Gopher

I’ve finally added a proper gophermap!

For the homelab: I've met a lot of my learning goals over the last two years, and I find myself wondering what to do next. For a little background, I don't work in IT. I don't need to learn any of this; it's just been a hobby of mine, mostly in pursuit of fun, knowledge, and control over my personal digital systems...

What is it?

The Lynx Browser (not to be confused with the later Links Browser), is the oldest actively maintained web browser, initially developed in 1992 and still being maintained today. What makes lynx look a bit different from other modern browsers is the fact that even in 2025, it can only display basic text. The lynx browser ignores all of the ads, pictures, JavaScript, fancy formatting, and annoying infinitely-scrolling slop, to just delivery the content you want to read. Not only does this reduce distractions, but it's also great to use if your internet connection has limited bandwidth.

I've decided it's time to get my gopher server running again, and wanted to outline the basic steps for anyone else looking to dive into the gopherhole.