I’ve used these guys in the past.

suretyhome.com

DIY alarm.com setup.

It’s been a while since but I used a GoControl 2 panel. Looks like they have new stuff or you can order used on ebay.

Santa Baby is also pretty gross. “Hurry down my chimney tonight” …urm, okay…

Like amazon ring devices? I think it’s called Sidewalk .

Porkbun.com

I just say no thank you and keep walking. Never had a problem.

Yes. Noticed yesterday. I was even logged in to a friend’s YouTube Premium account. Loaded like I have slow internet.

I meant the app similar to edge panels.

What is the app you use ?

Probably Teflon 🤣💀

Are you shopping at best buy?

There should be more deals when you click add services.

Understand on the latency possibly being an issue. I did see they have servers in France now. Maybe you could do some ping tests.

Okay. Everyone is different. If they can point, click and type they can open a terminal and type something simple.

I have to say your car analogy is more difficult.

It’s just a matter of explaining a different process than what they are familiar with to install something. It’s not hard at all after you show/explain. Just different and in my opinion easier than an exe.

If you can open an app you can open the terminal. It’s not a daunting task.

It’s less steps than an exe and automated. Opening the terminal is one click. It’s not like you need to know how to do anything else in there.

It is extremely easy. Open terminal, one command. Done. Your quote ended with “and…” As if there was a lot to type.

“Oh that’s easy. Just open the terminal and type pacman -S firefox” sounds better.

It actually way easier on Linux. Arch just type: pacman -S programName Or yay -S programName

Most distros have a software “store” and it’s just as simple as installing an app on your phone.

If you want something cheap check out RackNerd yearly deals. Last I checked they still have listings for black Friday and other old deals once you’ve made an account. I got a server for like $12 a year with 5tb monthly bandwidth. I have 3 servers total with them and haven’t had a problem for the 3 years I’ve been using them.

Yeah. Which one did you go with?!

JMP is great! I ported over my number that I’ve had the longest to them probably 2 years ago when it was still beta. It’s so convenient having sms on multiple devices and my computer. I have all calls from jmp forwarded to my phone with service tho. And I just switched that from AT&T prepaid to US mobile.

Edit: I also like popping in to read their group chat. Lots of nerd talk in there. Also, I’m pretty sure if you ask their support you can still get a free XMPP server with JMP service via Snikket.

I happened to have a spare number that I wasn’t using with JMP.chat. So I ported it over to US Mobile.

They offered a 30 day trial if you port a number over. They probably still offer the trial. I still have a week left and I liked the service so much I already ported my real number over. The trial was completely free.

I ended up having to order their sim starter kit because for some reason my Pixel 4a 5g wasn’t compatible with their eSim on their Warp 5g(Verizon), which I wanted to try. When I portrs my real number over I did it on their GSM(tmobo) network with eSim and it worked fine. You can get the sim starter kit for free with some promo code they have listed on their site somewhere.

Just switched to US Mobile after doing the 30 day trial.

Bill from AT&T prepaid was $65 before tax.

Now I’m $29 total. On their GSM(T-Mobile) network I was pulling 250 down.

That’s understandable. I only use an app to generate the codes