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Trying to use kiwix - offline wikipedia, stack overflow, ifixit, etc.
I was offline for an extended period and realized how dependent on online services I am. so now that I am back online, I tried to have an offline version of various sites via the kiwix project.
the setup should be easy - fetch and then download via torrents the gigabytes of data; each site is in its own ZIM file. store them in a single folder. leave 'em seeding, help out folks. done.
next, get the kiwix app. some browser-like atrocity delivered via flatpak. I'm half-guessing it's electron, because everything shitty usually is and this is just otherwordly shitty. anyhow, the thing is meant to download the ZIMs directly to the computer, which I don't want, I already got the files on my server, accessible via network share or any other mechanism.
in the myriad of confusing, counter-intuitive and just dogshit UX options there's the option to choose the folder containing files. easy enough, pick the folder from the network share and... nothing happens. clicking