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Comment Same situation as poster (Score 1) 109

We had 50 free mailboxes on single account with google. After reading Google announcement I made a switch to Office 365. Was easy as we have experience and tenant with MS. So far so good, we will see how it goes. Microsoft stuff seems MUCH more advanced and much cheaper. And let me explain what "cheaper" means: We have plenty of shared inboxes which with free Gsuite were regular user which cost $$$. With Microsoft these come free. For me the only right option is: - For business move to O365 - For home users again O365, but family plan which is 99$ for 6 users for 1 year, which comes around $1.38 per box per month. To Sum up: MS better service, lower prices... So F*** off Google, plan did not work..

Comment Lack of LTS (Score 1) 135

Hello, Long time FreeBSD server user. I have started using FreeBSD since 4.8 (really loved 5.0 cause it added SMP support :-)). However I dropped it using on all of our servers. In 2019 hardware support is not very relevant - almost all my machines are virtualized. What drove me away from FreeBSD to Linux(Particularly to Ubuntu) were the following three reasons: 1. Lack of skilled people who know BSD. It is much easier to find Ubuntu admin :) than FreeBSD one and I do want other people to be able to maintain the machines :-) 2. Lack of tutorials. What drive me towards BSD in 2002/2003 was the really GOOD documentation compared to Linux. Handbook was/is brilliant. The book "AbsoluteBSD" by Michale Lucal is/was brillians. BSD mailing list is very resourceful and helpful - it will never let you down. However in 2019 people are more looking for "tutorials" i.e "how to install apache on Ubuntu 18.04" rather than a book and user group to help them install it. 3. Lack of LTS distribution. Yes, I am aware of release cycle of BSD and that it "almost" have LTS support. NO, it is not true. If you have little manpower and a lot machines, Ubuntu is a better choice. With 5 year guaranteed support and after that "ports/packages" continue working is great. Yes, ok is not the best, but whya should I upgrade from let's say 8.x to 10.x just for the sake to install "nano" :-) The only value I see for FreeBSD in 2019 is with Router/NAS appliances i.e Nas4Free, PfSense, OPNsense.... Times have chaned, BSD not a lot.. Sorry if my comment is too harsh...

Comment Get somethings business (Score 1) 304

Get something that is midpriced brand new laptop. Good choices are: HP Probook 4XX Dell Vostro Lenovo V330 Acer Travelmate All of these are not very expensive but are very durable. I personally like HP Probook 450 most, but would go will Dell Vostro as it comes with 3 year warranty as standard in Europe. The others come with 2 year.

Comment Too early to celebrate (Score 1) 92

From the official announcement: "While Let’s Encrypt is now directly trusted by almost all newer versions of operating systems, browsers, and devices, there are still many older versions in the world that do not directly trust Let’s Encrypt. Some of those older systems will eventually be updated to trust Let’s Encrypt directly. Some will not, and we’ll need to wait for the vast majority of those to cycle out of the Web ecosystem. We expect this will take at least five more years, so we plan to use a cross signature until then." So let's not hurry with the celebrations. It will take 5 year at least to happen ......

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