Mind to explain more?
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Hey, thanks for the reply.
It's mostly to do with UNIX already containing utilities and systems that facilitate collaboration between different local users. For example, the ACL system of the OS allows other people to access files based on groups and the mail(1) and write(1) programs allow for both asynchronous and synchronous communication.
I think Dennis Ritchie also talked about this in a paper ages ago [1]. But the gist of it is that one of the primary motivations for making UNIX the way it is is to also "create a system where a fellowship could form."
Of course, we're talking about old minicomputers here in the 1970s where it's all local.
Aha I see, that’s a interesting perspective. I know there is still a bunch of people missing the feeling of forming a community on a real single computer they use something like https://tilde.town/
I still think that having a small community on a single computer is a such romantic idea
It is. It's a bit anachronistic to run a single underpowered UNIX-like box in an age of cheap electronics and high network bandwidth.
It's all fun though. I find it nice to see UNIX-likes being used for their original purpose.
Oh yes, tilde communities are a kind of spiritual successor to the single machine UNIX communities of the 70s and 80s. I'm really glad that you've linked to them.