it's not often that shit just works

I am thinking about trying my hand at Tailscale, and have been tempted to click through to the Server Host offering on the LowEndBox $2 list.

LEB Special – 2GB KVM VPS

• 1x vCPU Core
• 2GB RAM
• 30GB High Performance Storage
• 1000Mbps Unmetered Port
• Full Root Access
• 1 Dedicated IPv4 Address
• KVM/Virtualizor
• Available in Multiple Locations
• Pricing: $21.88/year (75% off)
• Coupon Code: 2LEBA
• [ORDER HERE]

There’s a smaller one in the $1 list, also with allegedly unmetered bandwidth.

Server Host LEB – 1GB KVM VPS

• 1x vCPU Core
• 1GB RAM
• 15GB High Performance Storage
• 1000Mbps Port
• Unmetered Bandwidth
• Full Root Access
• 1 Dedicated IPv4 Address
• KVM/Virtualizor
• Linux O/S
• Available in Multiple Locations
• Pricing: $11.00/year (80% off)
• Coupon Code: 1ALEB
• [ORDER HERE]

S is operationally analogous to using a Chromebook.

There are people who will never need more than that.

We are not these people…

Perhaps something like

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/unix/index.htm

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/unix/unix-getting-started.htm

It’s in the lexicon, but not the vernacular…

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/TiVo

One anecdotal data point to consider… They might be really loud.

I am running a few 3TB drives that were formerly enterprise SAN drives, cleaned and sold for cheap. They work just fine (we won’t talk about game loading times here), but they are very audible clacking away when the head seeks.

Hitachi Ultrastar 7K4000 HUS724030ALE641 3TB 64MB cache Internal Hard Drive