Lately I have been spending a lot of time exploring old software and technologies on my Linux netbook. Working on SkyLordsLab BBS made me realize how many interesting things from the early internet have been forgotten.
We have modern applications for almost everything now. But I wonder how many old ideas were actually good and simply got left behind.
So here is my question.
What is one forgotten internet technology or old piece of software that you think deserves a second chance?
It could be an old protocol. A forgotten application. A strange communication system. Or something most people have never even heard of.
I am looking for something unusual to explore. Maybe I will even try bringing one of those ideas back to life on my old antiX netbook
#asknostr #linux #retrocomputing #oldinternet #opensource #programming #selfhosting #buildinpublic
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