Recent content by Cera

You didn't offend me at all! I just (mostly) figured it out and then next semester of school came. I got super excited to fill my server with data. Poof went the free time. I never got around to setting up the file share system that Atanere posted even but perhaps over the summer so I can stop...

I figured it out, and feel a bit silly. I tried the external/public IP address yet again for the A record. I had passed over it before since I couldn't pull up the website in my browser with this setting. Well, apparently internal network devices once past the router don't like to turn around to...

After a couple days of supplying my mother with the shelf piece, it seems that overheating was the issue. The laptop dropped from freezing hourly to only about once a day (maybe twice) after longer periods of use.

While this video was extremely helpful in explaining what the A record and CNAME record are, it doesn't show me what I'm doing wrong. He is using shopify as a web host. He can go to the website and click on 'add domain' to which it then spits out the A and CNAME record he must set the DNS on...

If we're going to be practical then I should be looking for another web host. I know by the end I probably won't be sticking with my home server for upload speeds alone. I thought about the hosting at GoDaddy, not really extensively, but the bait of the free domain name with the hosting was very...

I do always run before walking. My ISP is Frontier and it appears they only out-right prohibit commercial use. I'm fairly sure I fall under non-commercial use as while I suppose it is a type of product I offer, they're free. It's basically a gallery. If you like it, you copy the text directly...

I would like to start by saying: I'm really new to Linux (I actually have a thread on Getting Started too) and server management and mostly have been stumbling around trying to set this up based off of various step-by-step guides. I may use terms incorrectly in several areas so if I say...

Pardon the long break between posts there. Holidays know how to keep people busy! Which I hope you both enjoyed some winter festivities (or maybe winter relaxing). I was going to wait until I had checked off everything suggested before replying, but a check-in feels appropriate after all this...

You're not helping because I'm a damsel in distress!? Dang gnabbit, false gender reporting for nothing (I joke, of course)! But... sadly it seems I'm not all set. More issues have cropped up in the last few days and I'm at a total loss for it this time. Her computer seems to freeze at another...

Oh, sorry, I was unclear. The top report I showed was with only her solitaire running and no other tabs (yikes, right?). When I left there to come to linux.org and checked it again out of curiosity it was around 55%. Right, that update on Firefox. I knew there was a reason I didn't like it...

You're both so helpful I could tear up. I also decided it would be best to share screenshots! I did the free -h command with nothing open. And I did the top command with Firefox running her online solitaire game, which as @atanere suspected, the culprit seems to be Firefox. (I even looked...

Good and bad news. The good is that the installation went quite smoothly and far easier than I ever would have thought possible (though I had a hell of a time trying to catch the boot menu, F12, I always forget). When she started using it the next day I don't even think she noticed much...

Thank you! Even your short notes were very helpful. Since you recommended the DVD option, I picked up some blank ones while shopping today. I also went ahead and picked up a 32GB flash drive anyway since when I convert my own desktop I do have files to move over to my disc drive-less laptop that...

Hello! Brand new to Linux though I've known of it for a little while. (This is actually the first forum I've ever participated in too.) Long-term overview, I've generally only heard good things and have been considering switching to Linux for a while. I've become married to the idea now since I...