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Git and Gemini: the Core of the New Sites (With Our Own CMS Running on Alpine)

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Summary: We've been Building Back Better so far this month; with site migrations ongoing the plan is to further expand the use of Git (self-hosted) and add support to facilitate Gemini, perhaps along with other emergent protocols

HERE in Techrights we're using Gemini Protocol to present Git to the outside world. We're tracking other capsules, sharing all of our posts in real time (including past ones, going all the way back to 2006), and I personally use it to check the local weather several times per day [1, 2].



"At the current pace of growth, Techrights will have about 45,000 Gemini pages by year's end."Now that we're moving the sites to Alpine we've taken Git to the next level and are planning further expansions in Geminispace, as the video above explains. Geminispace is nowhere as big as the World Wide Web, but it is steadily growing. So far this week (since Monday) we've served nearly 50,000 pages. It's hardly "just a niche" anymore. It's growing fast.

As shown in the 3 images below, Gemini has largely rejected the centralised CA model and has instead chosen to trust capsules based on past certificates transmitted to visitors:

Capsule certificates historic
Choice of certificates, historic (source)



Capsule certificates
Choice of certificates, at present



Capsule count July 21
Largest known capsules, today (source)



At the current pace of growth, Techrights will have about 45,000 Gemini pages by year's end. If Tux Machines gets added to Gemini, it'll be truly massive (the Tux Machines Web site has about 170,000 pages).

Recent Techrights' Posts

Corporate Media: Blame the People Who Enter the Abandoned IBM Buildings, Not IBM for Abandoning Workers in Pursuit of IT Sweatshops
When the media spreads falsehoods stocks can go up (a lot higher), but at whose expense and how long for?
SUEPO Munich Report on the Recent EPO Demonstration and Rolling Strikes That Continue to Grow
"increasing registrations for the 'rolling strikes' running until autumn"
Gemini Links 11/07/2026: Old Computer challenge, Poems, Antenna, and More
Links for the day
 
Blogs May be Making a Comeback (They're Not Fediverse, They Are Joined by RSS Feeds)
Don't fake expansion where none existed
ChromeOS and GNU/Linux in the United Kingdom Reach 11%
the UK shows signs of digital maturity
Canonical is Selling Microsoft, It Pays The Register MS to Sell Microsoft
It's all about money to them. And they call this journalism.
When Red Hat's HR Becomes the Same as IBM's HR (Bluewashing)
Red Hat keeps sacking very experienced engineers and adding temporary interns
GNU/Linux Growing in East Asia
Assuming this is more or less accurate, we could use a plausible explanation
Over a Week After Microsoft Discontinued Some XBox Models It Apparently Exits Some Markets Altogether
We seem to be witnessing the end of XBox
Links 11/07/2026: "Trademark wars of Influencer Culture", Xinuos Uses Copyrights Versus UNIX
Links for the day
North America: GNU/Linux Measured at 10%
To better understand what contributes to the gains
Following Corrections and Adjustments statCounter Sees GNU/Linux at 7.1%, an All-Time High
There is a lot of layoffs at Microsoft this month
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, July 10, 2026
IRC logs for Friday, July 10, 2026
Links 11/07/2026: Wednesday-Saturday News Catch-up
Links for the day
Prioritising High-Importance News
In order to fully catch up with news we'll not publish many new articles until next week
The Register MS: "AI" More Than 80 Times in One Article. But It's Not an Article, It's Sponsored Keyword-stuffed Page.
The Register MS is being paid to actively promoted this scheme
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Thursday, July 09, 2026
IRC logs for Thursday, July 09, 2026
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, July 08, 2026
IRC logs for Wednesday, July 08, 2026