MinusBrowser 2.30.1 is Published

Minus is like Gopher, but even simpler. MinusBrowser also browses Gopherspace.

MinusBrowser is written for Linux-based operating systems.

• MinusBrowser now correctly displays the Tor version in the about:browser and about:server pages. This fixes a bug in the previous two versions.

To update to this new version, if you already have MinusBrowser 2.1 or later, just follow the instructions on your browser’s home page. You will not need to use a web browser to update.

To get MinusBrowser if you do not already have it, download this file from Codeberg.

https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol/raw/branch/main/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

There is no need to install MinusBrowser. Just download the .tar.gz file to your home folder and unpack it with

tar -xzf MinusBrowser.tar.gz

or use your favorite GUI software to unpack it. If you have a version of MinusBrowser earlier than 2.1, unpack the .tar.gz file into the same directory as your present MinusBrowser folder.

To follow the progress of the Minus Protocol Project, click on #minus-protocol or look at https://nerdpol.ch/tags/minus-protocol

You can download MinusBrowser from a terminal window with this command. This will work only if Tor Browser is running because it borrows Tor Browser’s SOCKS5 proxy. (Both Tor Browser and MinusBrowser contain their own copy of Tor.)

curl --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9150 -O gopher://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion:1990/9/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

This works because all Minus URLs can be translated into Gopher URLs.

minus://something.onion/ → gopher://something.onion:1990/9/

For more information:

[minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/](minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/)
https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol

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MinusBrowser 2.30 is Published

Minus is like Gopher, but even simpler. MinusBrowser also browses Gopherspace.

MinusBrowser is written for Linux-based operating systems.

• Updated to Tor 0.4.8.11.
• Clicking on a file:// link to a missing file no longer fails. This fixes a bug in the previous version.
• The about: pages have been improved, and two more have been added: about:computer and about:network.
• The built-in documentation has been revised, and a new page has been added that summarizes the protocols and schemes supported by MinusBrowser. The three files: schemes.minus, keycmd.minus, and clicks.minus together now provide a quick reference for MinusBrowser.
• Typing Shift-Control-j now finds words with spellings similar to the entered or selected text. This is the same lookup used by the editor window when you select a word and type Control-d.

To update to this new version, if you already have MinusBrowser 2.1 or later, just follow the instructions on your browser’s home page. You will not need to use a web browser to update.

To get MinusBrowser if you do not already have it, download this file from Codeberg.

https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol/raw/branch/main/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

There is no need to install MinusBrowser. Just download the .tar.gz file to your home folder and unpack it with

tar -xzf MinusBrowser.tar.gz

or use your favorite GUI software to unpack it. If you have a version of MinusBrowser earlier than 2.1, unpack the .tar.gz file into the same directory as your present MinusBrowser folder.

To follow the progress of the Minus Protocol Project, click on #minus-protocol or look at https://nerdpol.ch/tags/minus-protocol

You can download MinusBrowser from a terminal window with this command. This will work only if Tor Browser is running because it borrows Tor Browser’s SOCKS5 proxy. (Both Tor Browser and MinusBrowser contain their own copy of Tor.)

curl --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9150 -O gopher://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion:1990/9/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

This works because all Minus URLs can be translated into Gopher URLs.

minus://something.onion/ → gopher://something.onion:1990/9/

For more information:

[minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/](minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/)
https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol

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MinusBrowser 2.29 is Published

Minus is like Gopher, but even simpler. MinusBrowser also browses Gopherspace.

MinusBrowser is written for Linux-based operating systems.

• Added an about: scheme with three pages: about, browser, and server. This is similar to the about: scheme of some web browsers. Search for about: on the Home page for details. More pages will probably be added in the future.
• Links are now followed up to three levels deep.
• The very limited support for the Gemini protocol has been removed. This will probably be added back if, and when, curl supports the Gemini protocol.
• Some more cruft related to the way MinusBrowser used to work with the Tails OS has been removed.
• When files other than text files are read, a window with details about the file is displayed. You can delete these non-text files by typing Shift-Delete, just as with text files. A note about this now appears on the details page.
• MinusBrowser can now read any file or folder using EasyGPG, if EasyGPG is installed, by typing Control-d. Previously, this only worked with text files. If the file contains no PGP messages or keys, EasyGPG will offer to encrypt the file.
• More links now appear on the page that appears when you click "Read file" (or type Control-o).

To update to this new version, if you already have MinusBrowser 2.1 or later, just follow the instructions on your browser’s home page. You will not need to use a web browser to update.

To get MinusBrowser if you do not already have it, download this file from Codeberg.

https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol/raw/branch/main/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

There is no need to install MinusBrowser. Just download the .tar.gz file to your home folder and unpack it with

tar -xzf MinusBrowser.tar.gz

or use your favorite GUI software to unpack it. If you have a version of MinusBrowser earlier than 2.1, unpack the .tar.gz file into the same directory as your present MinusBrowser folder.

To follow the progress of the Minus Protocol Project, click on #minus-protocol or look at https://nerdpol.ch/tags/minus-protocol

You can download MinusBrowser from a terminal window with this command. This will work only if Tor Browser is running because it borrows Tor Browser’s SOCKS5 proxy. (Both Tor Browser and MinusBrowser contain their own copy of Tor.)

curl --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9150 -O gopher://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion:1990/9/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

This works because all Minus URLs can be translated into Gopher URLs.

minus://something.onion/ → gopher://something.onion:1990/9/

For more information:

[minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/](minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/)
https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol

#internet #protocol #tcp #hypertext #http #gopher #minus #minus-protocol #browser #minusbrowser #minus-browser #server #minus-server

MinusBrowser 2.28.2 is Published

Minus is like Gopher, but even simpler. MinusBrowser also browses Gopherspace.

MinusBrowser is written for Linux-based operating systems.

• When Internet connections fail, MinusBrowser no longer retries twice. This should prevent MinusBrowser from appearing to be frozen for a full minute.
• The page that appears when you click the "Read file" button will no longer include links to files that do not exist because you have never started your Minus server. This fixes a bug in previous versions.
• MinusBrowser now ensures that the Tor folders now have the proper permissions. Tor will not run if these are not correct. This has not been a problem, but there is no reason not to be more careful.

To update to this new version, if you already have MinusBrowser 2.1 or later, just follow the instructions on your browser’s home page. You will not need to use a web browser to update.

To get MinusBrowser if you do not already have it, download this file from Codeberg.

https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol/raw/branch/main/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

There is no need to install MinusBrowser. Just download the .tar.gz file to your home folder and unpack it with

tar -xzf MinusBrowser.tar.gz

or use your favorite GUI software to unpack it. If you have a version of MinusBrowser earlier than 2.1, unpack the .tar.gz file into the same directory as your present MinusBrowser folder.

To follow the progress of the Minus Protocol Project, click on #minus-protocol or look at https://nerdpol.ch/tags/minus-protocol

You can download MinusBrowser from a terminal window with this command. This will work only if Tor Browser is running because it borrows Tor Browser’s SOCKS5 proxy. (Both Tor Browser and MinusBrowser contain their own copy of Tor.)

curl --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9150 -O gopher://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion:1990/9/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

This works because all Minus URLs can be translated into Gopher URLs.

minus://something.onion/ → gopher://something.onion:1990/9/

For more information:

[minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/](minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/)
https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol

#internet #protocol #tcp #hypertext #http #gopher #minus #minus-protocol #browser #minusbrowser #minus-browser #server #minus-server

MinusBrowser 2.28.1 is Published

Minus is like Gopher, but even simpler. MinusBrowser also browses Gopherspace.

MinusBrowser is written for Linux-based operating systems.

• Fixed another bug for Tails users caused by changes in the latest version of Tails.

Tails Users

Because of the changes to Tails that made this update necessary, you will have to update this time in a special way. After this, you will be able to update as you have been doing. This only applies to Tails users.

1. Download https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol/raw/branch/main/MinusBrowser.tar.gz
2. Move MinusBrowser.tar.gz to the Persistent folder where your MinusBrowser folder is and then unpack it into the Persistent folder. You can do this from a terminal window, if you cd to the Persistent folder and then type tar -xzf MinusBrowser.tar.gz.
3. Remove MinusBrowser.tar.gz.

All Other Users

To update to this new version, if you already have MinusBrowser 2.1 or later, just follow the instructions on your browser’s home page. You will not need to use a web browser to update.

To get MinusBrowser if you do not already have it, download this file from Codeberg.

https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol/raw/branch/main/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

There is no need to install MinusBrowser. Just download the .tar.gz file to your home folder and unpack it with

tar -xzf MinusBrowser.tar.gz

or use your favorite GUI software to unpack it. If you have a version of MinusBrowser earlier than 2.1, unpack the .tar.gz file into the same directory as your present MinusBrowser folder.

To follow the progress of the Minus Protocol Project, click on #minus-protocol or look at https://nerdpol.ch/tags/minus-protocol

You can download MinusBrowser from a terminal window with this command. This will work only if Tor Browser is running because it borrows Tor Browser’s SOCKS5 proxy. (Both Tor Browser and MinusBrowser contain their own copy of Tor.)

curl --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9150 -O gopher://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion:1990/9/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

This works because all Minus URLs can be translated into Gopher URLs.

minus://something.onion/ → gopher://something.onion:1990/9/

For more information:

[minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/](minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/)
https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol

#internet #protocol #tcp #hypertext #http #gopher #minus #minus-protocol #browser #minusbrowser #minus-browser #server #minus-server

MinusBrowser 2.28 is Published

Minus is like Gopher, but even simpler. MinusBrowser also browses Gophersapce.

MinusBrowser is written for Linux-based operating systems.

• Control-y has been reassigned to search for the entered or selected word or phrase in Idiotbox.
• Control-p now searches for the entered or selected word or phrase in Veronica 2, the search engine for Gopherspace.
• Several key combinations that did not work correctly when the cursor was in the text entry area now work correctly. This fixes a bug in previous versions.
• Additional information is displayed about files read with MinusBrowser that are not text files. MinusBrowser now displays the type, size, and modification date of such files. For video and audio files, if ffprobe is available, tags will also be displayed. If ffmpeg is installed, ffprobe should be available.
• The pages opened by the "Read file" button (and Control-o) now include more links.
• Audacious is now preferred to VLC when reading a page aloud. Audacious is more appropriate because it only plays audio files. Newer versions of VLC also have more "glitches."
• Tails now no longer supports Desktop files at all. Read the ReadMeFirst.txt file to see how this changes the way we use MinusBrowser with Tails.

To update to this new version, if you already have MinusBrowser 2.1 or later, just follow the instructions on your browser’s home page. You will not need to use a web browser to update.

To get MinusBrowser if you do not already have it, download this file from Codeberg.

https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol/raw/branch/main/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

There is no need to install MinusBrowser. Just download the .tar.gz file to your home folder and unpack it with

tar -xzf MinusBrowser.tar.gz

or use your favorite GUI software to unpack it. If you have a version of MinusBrowser earlier than 2.1, unpack the .tar.gz file into the same directory as your present MinusBrowser folder.

To follow the progress of the Minus Protocol Project, click on #minus-protocol or look at https://nerdpol.ch/tags/minus-protocol

You can download MinusBrowser from a terminal window with this command. This will work only if Tor Browser is running because it borrows Tor Browser’s SOCKS5 proxy. (Both Tor Browser and MinusBrowser contain their own copy of Tor.)

curl --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9150 -O gopher://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion:1990/9/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

This works because all Minus URLs can be translated into Gopher URLs.

minus://something.onion/ → gopher://something.onion:1990/9/

For more information:

[minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/](minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/)
https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol

#internet #protocol #tcp #hypertext #http #gopher #minus #minus-protocol #browser #minusbrowser #minus-browser #server #minus-server

MinusBrowser 2.27.2 is Published

Minus is like Gopher, but even simpler. MinusBrowser also browses Gophersapce.

MinusBrowser is written for Linux-based operating systems.

• Updated OpenSSL to 3.0.13, and libcrypto.so.3 was also updated.

To update to this new version, if you already have MinusBrowser 2.1 or later, just follow the instructions on your browser’s home page. You will not need to use a web browser to update.

To get MinusBrowser if you do not already have it, download this file from Codeberg.

https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol/raw/branch/main/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

There is no need to install MinusBrowser. Just download the .tar.gz file to your home folder and unpack it with

tar -xzf MinusBrowser.tar.gz

or use your favorite GUI software to unpack it. If you have a version of MinusBrowser earlier than 2.1, unpack the .tar.gz file into the same directory as your present MinusBrowser folder.

To follow the progress of the Minus Protocol Project, click on #minus-protocol or look at https://nerdpol.ch/tags/minus-protocol

You can download MinusBrowser from a terminal window with this command. This will work only if Tor Browser is running because it borrows Tor Browser’s SOCKS5 proxy. (Both Tor Browser and MinusBrowser contain their own copy of Tor.)

curl --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9150 -O gopher://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion:1990/9/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

This works because all Minus URLs can be translated into Gopher URLs.

minus://something.onion/ → gopher://something.onion:1990/9/

For more information:

[minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/](minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/)
https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol

#internet #protocol #tcp #hypertext #http #gopher #minus #minus-protocol #browser #minusbrowser #minus-browser #server #minus-server

MinusBrowser 2.27.1 is Published

Minus is like Gopher, but even simpler. MinusBrowser also browses Gophersapce.

• MinusBrowser.sh now checks for xdg-open instead of xdg-mime. This fixes a bug in previous versions.

To update to this new version, if you already have MinusBrowser 2.1 or later, just follow the instructions on your browser’s home page. You will not need to use a web browser to update.

To get MinusBrowser if you do not already have it, download this file from Codeberg.

https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol/raw/branch/main/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

There is no need to install MinusBrowser. Just download the .tar.gz file to your home folder and unpack it with

tar -xzf MinusBrowser.tar.gz

or use your favorite GUI software to unpack it. If you have a version of MinusBrowser earlier than 2.1, unpack the .tar.gz file into the same directory as your present MinusBrowser folder.

To follow the progress of the Minus Protocol Project, click on #minus-protocol or look at https://nerdpol.ch/tags/minus-protocol

You can download MinusBrowser from a terminal window with this command. This will work only if Tor Browser is running because it borrows Tor Browser’s SOCKS5 proxy. (Both Tor Browser and MinusBrowser contain their own copy of Tor.)

curl --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9150 -O gopher://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion:1990/9/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

This works because all Minus URLs can be translated into Gopher URLs.

minus://something.onion/ → gopher://something.onion:1990/9/

For more information:

[minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/](minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/)
https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol

#internet #protocol #tcp #hypertext #http #gopher #minus #minus-protocol #browser #minusbrowser #minus-browser #server #minus-server

MinusBrowser 2.27 is Published

Minus is like Gopher, but even simpler. MinusBrowser also browses Gophersapce.

• MinusBrowser now requires Minus URLs to end with a file name extension like .gz, .txt, etc. The Minus Protocol Specification already specified that the file type is indicated by the extension, implicitly requiring an extension. Now the specification makes this requirement explicit, and MinusBrowser rejects file names without extensions.
• In addition to VLC and Audacious, MinusBrowser can now use MPV when reading pages aloud. The first choice is VLC, then Audacious, and then MPV.
• Because MinusBrowser can not play YouTube videos discovered with Idiotbox, it now plays them with other software (by default, the default web browser). Note that this may mean downloading content without using Tor. It is also possible to play these videos with software other than a web browser, if such software is available. Search the MinusBrowser home page for "youtube" to read more details.
• Some errors in built-in documentation have been fixed, and new information has been added.

To update to this new version, if you already have MinusBrowser 2.1 or later, just follow the instructions on your browser’s home page. You will not need to use a web browser to update.

To get MinusBrowser if you do not already have it, download this file from Codeberg.

https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol/raw/branch/main/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

There is no need to install MinusBrowser. Just download the .tar.gz file to your home folder and unpack it with

tar -xzf MinusBrowser.tar.gz

or use your favorite GUI software to unpack it. If you have a version of MinusBrowser earlier than 2.1, unpack the .tar.gz file into the same directory as your present MinusBrowser folder.

To follow the progress of the Minus Protocol Project, click on #minus-protocol or look at https://nerdpol.ch/tags/minus-protocol

You can download MinusBrowser from a terminal window with this command. This will work only if Tor Browser is running because it borrows Tor Browser’s SOCKS5 proxy. (Both Tor Browser and MinusBrowser contain their own copy of Tor.)

curl --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9150 -O gopher://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion:1990/9/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

This works because all Minus URLs can be translated into Gopher URLs.

minus://something.onion/ → gopher://something.onion:1990/9/

For more information:

[minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/](minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/)
https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol

#internet #protocol #tcp #hypertext #http #gopher #minus #minus-protocol #browser #minusbrowser #minus-browser #server #minus-server

MinusBrowser 2.26 is Published

Minus is like Gopher, but even simpler. MinusBrowser also browses Gophersapce.

• When you bookmark the results of a Gopher search service search, that link now works properly. This fixes a bug in previous versions.
• MinusBrowser now reads man pages. Typing Control-m now displays the man page (if any) for the text you enter or select.
• Control-m is no longer a substitute for the "Add to menu" button because Control-m is now used to look for man pages.
• A new man: URL scheme now exists to support looking for man pages. You can create links to man: URLs.
• When you click on a file:// link to a file that is not a text file, you now have the option of opening it with the default software for its file type. This will not work if the file is executable software or is likely to contain executable software (e.g., .docm and .xlsmfiles).

To update to this new version, if you already have MinusBrowser 2.1 or later, just follow the instructions on your browser’s home page. You will not need to use a web browser to update.

To get MinusBrowser if you do not already have it, download this file from Codeberg.

https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol/raw/branch/main/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

There is no need to install MinusBrowser. Just download the .tar.gz file to your home folder and unpack it with

tar -xzf MinusBrowser.tar.gz

or use your favorite GUI software to unpack it. If you have a version of MinusBrowser earlier than 2.1, unpack the .tar.gz file into the same directory as your present MinusBrowser folder.

To follow the progress of the Minus Protocol Project, click on #minus-protocol or look at https://nerdpol.ch/tags/minus-protocol

You can download MinusBrowser from a terminal window with this command. This will work only if Tor Browser is running because it borrows Tor Browser’s SOCKS5 proxy. (Both Tor Browser and MinusBrowser contain their own copy of Tor.)

curl --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9150 -O gopher://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion:1990/9/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

This works because all Minus URLs can be translated into Gopher URLs.

minus://something.onion/ → gopher://something.onion:1990/9/

For more information:

[minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/](minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/)
https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol

#internet #protocol #tcp #hypertext #http #gopher #minus #minus-protocol #browser #minusbrowser #minus-browser #server #minus-server

MinusBrowser 2.25.1 is Published

Minus is like Gopher, but even simpler. MinusBrowser also browses Gophersapce.

• This version fixes a mistake in the documentation (in the Home page).

To update to this new version, if you already have MinusBrowser 2.1 or later, just follow the instructions on your browser’s home page. You will not need to use a web browser to update.

To get MinusBrowser if you do not already have it, download this file from Codeberg.

https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol/raw/branch/main/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

There is no need to install MinusBrowser. Just download the .tar.gz file to your home folder and unpack it with

tar -xzf MinusBrowser.tar.gz

or use your favorite GUI software to unpack it. If you have a version of MinusBrowser earlier than 2.1, unpack the .tar.gz file into the same directory as your present MinusBrowser folder.

To follow the progress of the Minus Protocol Project, click on #minus-protocol or look at https://nerdpol.ch/tags/minus-protocol

You can download MinusBrowser from a terminal window with this command. This will work only if Tor Browser is running because it borrows Tor Browser’s SOCKS5 proxy. (Both Tor Browser and MinusBrowser contain their own copy of Tor.)

curl --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9150 -O gopher://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion:1990/9/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

This works because all Minus URLs can be translated into Gopher URLs.

minus://something.onion/ → gopher://something.onion:1990/9/

For more information:

[minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/](minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/)
https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol

#internet #protocol #tcp #hypertext #http #gopher #minus #minus-protocol #browser #minusbrowser #minus-browser #server #minus-server

MinusBrowser 2.11.2 is Published

Minus is an alternative to, but not a replacement for, HTTP and Gopher.

• MinusBrowser's copy of Tor now uses OpenSSL 1.1.1u.

To update to this new version, if you already have MinusBrowser 2.1 or later, just follow the instructions on your browser’s home page. You will not need to use a web browser to update.

To get MinusBrowser if you do not already have it, download this file from Codeberg.

https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol/raw/branch/main/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

There is no need to install MinusBrowser. Just download the .tar.gz file to your home folder and unpack it with

tar -xzf MinusBrowser.tar.gz

or use your favorite GUI software to unpack it. If you have a version of MinusBrowser earlier than 2.1, unpack the .tar.gz file into the same directory as your present MinusBrowser folder.

To follow the progress of the Minus Protocol Project, click on #minus-protocol or look at https://nerdpol.ch/tags/minus-protocol

You can download MinusBrowser from a terminal window with this command. This will work only if Tor Browser is running because it borrows Tor Browser’s SOCKS5 proxy. (Both Tor Browser and MinusBrowser contain their own copy of Tor.)

curl --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9150 -O gopher://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion:1990/9/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

This works because all Minus URLs can be translated into Gopher URLs.

minus://something.onion/ → gopher://something.onion:1990/9/

For more information:

[minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/](minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/)
https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol

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MinusBrowser 2.7 is Published

Minus is an alternative to, but not a replacement for, HTTP and Gopher.

The following changes were made.

• If I2P is running, MinusBrowser can now read files from .i2p domains using HTTP or HTTPS.
• A new "Add file" button has been added to the server window. This adds files to your library that already exist.
• Error checking in the functions that add files to your library has been improved.

To update to this new version, if you already have MinusBrowser 2.1 or later, just follow the instructions on your browser’s home page. You will not need to use a web browser to update.

To get MinusBrowser if you do not already have it, download this file from Codeberg.

https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol/raw/branch/main/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

There is no need to install MinusBrowser. Just download the .tar.gz file to your home folder and unpack it with

tar -xzf MinusBrowser.tar.gz

or use your favorite GUI software to unpack it. If you have a version of MinusBrowser earlier than 2.1, unpack the .tar.gz file into the same directory as your present MinusBrowser folder.

To follow the progress of the Minus Protocol Project, click on #minus-protocol or look at https://nerdpol.ch/tags/minus-protocol

You can download MinusBrowser from a terminal window with this command. This will work only if Tor Browser is running because it borrows Tor Browser’s SOCKS5 proxy. (Both Tor Browser and MinusBrowser contain their own copy of Tor.)

curl --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9150 -O gopher://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion:1990/9/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

This works because all Minus URLs can be translated into Gopher URLs.

minus://something.onion/ → gopher://something.onion:1990/9/

For more information:

minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/
https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol

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MinusBrowser 2.6 is Published

Minus is an alternative to, but not a replacement for, HTTP and Gopher.

• You can now edit a page by holding down the Control key while you click a file:// link to it.
• You can now remove a page from your library by holding down the Control key while you right-click a file:// link to it.
• Your initial index.minus file is created immediately after clicking the Start Server button the first time. This fixes a bug in previous versions.
• The server now checks the file name extension of the file name you enter after you click the New page button to make sure it is .minus, .txt, .text, or .asc. This fixes a bug in previous versions.

To update to this new version, if you already have MinusBrowser 2.1 or later, just follow the instructions on your browser’s home page. You will not need to use a web browser to update.

To get MinusBrowser if you do not already have it, download this file from Codeberg.

https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol/raw/branch/main/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

There is no need to install MinusBrowser. Just download the .tar.gz file to your home folder and unpack it with

tar -xzf MinusBrowser.tar.gz

or use your favorite GUI software to unpack it. If you have a version of MinusBrowser earlier than 2.1, unpack the .tar.gz file into the same directory as your present MinusBrowser folder.

To follow the progress of the Minus Protocol Project, click on #minus-protocol or look at https://nerdpol.ch/tags/minus-protocol

You can download MinusBrowser from a terminal window with this command. This will work only if Tor Browser is running because it borrows Tor Browser’s SOCKS5 proxy. (Both Tor Browser and MinusBrowser contain their own copy of Tor.)

curl --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9150 -O gopher://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion:1990/9/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

This works because all Minus URLs can be translated into Gopher URLs.

minus://something.onion/ → gopher://something.onion:1990/9/

For more information:

minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/
https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol

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MinusBrowser 2.5.2 is Published

Minus is an alternative to, but not a replacement for, HTTP and Gopher.

• When using Tails, MinusBrowser now correctly determines whether the computer is connected to a network.
• New Gopher links have been added to the "Known Minus Libraries and Selected Gopher Holes" page.
• MinusBrowser now, finally, correctly finds text with hyphens (-).
• MinusBrowser now tolerates spaces in URLs. Spaces are not allowed in minus:// URLs, but they are allowed in file://, gopher://, http://, and https:// URLs.

To update to this new version, if you already have MinusBrowser 2.1 or later, just follow the instructions on your browser’s home page. You will not need to use a web browser to update.

To get MinusBrowser if you do not already have it, download this file from Codeberg.

https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol/raw/branch/main/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

There is no need to install MinusBrowser. Just download the .tar.gz file to your home folder and unpack it with

tar -xzf MinusBrowser.tar.gz

or use your favorite GUI software to unpack it. If you have a version of MinusBrowser earlier than 2.1, unpack the .tar.gz file into the same directory as your present MinusBrowser folder.

To follow the progress of the Minus Protocol Project, click on #minus-protocol or look at https://nerdpol.ch/tags/minus-protocol

You can download MinusBrowser from a terminal window with this command. This will work only if Tor Browser is running because it borrows Tor Browser’s SOCKS5 proxy. (Both Tor Browser and MinusBrowser contain their own copy of Tor.)

curl --socks5-hostname 127.0.0.1:9150 -O gopher://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion:1990/9/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

This works because all Minus URLs can be translated into Gopher URLs.

minus://something.onion/ → gopher://something.onion:1990/9/

For more information:

minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/
https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol

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MinusBrowser 1.2 is Published

Minus is an alternative to, but not a replacement for, HTTP and Gemini.

• Tor now starts automatically. The option to keep Tor running after the browser window is closed still exists.
• Tor is now used for all connections, not just connections to .onion domains.
• Gopher is now supported, but not as fully as with a dedicated Gopher client. Gopher menus are presented as if they were Minus pages. You can click on Gopher links just as you do with Minus links. Search is also supported.
• Various annoying bugs are fixed. This includes bugs related to selected text.

The new version is available on Codeberg as a .tar.gz file.

https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol/raw/branch/main/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

There is no need to install MinusBrowser. Just download the .tar.gz file to your home folder and unpack it with

tar -xf MinusBrowser.tar.gz

or use your favorite GUI software to unpack it.

If you have an earlier version, unpack the .tar.gz file into the same directory as your present MinusBrowser folder. I plan to make future versions of MinusBrowser able to update themselves similarly to the way EasyGPG updates itself.

To follow the progress of the Minus Protocol Project, click on #minus-protocol or look at https://nerdpol.ch/tags/minus-protocol

#internet #protocol #tcp #hypertext #http #gemini #gopher #minus #minus-protocol #browser #minusbrowser #minus-browser

MinusBrowser 1.0 is Published

MinusBrowser is a browser for the Minus protocol written in Tcl/Tk that also requires curl.

The Software

I have developed a Minus server and a Minus browser for Linux distros. I am putting the Minus browser on Codeberg first. I will put a server there later.

My browser is written in Tcl/Tk, and it also requires curl. Like the Tor Browser, MinusBrowser includes its own copy of Tor. The protocol specification allows for the use of TLS, but MinusBrowser does not support it -- at least, not yet. My present Minus servers run as Tor Onion Services, and I have no plan to create clearnet servers in the future. However, MinusBrowser will also read from libraries on local networks.

There is no need to install the browser. Just download the .tar.gz archive and unpack it. The ReadMeFirst.txt file explains how to launch it on various distros.

MinusBrowser includes a list of known public Minus libraries. So far, I know of only my two libraries: the one for this project and the one for my EasyGPG project.

The Files

MinusBrowser
https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol/raw/branch/main/MinusBrowser.tar.gz

Minus Protocol Specification
https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol/raw/branch/main/minus-specification.md

What is Minus?

The Minus protocol is an alternative to Gopher, HTTP, and Gemini. It was inspired by Gopher. Gopher Plus was intended to add features to Gopher, but I wanted to subtract features. I wanted a Gopher Minus. I shortened this to Minus.

Minus is Gopher with only type 9 files. (This will make sense to you if you have ever implemented a Gopher server or client.)

As with Gopher and Gemini, a Minus client sends only one line of text that specifies the file to download. The server then sends back the requested file or a message in UTF-8 text explaining why the file was not sent. Notice that there is nothing at all like request and response headers.

The files served can be of any type, but only .minus, .txt, .text, and .asc files will be displayed by the client. Other types are saved to mass storage.

Minus files are UTF-8 text. There is no markup language apart from using # characters to indicate headers, and the back-tick (`) to delimit code snippets and similar text. Every character in the file is shown to the user.

The only hypertext feature is that all minus:// URLs, alone on a line, are automatically clickable links.

Minus defines its own MIME type, like HTTP's text/html. This is text/minus, and the file name suffix is .minus.

Minus URLs are of the form minus://domain.tld/something.minus. There is no optional authority component, nor are there any optional query or fragment components. The browser sends the part of the URL after the TLD to the server to specify the desired file.

The Minus equivalent of the HTTP web site and Gopher gopher hole is the Minus library.

The Future of this Project

As mentioned above, I will put my Minus server on Codeberg. I want to build a GUI for it soon, but I will probably upload it before that is finished.

I am thinking about several improvements to the browser. One is to enable the MinusBrowser to read pages aloud. This would be done by recording sound files with espeak and playing them with VLC or Audacious. I am also thinking about limited support for Gopher. This would translate Gopher menus into Minus pages and allow display of files that appear in Gopher menus as type 0. I definitely plan to make MinusBrowser able to update itself using Codeberg or using the Minus Library for this project.

I am also thinking about using gpg to display PGP messages and verify their signatures. This would require that the browser also import PGP keys.

Minus Protocol Project on Codeberg
https://codeberg.org/giXzkGsc/Minus-Protocol

Minus library for the Minus protocol project
minus://mvxpelpxu2f7kzotb2s2t6fkmggvrd7qdg2wjs6waiyf2nbhkawux4yd.onion/

Minus library for EasyGPG
minus://7hinc6ucgvwbcjjoe44lhzzxyjptb3da6tzl33oe7ezl2qgwlrkfe6yd.onion/

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