty my like highly processed food - mentally vapid attention sucking brain rot.
But I agree - it does require a desire from people to build something for less technically minded people - without expecting to harvest something back from them.
My feeling is that we are so close - commodity hardware has got quite cheap and there has been heaps of work in opensource software. I am living in the clouds though..
@abeorch I believe there are currently spaces on the fedi as good as Facebook, ticktok and Snapchat, which is what the audience of this zine would be trying to replace.
@abeorch I remember having the "everything for children nowadays is vapid brain rot" conversation at my brother's birthday party in 1993. Time is a flat circus.
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You can use a virtual router (literally a router in a VM, a.k.a. The FORBIDDEN router).
The downside of it you need more networking knowledge and/or perhaps a virtualization platform that has networking management (f.e. Proxmox).
Edit: reading trough your linked post it's “maybe too much, unless separate LAN”.
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But I agree - it does require a desire from people to build something for less technically minded people - without expecting to harvest something back from them.
My feeling is that we are so close - commodity hardware has got quite cheap and there has been heaps of work in opensource software. I am living in the clouds though..
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