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Re: Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival by mirimir on Friday November 15, 2019 @06:08PM (#21549666)
It sounds like just what I want.

But I use VPNs. So I'd need to get a mapped port.

What port does Aether want?

Edit: Also, can I just install from source?

Re: Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival by rolleiflex on Friday November 15, 2019 @06:18PM (#21549717)
It will get whatever it can. You also don’t need a mapped port, Aether can punch holes through firewalls via reverse-opens. (Though having a port open will significantly increase your connection speed and frequency.)

You can look at the port it chooses through netstat, it does not have a fixed port. However, once it gets a working one, it won’t change it from then on so you can map that port.

Edit: you can, but it having an Electron shell for UI (the actual app is Go) makes the build process somewhat complicated. It’s on GitHub though, feel free to take a look at the makefile and give it a shot.

Re: Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival by mirimir on Friday November 15, 2019 @06:36PM (#21549818)
Thanks. I'll use an Ubuntu VM.