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Username: somik
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About Me:: Got my head in the clouds... Bare metal not bad either.

> @Joseph said:
> They're both equal.

Let's keep it at that, shall we? :lol:

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LOL! Those 50-50 votes!

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> @lowendspiritxdax said:
> Pro Homeserver
>
> - Full control (e.g. privacy)
> - Easier troubleshooting when experimenting a lot, better for learning stuff…

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> @WhiteRoseG said:
> Why you dont buy from aliexpress ?

Damn.. That's 2k spent on aliexpress on CPUs alone! You can get 4x E5-2699 v4 from there for the same price and st…

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> @vyas said:
> >Nginx or Apache
>
> What about Caddy (@yoursunny ) or lighttpd ?

Not to familier with caddy. Tried out lighttpd, but liked nginx …

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> @vyas said:
> This sounds more like a lover’s tiff… since very few other reasons could justify so much grief for a service not taken.
> Probably
> @c1vhosting migh…

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> @techdragon said:
> > @carlin0 said:
> > In my opinion they should take away the provider tag here as well
>
> +1

People complaining…

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@Not_Oles are you still using the server you got from oneprovider? How's their uptime? I only had for 1 month and they seemed OK for that duration. Wondering if it's the same for you.

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> @vyas said:
> > @somik said:
> > Listen till the end for a big surprise.
> > Not sure of the language. Probably gujarati (a sub-language of india)?
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> @RIYAD said:
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I don't think machines would have any reason to keep humans alive. If there is ever a machine takeover (a pretty big IF at today's pace) AI would li…

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> @bikegremlin said:
> If it helps anyone - I got a [12 TB Seagate IronWolf Pro](https://www.amazon.de/-/en/dp/B07LH55GC2?smid=A3N37ENG76UUGB&th=1&linkCode=ll1&tag=ciklogreml…

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> @bikegremlin said:
> That is my impression too. Raspberry Pi makes sense for controllers and similar things where low power consumption and compact size are more important.

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> @havoc said:
> > [@somik said](/discussion/comment/176118/#Comment_176118): Similar power consumption for 500GB Samsung 970 Evo Plus nvme
>
> Similar measured …

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> @havoc said:
> > @somik said:
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> > Both for Pi 4 and Pi 5 they are ok as long as you are connecting to the USB 3.0 ports.
>
> It's unfo…

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> @dev_vps said:
> > @somik said:
> > > @0xPanadol said:
> > > I'm looking for "CPU Optimized Dedicated Server With Daily OR **Hourly Payment**"
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> @ascicode said:
> Radxa Zero 3W would come in mind.

Personally I stick to raspberry pi cause they have better firmware support and documentations for those edge cases wh…

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> @vyas said:
> > @somik said:
> > Crap, my private image hosting went down with the VPS... Time to setup a new one I guess!
>
> Glad to know you had…

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> @terrorgen said:
> > @somik said:
> > > @Mason said:
> > > OP banned. Made some tweaks to the post.
> > >
> > > Null…

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> @Mason said:
> OP banned. Made some tweaks to the post.
>
> Nulled WHMCS.
> History of "free" projects that quickly get abandoned.
> Placeholde…

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One simple rule: If it's on the internet, it's going to be exploited.

Anything you don't want going public or being sold should not be put on the internet. Facebook, insta, tiktok, wha…

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Found on the internet...

![](https://img.l5.ca/i/6yDewA.jpg "")

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> @root said:
> > @somik said:
> > That's some "low-end-hosting" you got going on in there! My Pi zero 1w is unofficially retired as I just got my Pi 2w.
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> @vyas said:
> > @somik said:
> > I wont recommend using the "offical" case. It sucks. Not enough airflow and the pi heats up. Also recommend using a fanless tiny heatsi…

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I wont recommend using the "offical" case. It sucks. Not enough airflow and the pi heats up. Also recommend using a fanless tiny heatsink on the pi CPU. Pi 4 heats up a lot compared to Pi 3 and consu…

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Tested on raspberry pi 3: https://somik.org/ubuntu-18-04-install-llmp-stack/

If you can run it on a low end VPS, you can run it on a raspberry pi 3 or above. Performance is good for lo…

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> @TheDP said:
> It's also a somewhat-common spelling mistake for "freak", which I believe is what the OP had in mind - "Linux Freak".

Back in the dark ages of the interne…

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> @cochon said:
> > @terrorgen said:
> > > @rcy026 said:
> > > You should not have everything open on the internet just because you run ipv6, you shoul…

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> @MGarbis said:
> > @somik said:
> > > @MGarbis said:
> > > > @somik said:
> > > > Toyota may be banned from SG as they refuse t…

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> @terrorgen said:
> > @somik said:
> > > @terrorgen said:
> > > > @somik said:
> > > > > @terrorgen said:
> > &g…

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> @terrorgen said:
> > @somik said:
> > > @terrorgen said:
> > > My Proxmox LXC and KVM gets IPv6 from my router just fine...
> > >

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> @Otus9051 said:
> All of my devices at home get v6 via AS55836, and Airtel was good enough to provide v6 with mobile networks, so there's that.

India? Wow! They are impr…

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> @wankel said:
> Beware, the first "option" when creating the poll is a trap!

Damn... I even checked it over to make sure it was ok. Totally missed that. Now I cannot ev…

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This is an extension to the thread:
https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/7625/why-are-people-still-using-ipv4

Instead of asking why are people still using it, I want to how many …

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Did anyone notice the PC port of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 on reddit?

Apparently the developer got hacked and hackers obtained all the files and spent months compiling it file by file (lik…

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Listen till the end for a big surprise.
Not sure of the language. Probably gujarati (a sub-language of india)?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq8fRVFW6LU

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Great work FreeVPS team, and congrats on passing the milestone. Given that it is run fully by volunteers and the fact that there isn't a complaint thread about FreeVPS shows you're running the servic…

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