permacomputing

commit c6c48ad546af8fbdfb14f893f61aaada08f443f3
parent 0f36ea99bb995b2837cd3b34b5537b9ac11c4b83
Author: Ville-Matias Heikkila <viznut@low.fi>
Date:   Fri Aug 19 13:34:31 +0300

add page and fix links

Diffstat:

WWW.mdwn	|	2	+-
smallnet.mdwn	|	10	++++++++++

2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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diff --git a/WWW.mdwn b/WWW.mdwn
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ practice when [[FTP]] was big).
 the problem of broken links and vanishing files by sometimes providing
 usable copies of the vanished files.
 
-The [[SmolNet]] movement advocates simpler formats and alternative protocols
+The [[Smallnet]] movement advocates simpler formats and alternative protocols
 (such as [[Gopher]] or [[Gemini]]) as well as small and personal servers,
 but hasn't yet done much to address the URL problem that makes those small
 servers unappealing.
diff --git a/smallnet.mdwn b/smallnet.mdwn
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+**Smallnet** or **SmolNet** (also known as Small/Smol Internet/Web, etc.) is
+a movement of small-scale Internet networking that emphasizes the smallness
+of the servers (including low system requirements) as well as that of the
+user communities. It can be regarded as a counter-movement to the
+centralization and bloatedness of [[WWW]].
+
+Examples of Smallnet:
+  * [[Gemini]]
+  * Public [[Unix]] servers (see also [[time-sharing]])
+  * [[BBS]] communities