Content on the PirateStick, including a video on the setup process, is here: https://paracontrarian.substack.com/p/beating-censorship-with-a-pirate
Useful Links[edit | edit source]
- PirateStick Site: https://piratestick.info/
- Lenovo ThinkCentre I’m using: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07G4LVZQZ
- Crucial X8 1TB USB SSD I’m using for the PirateStick: https://www.newegg.com/crucial-x8-1tb/p/N82E16820156233?Item=N82E16820156233
- Updated MX Live USB Maker: https://github.com/dolphinoracle/lum-qt-appimage/tree/64898c63af77a486110206c907e544925afa9f2f
- Version 21.11 gives “missing symbol” errors because items are missing from the AppImage, so use the earlier 21.7 version instead
- IPFS Check for troubleshooting a node: https://check.ipfs.network/
- OpenWRT information on port forwarding (I run OpenWRT on my router): https://www.wundertech.net/how-to-port-forward-in-openwrt/
- IPFS Configuration information. I used this to see that enabling IPv6 and setting up port forwarding would get my IPFS node functional: https://docs.ipfs.tech/how-to/nat-configuration/#configuration-options
- OpenWRT information on port forwarding (I run OpenWRT on my router): https://www.wundertech.net/how-to-port-forward-in-openwrt/