So just an update to my earlier email, you can get 2 free Linux instances on Oracle's Cloud platform and 1 free instance on Google's Cloud platform. These are not time restricted. If you do take up the offer, I strongly suggest you leave ssh password auth disabled and use a key. These systems get millions of password spray attacks every day over ssh.
On 2020-05-09 14:27, Ansar Mohammed via talk wrote:
So just an update to my earlier email, you can get 2 free Linux instances on Oracle's Cloud platform and 1 free instance on Google's Cloud platform. These are not time restricted.
Until they are: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/05/google_reintroduces_management_fee_... Yeah that's GKE, but they can change pricing whenever they want. $0 -> $73/month per cluster just like that. Just be prepared to migrate or pay at some indeterminate time in the future if you sign up for either. Cheers, Jamon
On 2020-05-09 3:11 p.m., Jamon Camisso via talk wrote:
On 2020-05-09 14:27, Ansar Mohammed via talk wrote:
These are not time restricted.
Until they are:
Yeah, I still remember the Cloud At Cost thing that was a "free vm for life!!!1!" that was free for about a year. They still send me email about paying $39/year for a single core/1 GB storage instance. Stewart
On Sat, 9 May 2020 18:52:15 -0400 "Stewart C. Russell via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On 2020-05-09 3:11 p.m., Jamon Camisso via talk wrote:
On 2020-05-09 14:27, Ansar Mohammed via talk wrote:
These are not time restricted.
Until they are:
Yeah, I still remember the Cloud At Cost thing that was a "free vm for life!!!1!" that was free for about a year. They still send me email about paying $39/year for a single core/1 GB storage instance. Stewart
+1 in my opinion, avoid any ongoing "free" services, more so if it is a huge multinational doing the offering as the huge companies all have some sort of "dominate the planet" and kill off all competition type long term goal...
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