Security+, GG EZ A few hours ago, I took and passed the Security+. I was much more confident with this one, compared to the Network+. However, the results are still the same, I passed and I can move on with my life. It took me about a week and a half to study and learn the material. I’d say I spent maybe 20 hours in total. My goal was to finish before my coming trip, which I’ll write an article about afterwards ;) . ...
As of today, October 12th, I am Network+ Certified The test was not easy. CompTIA exams like to word things like “what is MOST likely”, meaning that there can be more than one correct option. you just have to choose the MOST correct. My exam consisted of 5 perfomance questions and 65 multiple choice, it took me all 90 minutes to complete the test. I did not have enough time to review all my answers. ...
Tomorrow ends my premium subscription to Spotify. I’ve been a customer to Spotify for over 7 years, and at $10.00 a month, that means I’ve spent roughly ~$900 dollars. Streaming operates on a business model of being slightly more convient than owning your own media. So, why did I cancel my membership? Cost Media Ownership Privacy Being a show-off with alt tech. There used to be a saying in IT, ...
Free, as in Freedom ~ Richard Stallman I believe in a self-sufficient and free Internet. I’ve been taking radical steps in order to achieve the aformentioned freedom by utilizing as much open-source software as I can, along with self-hosting my own webservices I use frequently. For operating systems, I use Arch Linux for my desktop, with Debian running on my server. The services I run on my server include Caddy to host this website you see before you along with other web projects, Jellyfin for my media needs (specifically to replace Spotify and Netflix), and I also have a Minecraft server on standby. In the near future I’ll implement an e-mail server to replace my Gmail. ...