[SOLVED] My First Primary OS Goal

You can download it at http://smileynet001.ddns:81/~pnf when I fix the website. I lost the website code so need to build from scratch.

For the latest development version please email me at despersonal000@gmail.com

I would love some help debugging my development version. For now I'm stuck again.

Where is the repository?
Where is, in fact, any document regarding your project?
Can one contribute via git (or similar VCS)?

Now I just fixed the app store up to the point where you can download the versions I've already completed. Sometimes it goes down. But it's at: http://smileynet001.ddns.net:81/~smi...ll/des/pnf.htm

There is not exactly a repository. There is no git or anything, as I have yet to learn about it and it may not run well on the servers I have so far, which is where I'd want to put it if I did it.

I have 2 ordinary computers with 2GB RAM, each, acting as server PCs. main1, and main2. They both run windows 10 underneath. On Virtual Box, on top of that, one machine has 5 servers, the other has 3.

The one with 5 servers contains vweb, which is where I'm storing a website which is a very simple APP Store. Unfortunately, the server broke down and I had to recreate some of it's content. Most, I would say in fact. If other links never work, that is why. But I'm trying to roughly build the same thing.

The documentation I have written is a great place to start reading more about it. It is stored on that server, too. Look for the documentation download links.

So far, this project hasn't got recognized as a big thing yet. But I'm trying to create a version which will change that slowly but surely.

To contribute, for now, as far as the official version goes, one would have to privately e-mail me at despersonal000@gmail.com

I may be able to do a repository later. But one of the reasons I wanted to do it this way, was to get full control over what happens to my apps as far as whether I require money or not, for the stuff up here, so far I haven't. And most of it is GPL, but I didn't want to always give my GPL away for free, sometimes I wanted others to pay for it, not that I'm stopping them from excercising their rights under GPL either though. This is the first program I will want to charge others for, probably right after I get a version working for the next version. Older versions will remain free.

The website http://smileynet001.ddns.net:81/~pnf, is working again. Please visit here, because you never know when it will go down again and need a few days to fix.

^ ...aaand it's down again.
Not exactly a good basis for collaboration.
Why don't you use one of the many git platforms, self-hosted or not?

Don't know when it went down. I'll do some research on got and get back here.

Actually, while it will also remain on my website, I am trying to learn about repositories now. This thread generated a new question. Should I ask here and unmark as solved, or start a new thread and link them? I might need detailed questions...

I found a way to charge money and still host elsewhere, on GitHub. I just need to learn how to use it... While my store will remain open and the official way to get there, I never mind when I need to using 3rd party tools with self-hosting techniques...

Originally Posted by des_a I found a way to charge money and still host elsewhere, on GitHub. I just need to learn how to use it... While my store will remain open and the official way to get there, I never mind when I need to using 3rd party tools with self-hosting techniques...

Where is that store?
Are you sure charging money is realistic at this point?
IDK, I cannot test it, but from your own narrative I gather this is in a sort of early alpha stage.
I certainly wouldn't buy software I cannot test beforehand.

For the next version, I was considering it. Maybe the thought goes though, I will wait a little longer. The one I was experimenting with, I charged a "by donation" $5 for it, but it's optional. I'm fixing the filesystem of the server so I can write the final "by donation" code.