Hello Alan!

..The main use for my PCs is either to run the BBS
(although the BBS runs in a linode these days) or a terminal to access
the BBS. :)

It's the first time I hear of linode. Had to look it up
(www.linode.com?). So, it's a kinda your own linux-based pc operating in
the cloud?

Regards,
../|ug

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..The main use for my PCs is either to run the BBS
(although the BBS runs in a linode these days) or a terminal to access
the BBS. :)

It's the first time I hear of linode. Had to look it up
(www.linode.com?). So, it's a kinda your own linux-based pc operating in
the cloud?

Yes, it's a dedicated server (or I guess what they call in the cloud today).

Im my case the BBS is running in the lowest cost ($5/month) option so it's not actually a dedicated machine but it runs the BBS nicely. It has IPv4 and IPv6 and there are options to upgrade as you need.

I'm not exactly sure what the internet speed is but it is a big fat pipe.. :)

It's just a trial so I could easily take the BBS back to my own computer but so far I am liking it. Uptime is something greater that 99%.

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Re: pc in the cloud?
By: August Abolins to Alan Ianson on Wed Jan 13 2021 12:19 pm

It's the first time I hear of linode. Had to look it up
(www.linode.com?). So, it's a kinda your own linux-based pc operating in the cloud?

I don't actually have that linode anymore but it was a good experiment.

I found at times it was sluggish to repond. I think but am not certain that was because a close by linode was using all the cpu resources doing ???, whatever it was it was doing. Then it would clear up and I could happily continue on my way.

I may try something like that again some time.

Ttyl :-),
Al

... But that trick never works! -Rocky
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Hello Alan!

13 Jan 2021 11:49, Alan Ianson wrote to August Abolins:

It's the first time I hear of linode. Had to look it up
(www.linode.com?). So, it's a kinda your own linux-based pc operating
in the cloud?

vps

I don't actually have that linode anymore but it was a good
experiment.

+1

I found at times it was sluggish to repond.

what plan did you use ?

I think but am not certain
that was because a close by linode was using all the cpu resources

playing dos games ?

doing ???, whatever it was it was doing.

you had root access, so you dont know ?

Then it would clear up and I
could happily continue on my way.

+1

I may try something like that again some time.

super, i would be in need to make husky ebuilds from github soon, current is the read only cvs :/


Regards Benny

... too late to die young :)

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Re: pc in the cloud?
By: Benny Pedersen to Alan Ianson on Wed Feb 17 2021 11:25 pm

I found at times it was sluggish to repond.

what plan did you use ?

It was the basic plan at the time. If I remember 1 CPU (virtual, I think) and 1Gb ram. That was enough to run binkd, husky and the BBS.

It was $5 /month. There are other plans with more cpu, ram and file space but I never tried them.

I think but am not certain
that was because a close by linode was using all the cpu resources

playing dos games ?

I couldn't even guess.

doing ???, whatever it was it was doing.

you had root access, so you dont know ?

No, I don't know. The session froze. I could not type anything at the console for some time 30 secs to 90 secs so I couldn't run top or anything until it resumed. Once it resumed it worked fine, looking at top there was nothing out of the ordinary going on.

It didn't happen often but from time to time it would do that.

super, i would be in need to make husky ebuilds from github soon, current is the read only cvs :/

Yes, I think a change to github would be a good thing in that case. :)

Ttyl :-),
Al

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