diff --git a/posts/new-services-dec22.md b/posts/new-services-dec22.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d95c851 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/new-services-dec22.md @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +--- +title: New Service Posts for December 2022 +date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 +author: ~aryak +--- +We forgot to do a ton of new service blog posts this month, so instead of adding 6 different blog posts, we decided to do one with the info for all 6 :P + +## Fed Tester +~vern now has a matrix federation tester instance along with its fed-tester-ui frontend. + +This allows you to check the federation status of different matrix homeservers. + +Since this requires IPv6 and DNS that works correctly, we decided to set it up on Iceberg. + +## Tmate +~vern now has a tmate server, which you can use for sharing sessions. + +To use our instance, just download [vern.cc/.tmate.conf](https://vern.cc/.tmate.conf) onto ~/.tmate.conf and you are good to go! + +I couldn't get websocket server working though, so web access and custom session names aren't possible with ~vern's tmate server right now. + +## Miniflux +~vern now has yet another RSS Feed Reader, Miniflux. + +This Feed Reader is a lot more minimal compared to FreshRSS and has integration with many other services too! + +Note: FreshRSS will continue to exist on ~vern, this is just a second choice for those who prefer this Reader over FreshRSS + +## Etherpad +~vern now has an Etherpad instance. + +Etherpad is a highly customizable online editor providing collaborative editing real-time. + +I originally set it up for our jitsi instance but it can be accessed independently too. + +## Soju +~vern now has an instance of Soju, an IRC Bouncer. + +The main difference between Soju and ZNC is that Soju supports many IRC v3 features and is a lot more modern. + +Note: ZNC will continue to exist on ~vern, this is just a second choice for those who prefer Soju over ZNC. + +## Excalidraw Backend +~vern now has an excalidraw backend server for Jitsi, allowing our Jitsi instance to have Whiteboards like the main instance, meet.jit.si. + +This is yet another step in making our jitsi instance have all the same features and more as the main instance. + +## Sydent +~vern now has an instance of Sydent, the reference matrix identity server. + +It is yet another service to prevent the centralization of matrix around matrixdotorg/vector-im. + +If you are a ~vern matrix user, it should be used by default by clients since its specified in the .well-known entry. + +Its hosted on iceberg due to some DNS issues we faced on the tilserv.