There’s an article here on how to utilize Wikipedia offline, and you can look under the “Where do I get the dumps?” section for links to downloads.
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ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months agoHow?
hakobo@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Evotech@lemmy.world 2 months ago
ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Cool. I dl’d it. Thanks.
Corelli_III@midwest.social 2 months ago
damn look how correct and helpful these mfs are
fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 months ago
There is an app called Kiwix if you use Linux (I think it’s a flatpak) or WSL for Windows! :)
Edgarallenpwn@midwest.social 2 months ago
Could I use this to set a monthly job that runs and updates my local copy? Does it download/update changes made since my last sync or would it just redownload and replace the previous months in this situation?
fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 months ago
It doesn’t work like that (yet), but it is the easiest way to keep an offline copy. They have more info about this here: kiwix.org/en/frequently-asked-questions/
Edgarallenpwn@midwest.social 2 months ago
Thanks! Finishing up the work day but will take a closer look soon
ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
I just downloaded the 23G file or whatever. If there is a way to checksum portions of it and run a script against the online checksum to detect differences, that might be one way. The only problem is that it is now being modified for political purposes. This version might be the best we will ever get. I almost wish we could download a pre-2020 version. It would eliminate both the slop and any influence that came after the sudden wealth gap increase that occurred during the pandemic.
ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
That is cool WSL accomodates graphical apps, but after the recall Windows feature that snapshots everything, I’m about to remove Windows from my last computer that still has it. I really just need to figure out if my Steam save files will transfer to Linux since my Elden Ring character is level 220 or something crazy. I can’t even use WSL at work any longer because security locked us out of admin permissions. Boooo!
fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 months ago
They absolutely should, if now, you can probably run it in a VM shame box. I have a little windows set up on mine for some specialist apps. When games are installed via Proton on Linux, they usually are set up to mimic the file structure for windows.
ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
I am running Arch with Hyprland, and I have not had any issues with games yet. I have not even tried Proton yet. Maybe it is because they are supported on Linux. I can not remember though.