Re: [orca-list] Ot: VPS

[Janina Sajka <janina rednote net>]

John Heim writes:
> On 03/09/2016 09:58 AM, John Heim wrote:
> > As long as we're going OT, can I ask what happens if you have a virtual
> > private server and it becomes unbootable? For example, suppose I try a
> > kernel I compiled myself and it wo't boot. Or what if the disk gets filled
> > up and the vps crashes?
You want a vps service that covers you in situations like that. The one
I use is linode.com where there's a lovely interfaced called lish. This
is a linux shell interface you access via ssh, and it provides a full
scroll of all your boot messages. It's, well, it's downright de lish us

Read about lish at:

https://www.linode.com/docs/networking/using-the-linode-shell-lish/


> > On 03/09/2016 05:55 AM, Tony Baechler wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I won't quote Geoff's long, very informative and useful post here, but I
> > > would like to comment on a point. He suggests getting a VPS and I highly
> > > agree! They're incredibly cheap nowadays and often you can cancel after
> > > a month. You can try Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, etc, install anything you
> > > want, make a mess, format and start over. Since it isn't real hardware,
> > > you literally can't break anything. If you have a recent enough CPU and
> > > enough memory, play with KVM, VirtualBox, etc and set up your own
> > > virtual machines. That has the advantage that you don't need to worry
> > > about security and can experiment with web servers etc on your local
> > > machine without shelling out the cash for a VPS. If you can spare the
> > > disk space, do an actual Linux install on an extra partition and set up
> > > dual boot. That way you don't have the overhead of a VM. If there is a
> > > specific package you're interested in like WordPress, there are various
> > > ways of having automatic installs with minimal effort such as Juju
> > > charms on Ubuntu.
> > >
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> > > Orca documentation: https://help.gnome.org/users/orca/stable/
> > > GNOME Universal Access guide:
> > > https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/a11y.html
> > > Log bugs and feature requests at http://bugzilla.gnome.org
>
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