title: Status Update June 2021
date: 2021-07-01 05:20
tags: status update
summary: Status Update June 2021
---

This past month, I began interviewing some exciting software developers about
their various projects including the [GNU XaoS](https://xaos-project.github.io/)
developer [Zoltán
Kovács](https://video.hardlimit.com/videos/watch/8c0fc4a3-574a-457a-88c2-2b018d590769;threadId=4612),
the current [GNU Texinfo](https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/) maintainer
[Gavin
Smith](https://video.hardlimit.com/videos/watch/a10761b7-f6e2-472a-be06-69b0bfbcfe9d),
the creator of the [Odin Programming language](http://odin-lang.org/) gingerbill
(interview is [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdqjp6n50xo)), and the
libre hardware developer of the [3D printed
laptop](https://www.crowdsupply.com/eoma68/micro-desktop) creator [Luke
Leighton](http://rhombus-tech.net/) about his upcoming [libre
SOC/GPU/VPU](https://libre-soc.org/3d_gpu/)!

In a very small way, I helped the Guix Project by [committing a tiny
documentation fix](http://issues.guix.gnu.org/48912) for the
[bordeaux](https://bordeaux.guix.gnu.org) new substitute server powered by the
[Guix Build
Cordinator](https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/Guix-Services.html), which
is some ways competes with [Cuirass](http://guix.gnu.org/cuirass/).

I thoroughly researched how to set up and host an email server with GNU Guix,
[dovecot](https://dovecot.org/), and [opensmtpd](https://www.opensmtpd.org/).  I
can currently send email and receive email, but I have not properly set up
dkimsigning just yet, though I did find [this guix email
config](https://framagit.org/tyreunom/system-configuration/-/blob/master/modules/services/mail.scm)
that should really help me out!  My goal is host email accounts to people who
want to sponsor my interviews, programming, etc.

I also have a new GNU Guix System server!  It's got 30GB of RAM, on a 3TB HDD.
It's pretty legit!  I'm setting up the static IP address in a few days.  I've
got lots of plans for it including a pubnix (public access unix system),
[libre.fm](https://libre.fm) server, nextcloud instance, mastodon, games, etc.

Do you have any ideas for what I should do with a GNU Guix System server?  I'm
all ears.  Send me an email at jbranso AT dismail.de.

I'm also seeing a lot of people that are having a hard time installing GNU Guix
System.  I can sell basic desktop machines with 8GB of RAM on a 1TB or 2TB HHD
for $225 before shipping.  The desktop is a Dell Optiplex 7020 or 7010.  Does
that sound like something you would want?  Then send me an email: jbranso AT
gnucode.me.
