Also the name of one of the first Linux distributions ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil_Linux/GNU/X )
I used to use this distro on a 486SX. Then moved to Slackware ‘96.
Those were the days.
Yggdrasil – Early-stage implementation of an end-to-end encrypted IPv6 network
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Which is based on yggdrasil.
it's fairly circular actually - we used Yggdrasil in some of the earlier P2P Matrix POCs. This showed up some limitations, so we worked on solutions for them (alongside Yggdrasil) which became Pinecone on the Matrix side, and Ironwood on the Yggdrasil side. Then Yggdrasil 0.4 is incorporating them for general purpose IP overlay routing, while Pinecone is focusing on Matrix-specific application layer overlay routing.…
Have you considered GNUNet? That could also over a solution for the username problem.
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the main reason I used Slackware was because I didn't know how to pronounce Yggdrasil (I still don't).
> Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X, or LGX (pronounced igg-drah-sill) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yggdrasil_Linux/GNU/X
Sounds more like a brand name prescription drug than a Linux distro.
Re: Yggdrasil – Early-stage implementation of an end-to-end encrypted IPv6 network
#65What a stupid name. Looks like misspelled medicine name.
Its a great name. Its your general knowledge that is the problem.
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Lifted from the Wikipedia article: Yggdrasil Linux/GNU/X, or LGX (pronounced igg-drah-sill) Don’t need to be a language nerd to understand that.
You have to love that it's a "Linux/GNU/X" system. Not even at GNU/Linux, but a Linux/GNU system... Would Stallman accept that or does GNU have to be first?
I kinda prefer this designation, because it's a way to distinguish "desktop linux" from servers and embedded.
Re: Yggdrasil – Early-stage implementation of an end-to-end encrypted IPv6 network
#67Can anyone explain what this means? What does it let me do?
Yggdrasil builds a multi-hop IPv6 overlay network using peer-to-peer connections. You can string a whole bunch of nodes together using whatever means (cables, wireless or TCP peerings over the internet or any other network) and you get a full-mesh network where everyone can reach everyone else. It's designed to be as minimal-configuration as possible and scalable in a way that many other mesh routing protocols aren't…
How does it compare to Zerotier? They seem to be in the same market
Re: Yggdrasil – Early-stage implementation of an end-to-end encrypted IPv6 network
#68When not sounding like a Linux distro reminds me of 6to4
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Their Linux CDs proved essential in a time where bandwidth was scarce and expensive with home users on dialup and only universities having a few megabits of bandwidth.
Not only that - the distribution my dad brought home included a _book_ (remember those?) which was actually a bunch of open source books collected in one! Tons of information on Unix stuff, shells, commands etc. I learnt so much from those books. I have no idea how someone would start in this day and age... (this was so important to tell for me that I finally stopped lurking and made an account _just_ for this commen…
You start by having someone tell you about man -k. That, plus playing (typos → error messages → more words to look up) is probably sufficient.
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Yggdrasil builds a multi-hop IPv6 overlay network using peer-to-peer connections. You can string a whole bunch of nodes together using whatever means (cables, wireless or TCP peerings over the internet or any other network) and you get a full-mesh network where everyone can reach everyone else. It's designed to be as minimal-configuration as possible and scalable in a way that many other mesh routing protocols aren't…
So it's a kind of VPN?
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