so i'm fiddling around with a ubuntu build on vultr, i'm no linux person.

I run up a simple machine, reset root password. logout & log back in using the new password, so i've confirmed the password is ok.

install lubuntu desktop coz I want a gui.

reboot, but I can longer log in, says password is incorrect. Tried this at least 4 times, meaning i've nuked the vm and started from scratch 4 times.

wednesday thursday friday (wtf).

what am i missing???

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

https://mangolassi.it/tags/cloudatcost

Quite a few good topics in there.

oh gee. I spent about 45 seconds looking at the list and a quick read, dodgey as all get out by the look of it.

@dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@siringo said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@nadnerB said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Just got my once every 6 month CloudAtCost email. Somehow it always bypasses my spam filtering

I know that experience.
They were told specifically to cancel my account and delete it (I wasn't subscribed to any of their spam lists at the time either).

All was good for several months, and then HELLO! the spam started arriving.

Unsubscribing does nothing, you have to login/change your preferences and completely change eveything in the account.

Use a random password generator for the email address...

Are they any good, their prices look cheap, what's the catch, apart from only having a CA based datacentre (long way from Oz).

Run. Run far, far, far, away. Then, when you think you've run far enough, run the same distance two or three more times.

oh, that good hey.
Are they one of those places that speak with you beforehand and are just great, but once they have your money just seem to vapourise?

@nadnerB said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Just got my once every 6 month CloudAtCost email. Somehow it always bypasses my spam filtering

I know that experience.
They were told specifically to cancel my account and delete it (I wasn't subscribed to any of their spam lists at the time either).

All was good for several months, and then HELLO! the spam started arriving.

Unsubscribing does nothing, you have to login/change your preferences and completely change eveything in the account.

Use a random password generator for the email address...

Are they any good, their prices look cheap, what's the catch, apart from only having a CA based datacentre (long way from Oz).

friday morning 9:15am, dull and quite uninspiring

and so is the weather.

haha, just realised I've been listening to Kraftwerk almost all day...

uploading files via G Drive to a remote site as it seems to be the only thing that works.
it's black outside now.

it's the correct key, because once you get death, there is only space left.

OK, all fixed. All I'm going to say is that I need to slow my typing down & take more care.

Yep.

It'll be some weird networking issue I guess.