re-install

Basil Chupin blchupin at iinet.net.au
Sun Mar 24 06:04:00 UTC 2013


On 24/03/13 15:15, Ric Moore wrote:
> On 03/23/2013 07:40 PM, scott wrote:
>> On 03/23/2013 07:10 PM, Ric Moore wrote:
>>> On 03/23/2013 12:45 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>>> On 23/03/13 08:17, Ric Moore wrote:
>>>>> On 03/22/2013 04:43 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>>>>>> On 22/03/13 05:37, Ric Moore wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> We;re now runnning a VM with MyCloud installed to it, where I store
>>>>>>> the irreplaceable documents/files of ours. So, I have that online
>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>> it's own dedicated IP address. :) Ric
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh lordy......and you trust this Cloud thingie not to be hacked,
>>>>>> not to
>>>>>> crash and wipe out all your "irreplaceable documents/files" and 
>>>>>> other
>>>>>> data, not to sell your data to the guvvmint or advertising 
>>>>>> agencies or
>>>>>> to private investigation companies?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Lordy, lordy, but you are such a trusting soul, you are :-) .
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And, out of curiosity, how much per month do you pay for this
>>>>>> "privilege"? Much less than the one-off cost of an external 120GB
>>>>>> HDD or
>>>>>> a 120GB USB memory stick?
>>>>> Huh? ...it's running on our own Proxmox server (using Debian server)
>>>>> and one of the VM's is the MyCloud application running on it's own
>>>>> static IP address.
>>>>
>>>> OK. Just the mention of the word "cloud" conjures up horrific 
>>>> images of
>>>> unsavoury events.
>>>>
>>>> But as I have never heard of MyCloud application - wot exactly is it?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> It's all ours. The only cost was an older 2 core server with 8 
>>>>> gigs of
>>>>> ram, plus the static IP's which we have more of than we're using, at
>>>>> the current moment. I'm running two instances of WordPress on that 
>>>>> box
>>>>> as well. I'm looking to add more soon.
>>>>
>>>> A question: is this server located locally or sited at some other
>>>> location? (In other words, the eggs are not all in the same basket
>>>> :-) .)
>>>
>>> Right, I am here in Southern Virginia, and the server is in Raleigh NC.
>>> So, I'm backing up important files from here to there. If they get lost
>>> there, I have them here. NICE!
>>>
>>> I was about to direct you to:
>>> http://www.turnkeylinux.org/
>>> but now I get some screen there that claims I have a virus and cannot
>>> enter. WTF?? Someone else see if they see the same thing? I feel a rant
>>> coming on. :) Ric
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> I'm not seeing it. I get straight to the landing page.
>
> Now, I do too. Weird. Of course I shot them a remark that read "WTF?"
> And mow it's fixed. <cackles>

When I tried it a while ago I got the message that the site was unavailable.


> Owell, here's the page:
> http://www.turnkeylinux.org/owncloud
> Sorry, it's "OwnCloud" What I really like is that I can click and drag 
> a file from my file manager to owncloud in my browser and it copies.
> Ric
The site is now back online - a few minutes ago when I tried it again.

The other most interesting thing is that the site is using the Russian 
180-degree *reversed* English 'N', which is the Russian "e" sound, for 
its (English) "N" in the s/ware's name.

Obviously yet another Marxist plot to dominate the world :-D (the people 
in that offtopic list will love this! :-D .)

BC

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