Kaho Denna
@kaho.denna.group
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer. I defend data, business, and you. #RightToRepair #RightToOwn #DemandOpenKnowledge #AbolishCopyright
Must admit never tried Powershell on Linux! Seen it as an option on the Ubuntu Server installer for a while and always been curious what it was like! Use it at work every now and then for managing Windows systems or Exchange Online but like most things if you don't use it enough you slowly forget.
September 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Must admit never tried Powershell on Linux! Seen it as an option on the Ubuntu Server installer for a while and always been curious what it was like! Use it at work every now and then for managing Windows systems or Exchange Online but like most things if you don't use it enough you slowly forget.
Obviously I don't recommend wipe Windows NOW, but make the switch a phased approach just like someone would for macOS, except you can play games on Linux (and some have Linux-native builds)! Switching to macOS isn't seen nearly as bad as switching to Linux but the deal is the same.
September 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Obviously I don't recommend wipe Windows NOW, but make the switch a phased approach just like someone would for macOS, except you can play games on Linux (and some have Linux-native builds)! Switching to macOS isn't seen nearly as bad as switching to Linux but the deal is the same.
Only recently learned about Zorin OS and started playing with it;- really solid user experience! The Steam issue is still present as it's based on the Ubuntu mix of Wayland+Mutter+(bits of) Gnome but my use of NVIDIA graphics drivers might be making that worse - AMD is apparently way better.
September 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Only recently learned about Zorin OS and started playing with it;- really solid user experience! The Steam issue is still present as it's based on the Ubuntu mix of Wayland+Mutter+(bits of) Gnome but my use of NVIDIA graphics drivers might be making that worse - AMD is apparently way better.
Your biggest barrier to switching is the applications you use and which ones are a locked-in ecosystem, but the more people who do the switch and deliberately choose privacy-respecting user-friendly alternatives, the more the status quo has to adopt a new norm that prioritizes consumers.
September 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Your biggest barrier to switching is the applications you use and which ones are a locked-in ecosystem, but the more people who do the switch and deliberately choose privacy-respecting user-friendly alternatives, the more the status quo has to adopt a new norm that prioritizes consumers.
It's a little disappointing to still see some big Youtubers saying 'Linux isn't there yet'. Today Ubuntu is ready for general populace. Saying the terminal is scary is like saying the Windows command line or Powershell is scary but nobody sees them that way. Heck in Ubuntu most stuff just works.
September 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
It's a little disappointing to still see some big Youtubers saying 'Linux isn't there yet'. Today Ubuntu is ready for general populace. Saying the terminal is scary is like saying the Windows command line or Powershell is scary but nobody sees them that way. Heck in Ubuntu most stuff just works.
I don't play any game that has kernel-level anti-cheat. I work in cybersecurity, I know what giving a game kernel-level anti-cheat means, no, never. DO NOT. Eject that shit in to space as fast as possible. The only things that should be running at kernel-level are anti-malware and EDR.
September 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I don't play any game that has kernel-level anti-cheat. I work in cybersecurity, I know what giving a game kernel-level anti-cheat means, no, never. DO NOT. Eject that shit in to space as fast as possible. The only things that should be running at kernel-level are anti-malware and EDR.
Yes I can be around, let me know once you're wrapped up with work and I can send it over! Will need modifying for your particular local issues, specifics of the law itself and the points your representatives are using to promote it, to take those on and show why the law does the opposite, and more.
September 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Yes I can be around, let me know once you're wrapped up with work and I can send it over! Will need modifying for your particular local issues, specifics of the law itself and the points your representatives are using to promote it, to take those on and show why the law does the opposite, and more.
Also as you asked about VPNs, Mullvad is pretty good and I've recommended it to a few people, my brother included and now he recommends it.
September 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Also as you asked about VPNs, Mullvad is pretty good and I've recommended it to a few people, my brother included and now he recommends it.
Not sure how it works in the US, but if there's a US equivalent of writing to your MP I don't mind sharing my letter? There's a lot of specifics to my local area as I used quotes, citations and examples to kind of ram my point home, but if your locality is having similar problems it may be useful.
September 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Not sure how it works in the US, but if there's a US equivalent of writing to your MP I don't mind sharing my letter? There's a lot of specifics to my local area as I used quotes, citations and examples to kind of ram my point home, but if your locality is having similar problems it may be useful.
If it's the same implementation as we've had for the "Online Safety Act" a month or so ago, DMs will be deactivated, and access to anything deemed to be 'adult' content is hidden and everything else will be as is, for now at least. I've lodged my opposition in a strongly-worded letter to my MP.
September 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
If it's the same implementation as we've had for the "Online Safety Act" a month or so ago, DMs will be deactivated, and access to anything deemed to be 'adult' content is hidden and everything else will be as is, for now at least. I've lodged my opposition in a strongly-worded letter to my MP.
Within around 10 seconds, I had multiple SLA breach notifications fire, and I picked up the switch, started reconnecting things, but I was like "nope, I'm reloading, it's hopeless, there's no coming back from this ever, I don't remember where everything went". Got a bloody good laugh out of me.
August 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Within around 10 seconds, I had multiple SLA breach notifications fire, and I picked up the switch, started reconnecting things, but I was like "nope, I'm reloading, it's hopeless, there's no coming back from this ever, I don't remember where everything went". Got a bloody good laugh out of me.
Also the physics are hilarious. Tried moving a boulder server in to that gap above the power distribution, switch and firewall in the first photo thinking it would fit, and it all flew out *at speed*, the amount of cable disconnect sounds was a thing to sit in shock to as the incident unfolded.
August 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Also the physics are hilarious. Tried moving a boulder server in to that gap above the power distribution, switch and firewall in the first photo thinking it would fit, and it all flew out *at speed*, the amount of cable disconnect sounds was a thing to sit in shock to as the incident unfolded.
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Tower Networking Inc. on Steam
An internet service provider simulation game. Design and build network connectivity and services to clients in an ever-expanding randomly generated tower. Configure and maintain equipment to ensure yo...
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August 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Must say though, having a blast and takes me back to when IT and tech in general was cool and not the absolute cluster it is now, when there was no cloud computing, we could become masters of our domains and have confidence in the solutions we were running, after-all, we *built* it.
August 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Must say though, having a blast and takes me back to when IT and tech in general was cool and not the absolute cluster it is now, when there was no cloud computing, we could become masters of our domains and have confidence in the solutions we were running, after-all, we *built* it.
I'm currently fixing my intern endless runs datacentre. It's taken multiple in-game days and thousands in setup fees, and I'm not even half-way, and it looks so bad. The tower has grown 4 more floors and I'm just lashing networking in quick with the idea of I'll come back later and fix it.
August 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I'm currently fixing my intern endless runs datacentre. It's taken multiple in-game days and thousands in setup fees, and I'm not even half-way, and it looks so bad. The tower has grown 4 more floors and I'm just lashing networking in quick with the idea of I'll come back later and fix it.
Used to work somewhere where I'd regularly look at how we'd done something in the racks and think it'd be good to spend a couple days redoing some cabling and rearranging kit to more efficiently use the space but have no time. Yes, you get that here too. Yes, you can decide to do something about it.
August 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Used to work somewhere where I'd regularly look at how we'd done something in the racks and think it'd be good to spend a couple days redoing some cabling and rearranging kit to more efficiently use the space but have no time. Yes, you get that here too. Yes, you can decide to do something about it.
Second run in admin (normal) mode, I have 2 clearly-defined ISP racks for companies moving in to the tower, and room, power and connectivity for routers, and 2 residential racks. It is perfect, but the power bill is killing me, you don't pay the power bill in intern mode, so tight budgets.
August 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Second run in admin (normal) mode, I have 2 clearly-defined ISP racks for companies moving in to the tower, and room, power and connectivity for routers, and 2 residential racks. It is perfect, but the power bill is killing me, you don't pay the power bill in intern mode, so tight budgets.
Whilst I was learning the systems on my first run in intern (easy) mode, I started recreating that photo that comes up time to time with tons of layers of thousands of yellow network cables draped between all the racks purely by accident! Not a sausage else would know how it worked but me.
August 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Whilst I was learning the systems on my first run in intern (easy) mode, I started recreating that photo that comes up time to time with tons of layers of thousands of yellow network cables draped between all the racks purely by accident! Not a sausage else would know how it worked but me.
New floors are added every couple days, and before you know it your small stack of switches, routers and servers you bought on your tight budget aren't enough and you have to scale. You can make decisions early which make life harder later, but some unavoidable due to your budget.
August 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
New floors are added every couple days, and before you know it your small stack of switches, routers and servers you bought on your tight budget aren't enough and you have to scale. You can make decisions early which make life harder later, but some unavoidable due to your budget.
It's a really cool set of side-quests I missed the first time around and had some fun with it but it was so easy to get ganged up on. Can only cast Flash Heal so much as a shadow priest.
August 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It's a really cool set of side-quests I missed the first time around and had some fun with it but it was so easy to get ganged up on. Can only cast Flash Heal so much as a shadow priest.