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+ This section is written by Sneexy.
+ Synth.Download is a project started in October of 2024 by Sneexy, buying the domain synth.download as it was available, and as I am a Synth. Initially, the domain was used to only used to serve a much, much older iteration of this site that was used to only provide information about myself, and ran about a handful of services only for personal usage.
+ The very first server used to host services here was a Netcup VPS, and the very first service made available on this domain that wouldn't see the "personal usage" treatment is our very own Iceshrimp.NET instance.
+ Later on, as time progressed, I started running more services that I figured would be more useful, the next thing run after Iceshrimp would be our own Sharkey instance (I swear we don't only just run Fediverse instances here, Iceshrimp.NET was just too beta for our tastes), which as far as I can tell is probably our most popular service as of now.
+ Synth.Download has went through many server migrations between different Netcup VPS'es before finally getting off them along with various site and services improvements, and overall has started to shape into what I am proud to call as a proper community rather than being a silly site on the indie web (although, deep down, we all know it's still that).
+ Thank you all for being here, both users and administrators. It means a lot to me. 💚
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+ The servers that are responsible for housing Synth.Download are proudly hosted and provided by Lua, and are located in Canada. All services on Synth.Download are containerized within Docker containers.
+ Services are split between two KVM's on two different servers, namely phosphorus, which has more breathing room and handles running our more advanced and heavier services, such as our Fediverse instances, and neptunium, which handles all web traffic and our more lighter services, such as this site you're looking at right now.
+ Backups are taken nightly and stored off-site.
+ For those curious about our server configurations and setups, we publicly provide them at our Git repository.
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+ Synth.Download is overlooked by several administrators, although Sneexy is the one who mainly manages everything. Shoot an email to synth@synth.download for reports or general contact
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Hey! Welcome to...
- We're a project managed by beepers, toasters, and other non-organic and organic creatures alike, hosting and running services together to provide ourselves with a safe community, and for the greater net public.
+ We're a project managed by beepers, toasters, and other non-organic and organic creatures alike, hosting and running services together to provide ourselves with a safe community, and for the greater net public. if you like what we do, please consider donating!
Synth.Download is, obviously, themed around Synths. In general, we're aimed towards furry, therian, otherkin and non-organic-like beings, but accepts all! As long as you're chill with us.
Read our About for more information related to Synth.Download itself, or head over to our Services page to see what we provide. By accessing and using this site and its services, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.
Enjoy your stay! Beep!~
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I'm a gay goo-Synth on the internet, a zoomer, established 2006, who likes to store endless amounts of data and pretends to be a computer himself. For information related to my Synth-sona, refer to here. I'm autistic and have ADHD, and those two blended together create the mess that I am today.
I consider myself to be a professional computer toucherâ„¢, and try my best to poke at computers or anything related to weird tech that interest me. I would say I've messed enough in a good share of both software and hardware related things.
- I'm a nerd with Free and Open Source stuff and also caring about my privacy whenever possible considering that it doesn't really seem to exist at all in the modern world, anyways. I also like messing around with Linux, trying a bit of Arch and a little bit of NixOS, but found comfort with Fedora. If you're interested, I'm currently running my own customized varient of Fedora Kinoite made with BlueBuild that you can find here. With all of that out of the way, I will mention that I'm not going to shove these down anyone's throat, and if you're someone who does that, kindly reconsider your own behavior.
- Despite what is mentioned above, I'm not really a programmer, IT support guy, some professional info-sec person or anything like that. My knowledge is honestly quite limited. At most, I personally mainly know just enough Bash to make jank scripts, HTML and CSS, and a good amount of Linux and Docker/Podman to let me survive. As much as I'd like to learn to expand, I've tried Python before with full intention and motivation of properly learning it to make things and it just didn't stick at all for me, and considering that was with Python, I'm goign to assume my limits in terms of handling things are pretty low.
- I also run synth.download! The thing you're looking at! Made with love and containers.
+ I'm a nerd with Free and Open Source stuff and also caring about my privacy whenever possible considering that it doesn't really seem to exist at all in the modern world, anyways. I also like messing around with Linux, trying a bit of Arch and a little bit of NixOS, but found comfort with Fedora. If you're interested, I'm currently running my own customized varient of Fedora Kinoite made with BlueBuild that you can find here. With all of that out of the way, I will mention that I'm not going to shove these down anyone's throat, and if you're someone who does that, kindly reconsider your own behavior.
+ Despite what is mentioned above, I'm not really a programmer, IT support guy, some professional info-sec person or anything like that. My knowledge is honestly quite limited. At most, I personally mainly know just enough Bash to make jank scripts, HTML and CSS, and a good amount of Linux and Docker/Podman to let me survive. As much as I'd like to learn to expand, I've tried Python before with full intention and motivation of properly learning it to make things and it just didn't stick at all for me, and considering that was with Python, I'm goign to assume my limits in terms of handling things are pretty low.
+ I also run synth.download! The thing you're looking at! Made with love and containers.
I absolutely despise capitalism with every single fiber in my living synthentic body. Although I think everyone in this similar space does as well.
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In case it wasn't obvious or clear somehow at this point, I'm a furry. And gay. And weird. I may not be covered in fur or an "animal", but that doesn't mean I'm not in the same space. Being a human fucking SUCKS.
- Certifiedâ„¢ idiot (although I think this one is obvious)
- For the record, and this is most likely something worth pointing out: My mental health isn't great and I tend to have intense mood swings, and can sometimes randomly break down. Please excuse me in these moments, Thanks.
+ In case it wasn't obvious or clear somehow at this point, I'm a furry. And gay. And weird. I may not be covered in fur or an "animal", but that doesn't mean I'm not in the same space. Being a human fucking SUCKS.
+ Certifiedâ„¢ idiot (although I think this one is obvious)
+ For the record, and this is most likely something worth pointing out: My mental health isn't great and I tend to have intense mood swings, and can sometimes randomly break down. Please excuse me in these moments, Thanks.
I'm also usually exhausted. Both mentally and physically, if that wasn't clear.
Sometimes, I do make things, but honestly don't expect much from me. I'll make some type of gallery page soon for the things I do make and the things others do for me, I promise.
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