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About Me:: Relja Novović a.k.a. Bike Gremlin - https://www.bikegremlin.com/about/

It took some time and effort to put this all on paper. Sharing the info here in hope it will help more people, especially new members, to avoid some common pitfalls. Also posting it for selfish reaso…

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> @Joseph said:
> Anyone with experience or knowledge regarding how KnownHost, MDD Hosting, VeeroTech, Hawk Host, and Shock Hosting compare?

Let me start by quoting my ran…

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![](https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExNXFldmd1czg5eWFseGh0emF2ZjRyaTB1NW5zcmxodXN1YW1pMW5kbSZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/35TxwQmSiwl5CDzJeB/giphy.gif "")

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> @root said:
> From what I can gather, they offered lifetime in the past, during previous Black Friday. However, as per their [announcement](https://filen.io/hub/black-friday-2025-the-f…

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Haven't listed them - that's true.

I know a guy who's happy with it for years now (in terms of upload & download speed, & uptime).

Could be the optimal choice.

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> @root said:
> > @bikegremlin said:
> > > @treesmokah said:
> > > > [@bikegremlin said](/discussion/comment/221832/#Comment_221832): I suppose I wo…

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> @imok said:
> What does @Not_Oles do for a living?
>
> <small>wrong answers allowed

If you had been good last year, you would have known alrea…

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Not terminal, but "terminal green" is what I was aiming for - to make the **bold** text in my [Obisidian](https://io.bikegremlin.com/35681/obsidian-installation-and-configuration/#4.4 "Obisidian") ed…

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> @Astro said:
> > @dgc1980 said:
> > just a reminder, this BF will be the last time they offer the Pro series of plans as lifetime offers, after that it will only be the…

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> @AuroraZero said:
> > @bikegremlin said:
> > I use whatever ships by the factory in Mint, Ubuntu, and Windows (cmd and Powershell).
> > Also, on Windows, I…

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> @AuroraZero said:
> > @bikegremlin said:
> > > @WSS said:
> > > > @bikegremlin said:
> > > > > @localhost said:
> …

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I use whatever ships by the factory in Mint, Ubuntu, and Windows (cmd and Powershell).
Also, on Windows, I sometimes use PuTTY (because the "factory" terminal sometimes refuses to work in SSH)…

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> @localhost said:
> > @bikegremlin said:
> > > @AuroraZero said:
> > > > @bikegremlin said:
> > > > Vim's birthday is today - 2n…

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Vim's birthday is today - 2nd November 1991 was the start.

The only reliable way to close the damn program:
![](https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExN3cwdnJzeHdjdHp…

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> @Ympker said:
> So, even as a legacy owned license holder support&updates now incurr a fee (or was it like that before already?). Since my owned license has been idling for years, …

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As expected - inflation is going wild and the only ones who don't increase their prices are those who can't (like school teachers :) ).

The announcement with the new pricing:

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> @jaden said:
> Thanks for the recap. I tried looking at the incident from April that you linked but it now returns a 404. That's not a good look for transparency.
>
&…

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> @bdl said:
> rm -rf /mnt/truck

![](https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExeHNoam1pZmNucWRrcnJvMnc4d244cWdqOXA5aDU0MzJpZjdoeXhyayZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlf…

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Thanks.
So, I'd have to self-host it - and they list some prices for self hosting (that is confusing).
Sounds crazy.

Fuck it.
I'll go with a bicycle. It's good for…

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I'd like to be able to connect from either Windows or Linux to mostly Windows PCs.

And to have the install be idiot friendly so that the clients can install what they need on their end…

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> @vyas said:
> Hmm.. interesting !
>
> Windows made me.. reheat my coffee. But then scrolling down further... it tasted better

LOL. Good one. :)

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When my spare backup HDD at work died (and the warranty is going to take about a month), I configured encrypted Rclone sync from my PC HDD (source of truth) to a Hetzner storage box.

M…

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Good luck man. Let me know if you need any ~~pigeons~~ help.

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> @Ympker said:
> > @bikegremlin said:
> > > @Ympker said:
> > > I have heard good things about Filen, but also read about ppl having problems on Reddi…

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> @Ympker said:
> I have heard good things about Filen, but also read about ppl having problems on Reddit. Not really tempted to jump on it atm, but it might be a good pick regardless :)…

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@Ympker - last chance for this lifetime! LOL :)

Filen.io

https://filen.io/hub/black-friday-2025-the-final-return-of-pro-lifetime-plans/

Prices of the pr…

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> @AlwaysSkint said:
> Now, can the same happen for Hetzner et al - one can only hope?
>
> /rant
>

You wish to destroy the entire Balkan?!?…

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> @angstrom said:
> > @bikegremlin said:
> > > @angstrom said:
> > > I've been running a couple of Nextcloud installations for a number of years now, b…

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@AlwaysSkint and @SGraf - it is fair to note that the reseller/shared hosting providers I use offer SSH, and that is very helpful at times (not just for Nextcloud).

Without SSH, I am…

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> @angstrom said:
> I've been running a couple of Nextcloud installations for a number of years now, but I run them on VPSes
>
> As your report suggests, it can be t…

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I have decided to give Nextcloud a try.

My reasoning was to keep my address book and calendar portable (so I can sync any changes accross several computers and phones), but not rely on…

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Keep calm and love capitalism.

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