Oh, damn, that “user quality” metric is really messed up

Strawman much?

Nothing in HyperV makes any sense. It’s fucking awful.

You know it can’t do templates or create Clones like VMWorkstation could fifteen years ago?

Bookmarking this to see where they are in 10 years.

God, I’m sorry you had to use Hyper-V.

As challenging as Proxmox is for someone new to it, it’s so much better than Hyper-V.

What?

You ask a rep. Or simply go look at your states budget.

Well, your last paragraph kinda defines engagement. And low-effort posts mostly don’t get any engagement.

Where are you installing it for her, PC or router?

What OS is she running? Router?

What other remote tools do you have available?

I mean you’ve given us nothing to work with.

Frankly I’d just use Tailscale.

Know who I take seriously? Someone who speaks competently.

Smartphones have been a thing since at least 2006 (actually earlier), and commonplace since at least 2010.

I haven’t seen a T9 phone since then.

Maybe before about 2008 when smartphones became ubiquitous.

To see it today is annoying, especially since auto correct wants to make it “you”.

They’re as good as anyone else.

Guess you won’t have a defense attorney if you’re ever wrongly accused then?

Because it’s pointless.

It’s a “feel good” thing in a Representative system.

Also, that’s time off without pay. I can arrange that all on my own.

Hog it first

An alternative to Syncthing is Resilio.

I use both on Windows and iOS - Resilio does a better job syncing in the background.

Either one is a good answer though (and I generally prefer ST anyway).

Yes.

It eliminates risks.

For example I have a proper NAS, a server with one large drive, and 2 external drives.

Guess what I never have a problem with? The NAS or the internal drives. Occasionally one of the external drives will just disappear from the server, because they’re not really intended to be up 24/7. So I’ll have to power cycle it.

Also those external drives don’t have any active cooling - they weren’t designed for that use case. So I’ve found they tend to get warm if I’m copying anything to them, and now have an old case fan on them. Talk about janky.

Pi is a good option because of it’s low power draw.

However I find used mini pc’s and Small Form Factor desktops to be a better value and their idle power is similar to the latest Pi (while costing about the same as a new Pi).

You’ve been corrected on this before: chav doesn’t mean poor.

So take your strawman elsewhere.

Chav - Etymology, Origin & Meaning https://www.etymonline.com/word/chav

Origin and history of chav chav(n.) “antisocial youth,” British slang, by 2004, apparently from earlier charver “loutish young person wearing designer-style sportswear,” Northern British slang (1997) of uncertain origin. Earlier it was a verb in homosexual slang for “have sex.” Perhaps ultimately from Romany (Gypsy).

I wouldn’t expect those to be upgrading to 11

Every desktop/laptop will upgrade to 11 - no business will accept the risk of maintaining an OS that’s out of support (with some exceptions). So you don’t have a choice.

I couldn’t have written it better.

The only disagreement I’d have is that Win2k was the major turning point when NT architecture hit mainstream. Suddenly we had NT core with a UI that users understood and dynamic events (PnP).

Though for us in IT, NT4 was the major turning point - a solid OS that you could actually use in business.

XP brought a lot more user functionality (plus better performance), and Windows 7 brought the current version of 64-bit architecture.

Your point about working in the enterprise nails it - you simply can’t pivot just because “this is a better way”. Does the current shovel still dig a ditch? Then replacing all the shovels with this fancy new one that weighs 6oz less isn’t a useful way to expend resources (time/money/management overhead/etc).