https://wiki.57north.org.uk/ 2026-04-28T07:38:21+00:00 https://wiki.57north.org.uk/ https://wiki.57north.org.uk/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:logo.png text/html 2020-07-07T20:48:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.57north.org.uk/doku.php?id=resources:software:debian&rev=1594154903&do=diff Debian Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. When most people talk about Debian, they probably mean Debian GNU/Linux: a distribution of software comprising of the text/html 2021-05-26T09:33:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.57north.org.uk/doku.php?id=resources:software:irc&rev=1622021622&do=diff Our IRC channel can be found at #57N #57N. IRC Clients Many IRC clients are available: * weechat * irssi If you're a hackerspace member and you use another client, please help your fellow hackers by contributing a little documentation. Rules * IRC is a real-time medium and users will not expect their contributions to be recorded forever. Please do not publish logs from the channel. Small excerpts may be alright, but please ask permission from those who contributed before publishin… text/html 2020-07-07T20:48:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.57north.org.uk/doku.php?id=resources:software:lets_encrypt&rev=1594154903&do=diff For information on how to renew certs on 57North core services, see here. Let's Encrypt is a certificate authority that launched on April 12, 2016 that provides free X.509 certificates for Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption via an automated process designed to eliminate the current complex process of manual creation, validation, signing, installation, and renewal of certificates for secure websites. 57North uses Let's Encrypt for a number of services. text/html 2020-07-07T20:48:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.57north.org.uk/doku.php?id=resources:software:openpgp&rev=1594154903&do=diff OpenPGP PGP and similar software follow the OpenPGP standard (RFC 4880) for encrypting and decrypting data. History Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) is an encryption program that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication. PGP is used for signing, encrypting, and decrypting texts, e-mails, files, directories, and whole disk partitions and to increase the security of e-mail communications. Phil Zimmermann developed PGP in 1991. text/html 2020-07-07T20:48:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.57north.org.uk/doku.php?id=resources:software:start&rev=1594154903&do=diff Software Sometimes it is fun to experiment with software. List of Related Tools List of Projects List of Workshops Related Articles OpenPGP by irl Let's Encrypt Related E-Books * Programming from the Ground Up by Jonathan Bartlett Related Links We need better links here * SourceForge resources list todo text/html 2020-07-07T20:48:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.57north.org.uk/doku.php?id=resources:software:weechat&rev=1594154903&do=diff Weechat is an irc client. Configuration Snippets When making changes to your Weechat configuration, don't forget to <code>/save</code> or all your changes will disappear next time you run Weechat. Here are some configuration snippets that may be useful to you: