From 928ed258b7f04f46002136ca6feda29660f03382 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 10:42:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Redoing project description --- README.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++-- gemini/EN/index.gmi | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- website/EN/index.html | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++-------- 3 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 97cc32fe9..16a672222 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -4,9 +4,24 @@ -Epicyon is a modern [ActivityPub](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub) compliant server implementing both S2S and C2S protocols and suitable for installation on single board computers. It includes features such as moderation tools, post expiry, content warnings, image descriptions, news feed and perimeter defense against adversaries. It contains *no JavaScript* and uses HTML+CSS with a Python backend. +Epicyon is a [fediverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse) server suitable for self-hosting a small number of accounts on low power systems. -Corporate social media gives you an audience, with reach, celebrity, spectacle, lack of control, professional influencers, anxiety, alienation and competition. It's designed for fast growth regardless of social consequences. Epicyon is designed for community, in which you have voice, agency, discussions and comradery. The community approach is the better way to build a habitable internet for the long term. +Key features: + + * Open standards: HTML, CSS, ActivityPub, RSS, CalDAV. + * Supports common web browsers and [shell browsers](https://lynx.invisible-island.net). + * Will not drain your mobile or laptop battery. + * Customisable themes. It doesn't have to look bland. + * Does not require much RAM, either on server or client. + * Suitable for installation on single board computers. + * No javascript. + * No database. Data stored as ordinary files. + * No fashionable web frameworks. "Boring by design". + * No blockchain garbage. + * Written in Python, with few dependencies. + * AGPL license, which big tech hates. + +Epicyon is for people who are tired of *big anything* and just want to DIY their online social experience without much fuss or expense. Think *water cooler discussions* rather than *shouting into the void*, in which you're mainly just reading and responding to the posts of people that you're following. [Project Goals](README_goals.md) - [Commandline interface](README_commandline.md) - [Customizations](README_customizations.md) - [Software Architecture](README_architecture.md) - [Code of Conduct](code-of-conduct.md) - [Principles of Unity](principlesofunity.md) - [C2S Desktop Client](README_desktop_client.md) - [Coding Style](README_coding_style.md) diff --git a/gemini/EN/index.gmi b/gemini/EN/index.gmi index 2fa67cf52..a6084ed92 100644 --- a/gemini/EN/index.gmi +++ b/gemini/EN/index.gmi @@ -13,7 +13,24 @@ ``-' ``-' ``` -Epicyon is an AGPL licensed ActivityPub protocol compliant federated social network server suitable for hosting a small number of accounts on low power systems requiring minimal maintenance, such as single board computers. It's the ActivityPub equivalent of an email server, storing posts as human readable JSON on file, rather than in a database. It also uses only a small amount of RAM. +Epicyon is a fediverse server suitable for self-hosting a small number of accounts on low power systems. + +Key features: + + * Open standards: HTML, CSS, ActivityPub, RSS, CalDAV. + * Supports common web browsers and shell browsers. + * Will not drain your mobile or laptop battery. + * Customisable themes. It doesn't have to look bland. + * Does not require much RAM, either on server or client. + * Suitable for installation on single board computers. + * No javascript. + * No database. Data stored as ordinary files. + * No fashionable web frameworks. "Boring by design". + * No blockchain garbage. + * Written in Python, with few dependencies. + * AGPL license, which big tech hates. + +Epicyon is for people who are tired of Big Anything and just want to DIY their online social experience without much fuss or expense. Think "water cooler discussions" rather than "shouting into the void", in which you're mainly just reading and responding to the posts of people that you're following. ## An Internet of People, Not Corporate Agendas diff --git a/website/EN/index.html b/website/EN/index.html index 65a2bf00c..13f79ba40 100644 --- a/website/EN/index.html +++ b/website/EN/index.html @@ -1189,18 +1189,30 @@

Matrix room: #epicyon:matrix.libreserver.org
gemini://libreserver.org/epicyon

New release: 1.3.0

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- Epicyon is an AGPL licensed ActivityPub protocol compliant federated social network server suitable for hosting a small number of accounts on low power systems requiring minimal maintenance, such as single board computers. It's the ActivityPub equivalent of an email server, storing posts as human readable JSON on file, rather than in a database. It also uses only a small amount of RAM. -

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Epicyon is a fediverse server suitable for self-hosting a small number of accounts on low power systems.

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Fast and Free

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- The open web using HTML5 and CSS is fast. Say goodbye to the corporate web, where you have to wait seconds for your browser to painstakingly download magabytes of unwanted advertising trash. -

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Key features:

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Epicyon is for people who are tired of big anything and just want to DIY their online social experience without much fuss or expense. Think water cooler discussions rather than shouting into the void, in which you're mainly just reading and responding to the posts of people that you're following.

An Internet of People, Not Corporate Manipulation

- Ever feel like corporate social media is deliberately pressing your buttons or grinding your gears, leaving you stressed and angry? On the open web there is no pressure to perform the way a timeline algorithm wants you to. Experience the astonishingly novel concept of just hanging out with friends, without any artificial agendas. +Ever feel like corporate social media is deliberately pressing your buttons or grinding your gears, leaving you stressed and angry? On the open web there is no pressure to perform the way a timeline algorithm wants you to. Experience the astonishingly novel concept of just hanging out with friends, without any artificial agendas.

Small Tech Design

From 734be151a6c22c6c699f7e16a9f799e830277bd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 10:52:19 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] Features list style --- website/EN/index.html | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/website/EN/index.html b/website/EN/index.html index 13f79ba40..7cf83e1b6 100644 --- a/website/EN/index.html +++ b/website/EN/index.html @@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ font-size: var(--font-size); } + .features { + margin-left: 20%; + } + a, u { color: var(--main-fg-color); } @@ -1188,11 +1192,11 @@

Matrix room: #epicyon:matrix.libreserver.org
gemini://libreserver.org/epicyon

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New release: 1.3.0

Epicyon is a fediverse server suitable for self-hosting a small number of accounts on low power systems.

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Key features:

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  • Open standards: HTML, CSS, ActivityPub, RSS, CalDAV.
  • Supports common web browsers and shell browsers.
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  • Written in Python, with few dependencies.
  • AGPL license, which big tech hates.
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Epicyon is for people who are tired of big anything and just want to DIY their online social experience without much fuss or expense. Think water cooler discussions rather than shouting into the void, in which you're mainly just reading and responding to the posts of people that you're following.

An Internet of People, Not Corporate Manipulation

From 14ec7c5acf2784f20c64a799b919110e7a0a4ea5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 10:54:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Italics --- README.md | 2 +- website/EN/index.html | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 16a672222..03c07e66a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Key features: * Suitable for installation on single board computers. * No javascript. * No database. Data stored as ordinary files. - * No fashionable web frameworks. "Boring by design". + * No fashionable web frameworks. *"Boring by design"*. * No blockchain garbage. * Written in Python, with few dependencies. * AGPL license, which big tech hates. diff --git a/website/EN/index.html b/website/EN/index.html index 7cf83e1b6..34122637a 100644 --- a/website/EN/index.html +++ b/website/EN/index.html @@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@
  • Suitable for installation on single board computers.
  • No javascript.
  • No database. Data stored as ordinary files.
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  • No fashionable web frameworks. "Boring by design".
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  • No fashionable web frameworks. "Boring by design".
  • No blockchain garbage.
  • Written in Python, with few dependencies.
  • AGPL license, which big tech hates.
    • From ef00ef3abd7b9cc40826fccd00066fab11de8510 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Mottram Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 11:03:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Mention timeline --- README.md | 1 + gemini/EN/index.gmi | 1 + website/EN/index.html | 7 ++++--- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 03c07e66a..ac9e9775f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Key features: * Customisable themes. It doesn't have to look bland. * Does not require much RAM, either on server or client. * Suitable for installation on single board computers. + * No timeline algorithms. * No javascript. * No database. Data stored as ordinary files. * No fashionable web frameworks. *"Boring by design"*. diff --git a/gemini/EN/index.gmi b/gemini/EN/index.gmi index a6084ed92..22da095ca 100644 --- a/gemini/EN/index.gmi +++ b/gemini/EN/index.gmi @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Key features: * Customisable themes. It doesn't have to look bland. * Does not require much RAM, either on server or client. * Suitable for installation on single board computers. + * No timeline algorithms. * No javascript. * No database. Data stored as ordinary files. * No fashionable web frameworks. "Boring by design". diff --git a/website/EN/index.html b/website/EN/index.html index 34122637a..09164d85d 100644 --- a/website/EN/index.html +++ b/website/EN/index.html @@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ font-size: var(--font-size); } - .features { - margin-left: 20%; - } + .features { + margin-left: 20%; + } a, u { color: var(--main-fg-color); @@ -1204,6 +1204,7 @@
  • Customisable themes. It doesn't have to look bland.
  • Does not require much RAM, either on server or client.
  • Suitable for installation on single board computers.
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  • No timeline algorithms.
  • No javascript.
  • No database. Data stored as ordinary files.
  • No fashionable web frameworks. "Boring by design".