@coliver said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@thecreativeone91 said:

The only thing some people don't like is the official mobile app is paid. There are alternatives. But in a company environment it might be better to pay for the server and have the mobile client be free.

I have the mobile app. I could swear that it was free. Maybe I paid for it though.

Yep, the OwnCloud app has always cost money from what I can tell. Not really a bad deal considering the functionality.

Yeah but it complicates the matter for business use, even on company owned devices. Even more so if it's BYOD. Paying for the server side would just make it simpler. Granted Seafile is free for both the server and all clients.

@thecreativeone91 said:

None of them I know started as an Linux Intern... Just an intern at the company then became really good at Linux and was given a full time job.

Then yes, I'd agree with that being the most common path that I see.

@thecreativeone91 said:

@nadnerB said:

Powering it off until I can spend the time to secure it

Just leave it on, and post the IP here. Someone will be nice and secure it for you 😉

Thanks for the offer. 😄 That'll speed things up heaps!
The IP is 127.0.0.1
 
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@thecreativeone91 said:

@thanksajdotcom said:

@thecreativeone91 said:

@thanksajdotcom said:

However, if I can get something for free instead of paying for it, I will not apologize for that.

That's what people I know who are on welfare say....

Some people who are on welfare deserve to be. Many don't but don't tear down those who have a legitimate right to it because of those who don't.

No one deserves to be on it. it's it's only an opportunity for them to get back on their feet. No one is entitled to get free money. You might say they deserve to get a better paying job so they don't need to be on it.

I can see where you're coming from, but the program is there for a purpose. The purpose may be good, but how people abuse the system is not. Again, I'm sure there are plenty of people who have taken advantage of welfare and then been successful at getting back on their feet. Like a kitchen knife, it can be used to make delicious food, or as the weapon of choice of a serial killer. The knife is just a tool. Don't fix the tool, fix how people use it.

That is pretty cool. I would like to get my hands on one of these and see how it is. I'm skeptical but interested.

@scottalanmiller said:

We lead with geo-specific deny rules to block regions before allowing ports.

And in that case it makes sense. You're blocking all traffic from China or Russia, for example. Then you allow the ports you want open but those countries are blocked, and maybe every other country is fine (hopefully you haven't blocked Spain... ;)), and then you deny the rest. That also makes logistical sense. I don't disagree with @thecreativeone91. It all comes down to what your objective is and then determining the best way to approach it.

I am a big believe in BASH. It's still my go to tool for most scripting in UNIX. It is everywhere, which makes a big difference. People used to use Perl because it was so ubiquitous. But on current systems it is Python that I see more commonly. Node.js, Ruby and Go are out there a lot too. The one thing that you can almost always count on is BASH. It's simple, it's standard and it is really fast to do simple things.

This has really been a long time coming. X11 is very old and a lot of people have been trying to figure out how to get this replaced. Probably makes sense that Google really just took the lead on this.

I don't know what all the fuss is about. They are just copying Windows.
Surely more reboots is a good thing. Windows needs to reboot and is popular.
 
Can't you all see? More reboots equals more popularity.

Good stuff.

CubeRox Alarm Clock

It's the second one in the Shield series, so it has a little traction already.

@scottalanmiller said in VMware Sued Over Unlicensed Use of Linux Kernel Code:

@thwr said in VMware Sued Over Unlicensed Use of Linux Kernel Code:

It looks a little bit like that. Anyway, we don't have anything like your fines and settlement deals here.

VMware seems pretty unconcerned about having used Linux code and violating the GPL in Germany, though.

Too big to care.

@scottalanmiller said:

Did someone say dueling mouse?

dueling mouse

I can't upvote this enough.

@jonezee said:

I've been thinking about getting some Linux experience and developing some expertise. I do have very light experience with it. I've been in the Windows sysadmin field for about 20 years and I'm considered to be a senior engineer I would say. I'm paid pretty well and I'm sure some will say just keep getting better at the Windows world, but I'm tempted by the potential that having Linux expertise might bring to my career. Thoughts anyone?

Linux earns, generally, far more than Windows and my estimate is that the gap will only widen unless you move into DevOps style Windows management and move to pure PowerShell or other code-based tools. Linux is a growing market, growing pay rates and the demand versus available resources just keeps getting bigger.

LOL. They have a place, like in shared services where that is the only thing exposed. It can make sense. But for running stuff on your own, I find that they get in the way and make things hard and slow. And it is an extra thing to patch and secure. Running a LAMP server is so easy without a panel. Easier than a service with a panel, I swear.