February 25, 2026
Login nostalgia, logout drama
Access to a Shared Unix Computer
Old-school web vibes ignite rival clans, donor snark, and a signup cliffhanger
TLDR: Tilde.club turns 10 and plans a Dec 20 upgrade with brief downtime. Comments swing from warm retro love to rivalry over other “tilde” sites, donation snark, and worries about slow signups—proof that volunteer-run, people-first corners of the web still inspire big feelings.
Tilde.club just hit 10 years, served hot cocoa vibes, and warned of a Dec 20 system upgrade (read: brief downtime and email hiccups). That cozy announcement quickly turned into comment theater starring nostalgia, rivalry, and waiting-room energy. For the uninitiated: it’s a shared computer where lots of people make simple personal pages—very retro, very wholesome.
One vintage fan sighed, “Multi-user Unix? What will they think of next?” and the thread lit up with throwbacks to time-sharing labs and “graffiti on the walls” hacker lore. Then came the turf flags: folks shouted out SDF.org and envs.net, while a loud crew dropped tilde.team “FTW,” turning a birthday party into a mini clan war. A linguistic twist arrived with a reminder it’s pronounced TIL-dee, and a spicy aside about the donor list—“some people have more money to spare than others”—stirred class-war snark under the tinsel.
Meanwhile, a newcomer waiting 2 days for approval asked if it’s rejection or just one overworked volunteer. Cue the chorus: welcome to the slow, human web. Between the upgrade memes (“pray for IMAP,” the email thing) and soft holiday wishes, the comments proved one thing: this tiny corner of the internet is still gloriously, messily alive.
Key Points
- •Tilde.club will upgrade its system to Fedora 43 on December 20, 2025, with a 10-minute terminal warning and brief downtime.
- •IMAP will be upgraded due to breaking changes in Dovecot, potentially causing brief mail access interruptions.
- •Tilde.club celebrated its 10th anniversary in September 2024.
- •The site offers access to a shared Unix computer for creating web pages, learning, and sharing knowledge.
- •SSH fingerprints for RSA, ECDSA, and ED25519 host keys are published for secure server verification.