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

  • rottingleaf@lemmy.world
    9·
    2 days ago

    FreeBSD ports with distfiles for things really necessary, with dependencies. I guess that would fit in 1TB and leave some for ebooks and music.

    Also software RAID is not Frankensteiny at all, neither are storage clusters of Ceph or alternatives.

    What those things necessary would encompass, I don’t know. I suppose similar to Slackware full installation.

    It would all make little sense without the Internet. You’d suddenly find that a year 1995 machine, one year older than me, and a few friendly BBSes are not as unrealistically small as they seem now.

  • abrahambelch@programming.dev
    601·
    2 days 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

  • drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    26·
    2 days ago

    Besides the basics (operating systems, compilers, office, CAD, database, etc software):

    • A copy of open street map together with the linked Wikipedia articles, along with the software to view and edit them. I know you said no wikipedia, (since that’s pretty much a given), but this is basically the hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy.

    • A copy of Godot’s editor so people can still make games.

    • As many games as I could fit in the remaining space, concentrating on the ones that give you the most bang for your buck in terms of space.

    • TangledHyphae@lemmy.world
      8·
      2 days ago

      I keep a raspberry pi dedicated just to have NES/SNES/etc emulators via the “retropie” distro. I have thousands of ROMs that I can plug into any TV with HDMI and SNES/NES USB controllers for it. $100 for a full raspi kit to have full access to anything just by copying some files over to a microsd card. Can’t remember controller cost but that’s kind of a given requirement.

  • idriss@lemm.ee
    111·
    2 days 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

  • anomnom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    14·
    2 days 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
      49·
      2 days 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
        32·
        2 days ago

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

          • LandedGentry@lemmy.zipEnglish
            31·
            2 days 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.”

  • minoscopede@lemmy.world
    8·
    2 days 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.

  • atro_city@fedia.io
    12·
    2 days ago

    Probably guides on how to make a mesh-net and the appropriate hardware to do so. No idea how that’s done.

    • thisismyname@lemm.eeEnglish
      10·
      2 days ago

      FYI it can take up to 3 years to bring enough nutrients and biodiversity to a patch of land to get really decent harvests, so if you haven’t started already now is the time to. Good luck, and may your potato harvests be bountiful!

  • AnAustralianPhotographer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 days 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.