As some of you showed interest, I have made the Mechcore repo client public. It is still work in progress (I want to document the protocol better for starters). Works only for now on USB in linux. It is trivial to make it work in Plan 9 (and probably better).
[email protected]:personal/lorator.git https://gitlab.eif.urjc.es/personal/lorator.git - curiosity sKilled the cat On Wed, Aug 12, 2026, 09:48 Gorka Guardiola <[email protected]> wrote: > I have implemented a Meshcore synthetic FS in go. I have only tested it in > Linux and it is lacking some featutes yet, but it works. If anyone is > interested in it, email me directly. > > - curiosity sKilled the cat > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2026, 00:17 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Anyone willing to help mentor me for GSoC this year? If you are >> affiliated with an academic institution or hold a PhD, I can probably >> get my school to approve the project. >> >> I'd be glad to help with adding bluetooth or fixing WiFi performance, >> and I might be able to begin earlier in the school year, before summer, >> if you'd like to see my work in advance. >> >> -- >> Aaron Lin >> [email protected] >> IRCNow (https://ircnow.org) >> >> On Sat, Aug 08, 2026 at 01:50:35PM -0400, [email protected] wrote: >> > > But then another obstacle is Plan 9 doesn't support bluetooth >> > > yet, does it? For the meshtastic/meshcore "companion radio" firmwares >> > > you have a choice to get the bluetooth or the wifi version; wifi of >> > > course takes more power and tends to rely on an access point, so it's >> > > not really meant for portable use. So what about working on bluetooth >> > > support? Just an idea, but maybe there's a reason not to... >> > > seems like fixing the poor wifi performance, or adding bluetooth, are >> two >> > > useful projects you can take on. >> > >> > I'd be up for fixing poor wifi performance or adding bluetooth. >> > >> > My school may require I work under a mentor affiliated with an academic >> > institution. It is unfortunate but it's pretty bureaucratic here. Anyone >> > affiliated with a school willing to mentor me? >> > >> > -- >> > Aaron Lin >> > [email protected] >> > IRCNow (https://ircnow.org) ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T46370b0d2f10b254-M60b9ba924e9458f14ce62840 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
