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If the internet went away indefinitely, what things would you wish you had downloaded before it happened? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago by golden_zealot@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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For me it would be a full copy of wikipedia, an offline copy of some maps of where I live, some linux ISO's, and a lot of entertainment media.

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[–] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I do have a copy of wikipedia and I should be good on entertainment media. I guess I should expand the emergency porn stash.

[–] alaphic@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Just out of curiosity, how much space/effort was that to set up? (Yes, I know I can probably google up like a bajillion resources on this exact thing, but I'm a weirdo and am attempting to bring the (non-toxic/shitty) social back to social media)

I've been considering setting myself up a little NAS server since I finally dumped Spotify and am considering doing the same with video streaming too (besides Tubi, anyway), but having one just for mp3/light video streaming seems like a bit of a waste and having local repos of useful sites might be a fun side project to help justify it to myself lol

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

For the Wikipedia part, it's surprisingly simple. I just used Kiwix and grabbed a copy, it's only about 100gb or so. You can also use it to get offline copies of other stuff, like Project Gutenberg.

[–] tobogganablaze@lemmus.org 5 points 3 days ago

I went with a Synology NAS (I know, the foss crowd will probably crucify me) which really keeps the setup effort to a minimum. You put in the HDDs, setup your pool/volume, install Plex (or jellyfin), upload your media and you're basically good to go.

[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I'm using emby for music, audiobooks, tv, and movies. You can also do picture backup/sync if you want. I am running it in a docker on my unraid server.