Hello friend. I am an open source enthusiast hosting free software for fun.

Wild Seed

(About)

Ditch the monopolies. Learn to think your own thoughts and feel your own feelings.

Plant Your Root

Dig Deeper

I’m passionate about decentralization and personal ownership, and privacy.

New Fruits

(Shared tools for freedom and privacy)
  • Watch and upload videos on Granny Apple

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Explore the App Garden

(All of the apps are named after plants.)

  • Cherry (Mastodon): Ad-free social networking. Sign up
  • Vine (WriteFreely): Simple blogging. Start Blogging
  • Lemon/Lime (Matrix) Encrypted Chat Join Chat #general

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Vine is home to 32 articles across 14 blogs.

Branching Out

(More Tools to Explore)

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Help decide about Free DNS and Subdomains

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Featured Bloom

(Featured member site)

Root AI Blog

Operator fitkoh begins using AI for the first time and blogs about it and shares some scripts.

Root AI Blog explores multiple vendors including ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Grok3, and Perplexity

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(Interact with the environment)

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Orange (forums) is a new community with over 45 Posts in 32 Topics

Growing Up

(Why This Matters)

Decentralization

Where governments always fail in long term planning is that a central point of control leads to a single point of failure.

Do you want to grow your own infrastructure to plant your own roots?

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Privacy

What little we have left is under constant assault. I caught Google red handed.

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By operating independently we can mitigate invasions of privacy.

What was your privacy breaking point?

Privacy Is Dying - Fight Back

Perennial Nature

(Safety First)

Root.sbs sites are safe spaces for all people to be themselves.

Here is a simple set of guidelines to follow when using community services.

  • Don’t be an ass.
  • Be considerate and respectful of others.
  • Post topics in the appropriate area.
  • Adults only.
  • Nothing illegal in the USA or EU
  • White hat only.
  • Try to do it yourself before you ask for help.
  • English only.
  • Human generated content please. AI content should be labeled and placed in code brackets.

Other Roots

(Misc)

If nothing else works you can always email me.

I’m happy to talk about:

  • Helping you set up your own data infrastructure
  • Consulting with you on your tech needs
  • Hosting Assorted apps and services
  • Independent publishing
  • You can reach me at fitkoh@root.sbs
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