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pkb

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    Comment #46863325

    Location: Ireland, EU Remote: Yes (have worked exclusively remotely for past 6 years), hybrid possible Willing to relocate: Depends on specifics Technologies: - Linux (Debian, Ubun…

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    Comment #46589940

    I use XFCE since 2000. It run great on 8 MiB of RAM on a diskless 486, with hard drive mounted over Ethernet. It is my robust daily driver. For dark mode, try: - in 'Appearance': s…

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    Comment #46471164

    Location: Ireland, EU Remote: YES (strongly preferred) Willing to relocate: no Technologies: - Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo, CentOS/RedHat, LFS) - Services: Apache, Samba, NFS, bi…

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    Comment #46383932

    Merry Christmas!

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    Comment #46115308

    Location: Ireland, EU Remote: YES (strongly preferred) Willing to relocate: no Technologies: - Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo, CentOS) - Services: Apache, Samba, NFS, DNS, Kerberos,…

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    Comment #31878499

    ...that was end user price, after factoring in private insurance plan. For 13000, you can buy tickets in both directions, vacation, tooth job - and buy local car in the target coun…

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    Comment #31874004

    Do not go. Here's why: 1) You have no network in the US. You will have to start from scratch. Remember how you started. Multiply difficulty level by 2. And you're not going to be a…

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    Comment #27668564

    Add requirement for every user to have to solve mathematical equation before being allowed to post anything. Make it hard requirement and enforce at all times.

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    Comment #27185179

    DON'T. RabbitMQ is fragile and breaks under low memory/high swap conditions. Usually due to epmd breaking. I know, have to fix it (usually by killing epmd) daily.

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    Comment #26919673

    1) For hardware you want cheap, expendable, bare metal. Look up posts about how Google built their own servers for reference. 2) For RAID, go with software only RAID. You will side…

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    Comment #24045582

    Location: /Cork/Ireland/Europe/Earth Remote: yes Willing to relocate: no Technologies: Linux (LAMP stack), Docker, AWS, BASH, Python. I'm veteran Linux sysadmin, capable of buildin…

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    Comment #23707998

    Location: Cork, Ireland Remote: yes, remote only Willing to relocate: not possible Technologies: Linux (Debian, RedHat, CentOS, Gentoo, LFS), scripting (Python, bash), AWS, Docker,…