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I've been thinking about adding this to my "Fuck it, I'll do it myself" / SHTF pile. I have a spare 10-15GB for a good selection of basic articles (across sciences, history, pop culture trivia etc).

https://get.kiwix.org/en/solutions/hotspots/content-bundles/

https://get.kiwix.org/en/solutions/hotspots/imager-service/

There's something inherently cool about having wikipedia in a box (yes, you'd likely need to refresh it once a year) but I've never heard of anyone actually self hosting a Kiwix instance.

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[–] clif@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Similar setup here. Orangepi zero that starts kiwix server at boot and switches the wifi to AP mode. Just plug it in, connect to kiwix WiFi, access kiwix.local via phone browser, and shazam.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Nice! Those AllWinner boards are a little tricky to get going and have some quirks, but the price is great for the extra horsepower you get. Granted, I use the latest Armbian since the manufacturer's images are all quite old.

[–] clif@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

When I saw the default configured repos were hosted by Huawei I did a double take, then installed Armbian too : D