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PMesh is my plan for a Reticulum based mesh network across Pueblo and Pueblo West. I'd like to have a series of nodes that provide very basic services.

1. Devices

Devices can be built using rpi-image-gen for standardized deployments.

Turns out the gen stuff is a bit clunky to use. Currently working with this script: Steps to build a VM to get things going initially. Then I have a perl script that installs everything needed.

1.1. Solar

Solar powered devices should be low power and low cost. Battery backup for a day or two of running with no sun. Fully contained.

1.2. PoE / Direct power

These should be more powerful, better antennas, mover coverage.

2. Services

Wikipedia
via Retipedia
Other Documentation
Reticulum docs, maybe some other resources on lora.. etc (Kiwix has a ton of stuff).
Chat
1:1 via built in tools and group chat via LXMF-Tools.
File Service
read only file store serving various reticulum tools, data sources, etc.
Form
via nomadForum or similar

2.1. Software mirrors

Enough software to be able to self-propagate reticulum nodes.

2.1.1. Languages

  • Python
  • C Compilers
  • Go
  • Perl

2.1.2. Operating Systems

  • Guix
  • OpenBSD
  • Raspberry pi OS

2.2. Documentation

  • Language documentation for all the above
  • OS documentation for the above
  • iFixit
  • Wikipedia

3. Locations

TBD

Date: 2025-08-07 Thu 07:44

Author: Aaron Bieber

Created: 2025-08-12 Tue 14:59

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