@Cyanite
Ah, must've been dust on the monitor. ;-)

@Cyanite
"You can support me and encourage me to prosue my writings more by donating. Make sure you leave a message and tell me where you're donating from!"

Pursue :-)

@Cyanite
You'll want to change "prosue" to "pursue" on the github page. :-)

I've stuck with 1607 as my production version for now. I'd rather be a tiiiny bit insecure than completely broken. Here's to hoping the next 17** version works nicely.

https://guacamole.apache.org/

It's not exactly VPN, but it's worked well for me.

It takes a couple hours to setup properly, and you can quickly change ports if needed.

I read about 3 books a week, and have yet to publish a single one. I'm a tiiiny bit ashamed of myself. I aspire to be you, OP, all motivated and shit. Let us know when its ready for proofreading :-)

@dontbeevil
If you're such an expert, why don't you be constructive and tell the OP the right version?

They could get some pointers from China. </sarcasm>

This deserves a solid: "You can't afford it" in response. They're trying to use you too be cheap, and none too classy about it either.

@dontbeevil - That would be Enterprise, $300 please. Don't forget Cals, an AV, and 365 subscription.

It's not as great as it sounds. Yeah they take care of your Visa, but they hold you by the nuts for it!

I've never gotten burned running upgrade on an LTS version of Ubuntu. (except with Nvidia drivers-- totally different rant)

It's good to snapshot production servers before running upgrades. Shit happens.

Jesus man! I reset my users password on the spot, no problem.

I'm that way with monster drinks, buy em in bulk at Costco.

Give him a Chromebook.

Have a go at Suse, you can customize the iso before downloading

Fine! I'll just email myself instead.

I believe listening to ham is legal, broadcasting requires a license. Here in the states anyway.

Microsoft is malware.

Damn right I am!

more like purging.

Sounds like he needs to sign a formal contract, with clearly defined scope of work. Pay half up front, since he's being an utter asshole.

A hacksaw should get through that lever no problem. Maybe a Dremel in worst case.

You might consider backing up a snapshot of your production server before restart. I personally use Veeam, it's saved my bacon multiple times.

But can it run OpenWRT?

Dear outsourced developers.

DO send me your private SSH keys. In plaintext. From a McDonald's free wifi.

LOL

Reddit. Tier. Political. Bullshit.

Ouch. That's a bummer.

I don't know the particulars of your network, VPNs can be a right bastard to keep open on rural copper.

You might have a look at Guac-Dev. It takes some toe stubbing to setup the server, but once done you can redirect rdp over https. Put simply, remote desktop through your browser.

You can usually rent a room close to universities. Students usually don't have the money for single apartments, so they'll split the bill instead. 10 hours work a week should be enough to cover basic bills. You can also check out low income assistance, for food, medical insurance etc.

Life is seldom game over. It just takes some.. creativity.. from time to time.

If you trust the pharmaceutical companies with your health, that's your problem entirely. You want to be healthy, don't love in a giant stinking filthy human mashed-up city. No vaccine will ever save us if we keep cramming together and breeding more dangerous bugs. Now get this reddit-tier political shit out of here.

Every sysadmin has a secret little black book. Bad vendors who push bad code are written in that black book. Sometimes, tragedy befalls a vendor. Next day, admins everywhere can be seen crossing a name out in the book, and whistling cheerfully. Don't be in that book.