Does lemmy have any communities dedicated to archiving/hoarding data?
I would also add Openstreetmap to the list
this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2025
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Did I miss something? Whats happening to debian stable?
debian stable became the go to distro for long term usage in case our FOSS support structure goes haywire due to wars
This is just minor datahoarding. I do it, on an extreme level.
Okay so where do I find some cheap hard drives? Europe if possible :-)
look for dvr's they have huge hdds in them and you can find them at thrift stores for cheap
I would add in some rom collections and book repositories as well. The whole library of Nintendo games is under a gig and would go a long way for entertaining people.
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I can answer one part of your question. Yes, it's not as big as you think it is.
does this include images?
With images, it is 111,08 GB
That's still incredibly low, I'd have assumed an enormous increase.
Compressed or uncompressed? Can it be directly read?
Can be read directly, like normal Wikipedia.
That's very nice. Does it also include other languages, or would that take more space?
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No
I have been archiving Linux builds for the last 20 years so I could effectively install Linux on almost any hardware since 1998-ish.
I have been archiving docker images to my locally hosted gitlab server for the past 3-5 years (not sure when I started tbh). I've got around 100gb of images ranging from core images like OS to full app images like Plex, ffmpeg, etc.
I also have been archiving foss projects into my gitlab and have been using pipelines to ensure they remain up-to-date.
the only thing I lack are packages from package managers like pip, bundler, npm, yum/dnf, apt. there's just so much to cache it's nigh impossible to get everything archived.
I have even set up my own local CDN for JS imports on HTML. I use rewrite rules in nginx to redirect them to my local sources.
my goal is to be as self-sustaining on local hosting as possible.
Everyone should have this mindset regarding their data. I always say to my friends and family, "If you like it, download it.". The internet is always changing and that piece of media that you like can be moved, deleted, or blocked at any time.
respectable level of hoarding π
You're awesome. Keep up the good work.
I also recommend downloading βFlashpoint archiveβ to have flash games and animations to stay entertained.
There is a 4gb version and a 2.3TB version.
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old pcs off amazon usually come with good reliable 1/2tb harddrive.
Welcome to datahoarders.
We've been here for decades.
Also follow 3-2-1 people. 3 Backups, 2 storage mediums, 1 offsite.
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Is there a context to this or just random thought?
gestures at everything
You'll need about 500gb of free space. not too much of an ask tbh
It makes me really happy that people can say "500gb ... not too much of an ask" these days.
Well we are talking about the greatest repository of human knowledge ever created. So we can afford to spend a little on it at least.
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It's been on my to-do list for a few years now.
I thought the whole point of torrenting was to decentralise distribution. I use torrents to get my distros.
In my own little bubble, I thought that's how most people got their distro.
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Neither are that bad honestly. I have jigdo scripts I run with every point release of Debian and have a copy of English Wikipedia on a Kiwix mirror I also host. Wikipedia is a tad over 100 GB. The source, arm64 and amd64 complete repos (DVD images) for Debian Trixie, including the network installer and a couple live boot images, are 353 GB.
Kiwix has copies of a LOT of stuff, including Wikipedia on their website. You can view their zim files with a desktop application or host your own web version. Their website is: https://kiwix.org/
If you want (or if Wikipedia is censored for you) you can also look at my mirror to see what a web hosted version looks like: https://kiwix.marcusadams.me/
Note: I use Anubis to help block scrapers. You should have no issues as a human other than you may see a little anime girl for a second on first load, but every once and a while Brave has a disagreement with her and a page won't load correctly. I've only seen it in Brave, and only rarely, but I've seen it once or twice so thought I'd mention it.
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For wikipedia you'll want to use Kiwix. A full backup of wikipedia is only like 100GB, and I think that includes pictures too.
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Years ago I bought a physical encyclopedia. I remember having one as a kid and using it for school reports. Also just looking through it can be cool. Learning about something you never knew existed is just a unique experience and doing it through a physical book just deepens the whole experience.
I also learned the practice of printing a physical encyclopedia is going out of fashion. I think there is only one company the still prints a yearly encyclopedia and it's not Encyclopedia Britannica of all things. Might have change since I bought my copy but go give some physical media some love if you can.
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