by wwarren | Feb 24, 2025 | Annoucements
PFSense is becoming closed source as announced by Netgate. IXSystems has take TrueNAS to Linux with Scale away from its BSD roots. While OPNSense is a BSD based firewall and often completes with PFSense they are based in Europe and do nto have 24 hour tech support. ...
by wwarren | Feb 2, 2025 | Hardware
Earlier I made this post about my initial thoughts on t he s25 series of phones but most pointedly the S25 Ultra. After seeing JerryRigEverything’s video about the even greater downgrades given to the S25 if you have a S Series that’s the s23 or the S24 I...
by wwarren | Feb 1, 2025 | Annoucements, Hosting, Linux, Open Source
For the first 10 years of my hosting service I have used Ubuntu Server LTS. Ubuntu has become quite bloated and the amount of time I spent turning off cruft in the background has gotten to be on par with Windows. With RedHat now being totally a paid for product that...
by wwarren | Feb 1, 2025 | Annoucements, Hosting
ETC Maryland would like to announce a further expansion of our hosting products. With our new datacenter partners, new opportunities have presented themselves and we would like to pass these opportunities to the general public. We would like to announce the...
by wwarren | Jan 22, 2025 | Android, Cloud Computing, Google, IOT
In summary..if you have a Pixel 8 Pro or Samsung S24 Ultra, The S25 series and Pixel 9 are not compelling upgrades. If you have a phone that’s more than two years old then upgrading might be a good idea. However, the Pixel 8 Pro and the Samsung S24 series will...
