We use Alma, which is basically Rocky. Before that, CentOS. Lots of people don't need or want the expensive support contracts.
OSS support though donations and commits is the way to go unless you get value out of those contracts (we would not).
We use Alma, which is basically Rocky. Before that, CentOS. Lots of people don't need or want the expensive support contracts.
OSS support though donations and commits is the way to go unless you get value out of those contracts (we would not).
Be ready to deal with a backup plan. Consumer services like Backblaze don't work with Linux.
I have opted into backing my data up to a local network NAS machine which in-turn backs all of its data up to a StorJ backed s3:// compatible endpoint which is very inexpensive.
It takes a vigilante to raze a village? That other way?
I have to look it up every time, but this is always worth reading once a year to remind yourself:
Check out Onlyoffice. Just the client (not the server part)
WAY better
I used it before and still use it. No issues with my $5 linode.
Read this for an idea as to why people are against letting Meta federate: https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html
It's not a cut and dry yes or no for me.
Why wouldn't they?
I just had my screen replaced because the L in LCD started oozing all over. It was $2200 which didn't include the radio that cost an extra $500. So, not 10k, but not cheap either. On the plus side, outside of New tires, that's the only thing I've done to the car in 8 years.
If I teach a class that needs a vm, I'm making damned sure everyone uses the same type.
It can be worse, we had to add a captcha for those link scanners cause they'd submit the forms and invalidate tokens too:(