/g/

/g/ is 4chan's technology discussion board. The board letter /g/ stands for gijutsu (技術), the Japanese word for technology.

History

/g/ - Technology was created in mid-January of 2005, amidst a major restructuring in an attempt to make 4chan more appealing to advertisers and normalfags, and less of a breeding ground for pedophiles. Like everything moot does, the restructure changed nothing, and only served to made 4chan's heavily prominent undertones of pedophilia and sexual frustration much more prevalent.

/g/ - Guro

Prior to October of 2004, /g/ was 4chan's guro board, home to all manner of violent, grotesque and gory anime art.

/g/ - Guro was deleted in October of 2004 along with /l/ - Lolikon, but their spirit continues to live on at /g/ - Technology, which is frequently the host of many blatantly off-topic and unabashed loli/guro dump threads with almost zero moderator intervention.

The great migration

In 2014, some /g/ users migrated to /tech/, though it is often the case they visit both boards no.

Contributions

Main Article: /g/ projects

Nishikino Maki, AKA /g/-tan!

Tox

Tox is a WIP secure instant messaging client. It's meant to be a Skype replacement, created directly in response to the Snowden NSA leaks. Greatly popular outside /g/, it has been nominated for a number of FSF awards and has become truly mainstream.

MooGNU

MooGNU is a copyleft alternative to the popular NyanCat animation. It was created by /g/ in response to the pre-emptive removal of NyanCat from the Desktop Environment MATE due to concerns by the developers about NyanCat's copyright status.

LiveChan

LiveChan is an IRC-like 4chan clone with dynamic post updates and loads of other features. Programmed in node.js by emgram, LiveChan is still in development. Open-source, free—uses the AGPL license.

Jiyuu Linux

Jiyuu Linux is a Gentoo-based Linux distribution with the purpose of being relatively entry-level for new users, but teaching them how to be proficient in GNU/Linux. Dead project.

SystemXVI

SystemXVI or Service Manager is a replacement for systemd. It was more or less a joke. It was developed on for about a year before it was discontinued. It was a hilarious example of teenagers who don't know shit.

/g/-tan

Also known as Nishikino Maki, the official waifu of /g/. Often found in /g/'s drawthreads.

Bait and Troll posts

/g/ is home to lots of bait and troll posts, usually targeted at GNU/Linux users. These posts usually claim that GNU/Linux is less capable than Windows or MacOS, or contain other logical fallacies.

Jay Irwin

/g/ moderator Jay Irwin is responsible for many of the Linux troll posts. As a result, these threads don't get removed when reported. Despite him being doxxed, and his threads constantly getting flooded with his personal information, he persists with his posts.

Jay Irwin

Shilling & Marketing

Brave Shills

le shill lion

/g/ is often subject to users advertising the Brave Browser. The usual response is users posting the classic le shill lion image or a collage of shill posts with a raging wojak.

Advertising Firms

And behold, the great shilling proven!

In 2013, a number of threads were being made that were made like Ads for Dell and Microsoft products. Later that year it was announced that both Dell and Microsoft had hired private PR consultants to post positive comments about their products on web forums.

These posts contained general shitposting that people ignored, such as Have you purchased your new Nokia Lumia 521 yet?, MS Surface released tomorrow, 350 USD, REMINDER: the new Nokia has a studio-quality camera right on the phone. Seriously, /g/uys. Why haven't you gotten this yet? etc.

Common Threads

• /aig/ - Alternative ISA General, it is not super active but has already a substantial FAQ.
• /aidg/ - AI Discussion General. Thread that appeared when AI was still relatively new. Has since split up into various discussions.
  • /aicg/ - AI Chatbot General
  • /aivg/ - AI Voice General.
  • /de3/ - Dall-E 3 General
  • /ldg/ - Local Diffusion General
  • /lmg/ - Local Models General.
  • /mag/ - Music AI General
  • /sdg/ - Stable Diffusion General
• /aocg/ - Advent of Code General. As its name implies, the Advent of Code is a seasonal programming challenge to sharpen your skills.
• /aosg/ - Alternative Operating System General, still picking up some steam with a small but growing FAQ.
• /bst/ - Battle Station Thread. Anons sharing their computer lair. Usually just an amateur picture of PC and moniter along with the surrounding area and workspace
• /chad/ - C Help and Discussion. For all that relates to learning and developing with C.
  • /chad++/ || /gigachad/ - C++ Help and Discussion. For all that relates to learning and developing with C++.
• /csg/ - Chink Shit General. Cheap knockoffs and suspicious, obscure hardware. Usually from an online Chinese store.
• /cyb/ - Cyberpunk General. Intense general which also ran as /cyb/ + /sec/ general: Cybersecurity & Cyberpunk, killed by mods in 2020, recovered mid 2023. Old archives exist.
• /dhg/ - Data Hoarding General. Discourse revolving around mass storage of media. Usually this thread dies fast on its own. Often ran under either /hsg/ the majority of the time or sometimes /ptg/.
• /dmp/ - Digital Music Production. Where /mu/ meets /g/. Anons using digital software to make or enhance music.
• /dpt/ - Daily Programming Thread. Where /g/entoomen detail their latest programming adventures.
• /emg/ || (λ) - Emacs and Lisp General. Where you can learn or discuss Lisp/languages derived from Lisp. Combined with Emacs and Emacs Lisp.
• /fag/ - Friendly Apple General. For those that actually willingly put themselves into Apple's walled garden.
• /flt/ || /fglt/ - Friendly (GNU) Linux Thread. Where /g/'s Linux users have their general discussions. Newfag Linux users can get help here to improve their experience.
• /fwt/ - Friendly Windows Thread. Where /g/'s Windows users have their general discussions. Tech illiterate Windows user can get help to improve their experience.
• /gedg/ - Game and Engine Dev General. Where anons smugly attempt to emulate Jonathan Blow, John Carmack, Randy Linden, Casey Muratori and others at the same time. Where anons can learn gamedev skills.
• /hifi/ - HiFi General
• /hmg/ - Hackerman General - temporarily cohosted with /cyb/.
• /hpg/ - Headphone General.
• /hsg/ - Home Server General
• /iemg/ & /pmp/ - In-Ear Monitor & Portable Music Player General
• /ifg/ - Image Format General. Where anons debate AVIF vs JPegXL.
• /mg/ - Minimalism General. Where schizoid autists complain about bloatware and discuss minimal computing.
• /mkg/ - Mechanical Keyboard General
• /mpv/ - A thread discussing and sharing scripts for mpv.
• mpv ffmpeg yt-dlp - A thread dedicated to the music player mpv, the multimedia framework ffmpeg, and media downloader yt-dlp.
• /osdg/ - Operating Systems Development General. General thread for OSDev. OSDev is the hobby of creating new and exciting operating systems on you're own time. As well as being a fun hobby, OSDev allows you to explore new and exciting directions in operating system design and architecture.
• /pcbg/ - PC Building General - Plan for your next PC build here.
• /psg/ - Privacy & Security General
• /ptg/ - Private Tracker General
• /reg/ - Reverse Engineering General, one of the most recent generals, also picking up some steam with a small but growing FAQ: Reverse Engineering. Temporarily cohosted with /cyb/.
• /rust/ || /hrt/ - Helpful Rust Thread. Thread for discussing software development with Rust.
• /sec/ - Security General, the first to be cohosted with /cyb/ in order to avoid falling off page 10 early.
• /spg/ - Smart Phone General
• /sqt/ - Stupid Questions Thread. If your boomer or newfag, this thread will help clear your stupid technology related questions and misconceptions.
• /tpg/ - ThinkPad General. Thinkpads and other similar quality laptops.
• /twg/ - Tech Workers General. Where wagies that are either in tech, layed off from tech, or trying to get into tech moan.
• /w/ - Watches. Where /fa/ meets /g/. Rare general (due to jannies deleting threads or moving it to /fa/) discussing watches.
• /wdg/ - Web Development General. Basically /dpt/ but for webdevs.
• Desktop thread for Ricing.

Satania

Satanichia Kurumizawa Mcdowell, or Satania is a character from the anime Gabriel DropOut. She is a part of the sticky thread and is commonly used to mock apple users aka iToddlers with a gif of her laughing accompanied with the text "iTODDLERS BTFO". Her birthday is celebrated every year on 15th August and has a dedicated sticky to celebrate it. Plenty of apple shills and windoze users have attempt to claim Satania as a iphone/windows user, but they claims have been proven false. Satania is a Free Software evangelist.

Satania

iToddlers btfo