Re: [gentoo-user] About to have fiber internet and need VPN info

On Saturday, 16 July 2022 18:17:35 BST Dale wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 3:57 AM Dale > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Also, the package I'm getting is 500Mbs/sec. What speeds should I > > > really expect? If memory serves me right, that is

Re: [gentoo-user] About to have fiber internet and need VPN info

On Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 10:18 AM Dale wrote: > > If I understand this correctly, they are stating bits but most data speeds are commonly in bytes. I read once where one should divide by 8 or 9 to get the true speed in common use. Internet folks use the larger number because it makes it look

Re: [gentoo-user] About to have fiber internet and need VPN info

Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 3:57 AM Dale > wrote: > > > > > Also, the package I'm getting is 500Mbs/sec.  What speeds should I > > really expect?  If memory serves me right, that is about 50MBs/sec, note > > the size of the B.  By the way, that

Re: [gentoo-user] About to have fiber internet and need VPN info

On Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 3:57 AM Dale wrote: > > Also, the package I'm getting is 500Mbs/sec. What speeds should I > really expect? If memory serves me right, that is about 50MBs/sec, note > the size of the B. By the way, that is about 50 times faster than what > I have now. Also, up and down

Re: [gentoo-user] About to have fiber internet and need VPN info

Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Saturday, 16 July 2022 11:57:25 BST Dale wrote: > >> Basically, I can upload files as fast as I download them. Now I can upload >> videos or something. > ...or run a web server! > That's way above anything I'd want to tackle.  Heck, this VPN thing is a bit confusing. 

Re: [gentoo-user] Google Chrome now requires wayland and jack audio?

On Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 8:53 AM Daniel Frey wrote: > > On 2022-07-15 12:54, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 12:28 PM Grant Edwards > > mailto:grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > > It looks like www-client/google-chrome just added wayland and jack > > > audio to

Re: [gentoo-user] Google Chrome now requires wayland and jack audio?

On 2022-07-15 12:54, Mark Knecht wrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2022 at 12:28 PM Grant Edwards mailto:grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > It looks like www-client/google-chrome just added wayland and jack > audio to the dependancies. So now I have to have Pulse _and_ Jack? > > -- > Grant

Re: [gentoo-user] About to have fiber internet and need VPN info

On Saturday, 16 July 2022 11:57:25 BST Dale wrote: > Basically, I can upload files as fast as I download them. Now I can upload > videos or something. ...or run a web server! -- Regards, Peter.

Re: [gentoo-user] About to have fiber internet and need VPN info

Hey, NordVPN and Surfshark aren't really considered good VPNs. I'd instead suggest you take a look at Mullvad and IVPN (maybe ProtonVPN too if your threat model doesn't include governments or any kind of law enforcement). A VPN tunnel basically routes all traffic directed at it to the VPN

[gentoo-user] About to have fiber internet and need VPN info

Howdy, Fiber internet is right around the corner.  Some neighbors are already connected and they working their way to my area.  Once I get connected, I also want to use a VPN but only for some programs.  Example, I want Ktorrent and a couple Firefox profiles to use VPNs but at least one Firefox

Re: [gentoo-user] Any way to automate login to host and su to root?

On Fri, 15 Jul 2022 22:33:49 -0600, Grant Taylor wrote: > > I've never used it before, mainly because I wasn't aware of its > > existence until I re-read the ssh-keygen man page, but it seems to > > be simple timestamps passed to valid-before/valid-after. > > I'm not sure that's applicable