Running Gemini and HTTP from a 12US$ SBC
I am proud to have migrated my Gemini capsule and web blog into an Orange Pi Zero that I bought years ago and never really knew what to do with because it was so underpowered.
However, hosting both protocols is requiring only a handful of megabytes of RAM, so I am eager to think about more use cases for it!
2024-06-03 · 2 years ago · 👍 skyjake, drh3xx, stack, freezr, sheep, tenno-seremel, Half_Elf_Monk, pollux, requiem, Singletona082 · 🤘 2 😄 1
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💀 requiem · 2024-06-03 at 10:45:
I’m toying with the idea of running a Gemini capsule off an ESP32 just for gimmicks…
🐐 drh3xx · 2024-06-03 at 12:07:
@requim I can't remember which capsule but someone is running a gemini server on an ESP32.
📡 Queen_City_Nerd · 2024-06-03 at 16:04:
I host my telnet BBS from a Pi 3B+
💀 requiem · 2024-06-03 at 23:47:
@michaelnordmeyer And how incredibly good of the author to publish the server source code!
🍀 gritty · 2024-06-04 at 00:17:
I hosted on my Pi for a while but didn't want people connecting to my home network.
😈 dimkr · 2024-06-04 at 19:58:
My capsule was previously on an ESP32 but now it's on a Pi Pico W - TLS handshakes are super slow (was much faster with ESP32 but concurrent connection limit was lower)
💀 requiem · 2024-06-05 at 20:03:
Esp’s have a crypto chip to handle TLS don’t they? Pretty cool about hosting uour capsule off an ESP tho. I might think up some fun ways to include ESP’s in gemini space apart from hosting. “Sm0lnet of things” style.