Welcome to the GNU Forever Project!

The GNU Forever Project has been inspired by 3 sources. The first is Sir Terry Pratchett's 33rd Discworld novel, Going Postal. The second is the X-Clacks Overhead project. The third is the Eve Online community. The fourth is Reddit, specifically the fan sub-reddits of r/Discworld & r/Eve.

The About page contains the background to why these sources are relevant, as well as the download links for the available browser extensions. The short version is:

  • There's a thing that sends messages over the internet that cannot be seen normally.
  • There are tools that can be plugged into our internet browsers that can detect when the website we are looking at is broadcasting a message we want to know about.
  • "A man is not dead while his name is still spoken."

The project is intended to be a permanent memorial to those we have lost: as such the homepage of this website is coded to trigger the X-Clacks-Overhead browser plugins with the name of Sir Terry Pratchett. Any person who wishes can immortalise the name of a loved one by creating a memorial page, or GNU, on this website for them.

 
Search GNUs by name:
Name
Date
Dedication
Dorothy "Babs" Eastwood
Friday, January 26, 2024
Words will never say it all, but we love you & will miss you xxx
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Wayne Grainger
Friday, June 16, 2023
In this life or the next o7
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Dadalus
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Bob rest you. R3MUS 'members.
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Wilson McDaniel
Friday, April 21, 2023
May you find peace over the rainbow bridge until our family reunites again.
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Trevor Ablett
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
No more pain but mine alone. 11/04/2023 missing you sunshine
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Granny & Granddad Russell, Granny & Granddad Greenwood
Friday, March 31, 2023
I wish I could have met you.
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John Poole
Friday, March 31, 2023
All the wildlife misses you, as do us humans.
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Ann
Friday, March 31, 2023
To my mum. It will have been 16 years this year and you've missed so much.
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Justin McCleskey
Friday, March 31, 2023
You were my best good friend. There’s a hole in our lives where you stood. GNU.
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Iris Smith
Thursday, March 30, 2023
What an amazing lady. You taught me so much. Thank you for everything Nannie
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Thick44
Thursday, March 30, 2023
GNU Thick44, the Human Man Warrior. He thick'd cancer. He's not gone, he's just off looting.
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Damian
Thursday, March 30, 2023
You were always my big brother. Fuck Covid.
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Bella
Thursday, March 30, 2023
The best walks I ever had were with you
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Cinders
Thursday, March 30, 2023
I still find bits of your fur on the cushions
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Saqqara
Thursday, March 30, 2023
I will always remember your purr
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Michelle Atkinson
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Words will never say it enough.
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Gillian Welburn
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
I will miss your hugs sweet lady! Rest in glory!
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Jane burn
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
I love you so much mum you were my everything
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Ken Bird
Friday, February 24, 2023
Grandad gone but never forgotten
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Joan Bird
Friday, February 24, 2023
My awesome amazing Grandma!
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