# Gopher on Period-Appropriate Hardware

I like reading the 'about' pages on gopher holes, and finding
interesting tidbits. The downlinkomega gopher site [0] runs on a
Windows 95 486 box, perfectly appropriate for a gopher server. As
expected, the response is quite speedy, despite the limited
hardware.

[0]: gopher://downlinkomega.net

# Devuan Upgrade

I've upgraded my Devuan VPS to the latest stable version
(daedalus). While it was released in 2023 (a bit after Debian 12
Bookworm, the release it is based on), I typically lag a couple of
years behind even stable releases on servers.

Devuan provides the same old, comfortable Debian experience that
those of you who have been messing with this stuff for years may
remember. If you value stability, there is seldom a need for
upgrades, apart from security. And I like that I can still get those
security updates two releases back, giving me about five or six
years between OS upgrades.

Of course, this would be the case with Debian proper, but I won't
let systemd stand in the way of my mental well-being when it comes
to my own server maintenance. Despite systemd being a given at this
point in mainstream linux distros, it has always conflicted with my
desire for simplicity. I'm happy there are non-systemd linux options
still.