I built this tiny offline internet and now I can get answers during an outage
The article discusses the creation of an offline mini-internet called 'OfflineNet' by Gregory Gibson. This project was initiated to provide access to useful resources during internet outages in rural areas. It features a Debian-based virtual machine with various tools for offline access to information.
- ▪Gregory Gibson built an offline mini-internet to address internet outages in the countryside.
- ▪The project includes a Debian Trixie VM, an Apache web server, and tools like Kiwix and Recoll.
- ▪The goal was to create a practical solution for accessing Linux commands and reading materials without an internet connection.
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