I am specifically asking about software and needed libraries, not stuff like Wikipedia or the writings of Ernest Hemmingway.

To keep people from archiving all of github on thousands of shucked external hard drives cobbled together all Frankenstein-y to create a postapocalyptic data center assume a ~1TB storage limitation. Though I’m sure that person exists here on Lemmy somewhere :D

  • Dearth@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    TrashRobot. So i can crate a simple local wireless network and share data with people

  • abrahambelch@programming.dev
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    2 months ago

    As a base: The Linux kernel source, GNU software sources and compiler binaries so I can - in theory - write missing software myself. For convenience probably some stable, offline-installable, ready to use distros.

    I would probably also archive sources and binaries of day-to-day software like web-browsers (I might still have an intranet to use), office tools, photo management software, audio/video players and all the codecs, etc.

    I think that’s a solid starting point but im sure I’m missing something important :D

  • RejZoR@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’d download my entire GOG library of games. The offline installer versions they offer without GOG Galaxy client.

  • AnAustralianPhotographer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Raspberry pi os , it can also be run on non raspberry pis*. all the recommended packages in its menu (libre office?) that should get you a nice os.

    Some torrenting software to ensure you can help share it around.

    I recently heard of something called a ‘Pirate box’ which is a WiFi router without a password and storage attached for people to upload and download stuff to / from .

    I wouldn’t do it myself, but if it was a country town, it could be something similar to a virtual notice board in the pub.

    • Might as well get Debian and Ubuntu too.
  • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Keeping the electricity on long enough to enjoy games or movies is gonna be difficult if you rely on the grid right now.

    So maybe archive the electronics stack exchange, and solar/battery installation guides so you can steal it if the neighbors roof.

    • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      If internet shuts down you’ll have trouble keeping your life long enough to enjoy this.

      I know it’s a fun hypothetical but without internet wed be falling into an immediate collapse which we might recover from but many wouldn’t make it.

      • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I don’t think you’re supposed to tease out this scenario too far. It’s a pretty focused question.

          • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
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            2 months ago

            I’m just saying you can answer the question without having to worry about all Nuances and context around it. It’s like saying “what 3 items would you make sure to have in order to survive the zombie apocalypse?“ And someone goes “well without a robust healthcare system I’d likely die of natural causes so it’s moot.”

  • Rhaedas@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    I always see a lot of great and diverse solutions for maintaining information and even being self sufficient in the face of some sort of societal collapse and loss of infrastructure. I never see plans mentioned for what to do afterwards. The point being, there seems to be an assumption of either permanence to things like storage and alternative energy sources, or perhaps an implied having to just last a decade or so and things will be rebuilt.

    So hypothetical, something happens and things go away, but someone in your community has set up a center of preservation of knowledge that can be tapped into through a mesh network, and everyone has a minimal power setup to use some things to do this and other electronic based work. Now what? Is asking this question too vague since there can be so many scenarios possible and we just have to figure it out from there?

    TL;DR - what happens to a post-collapse tech center in the long run since we see all the time that there are limits to even the best storage media and parts wear out even in non-moving solar panels. Mass replacements and salvage are a given, but even that has limits and problems.

  • minoscopede@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Open source collaboration will be difficult on mesh, so my contribution would be jailbreaks and cracked versions of softwares. My local government will need it since all their systems run on licensed software 🥲

    I’d also get my hands on a bunch of iphone and android jailbreaks, because phone OSes might just stop working in 9 months if they’re left unmodified.

  • silasmariner@programming.dev
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    2 months ago

    I’d be fucked because I work on and use OSS multiple times a day, and have no idea what a distributed maven central looks like

  • idriss@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago
    1. Fire Zeal and Fetch every API documentation listed there
    2. Pull latest deepseek models
    3. Clone entire debian current repo
    4. Clone Firefox, Linux and the gnu coreutils
    5. Clone Litecoin and Litewallet
    6. Download the most recent dump of Wikipedia
    7. Download all the maps and data available today in OSM

    That should do for me