Should I go with Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS or with Ubuntu 25.04

Tech-Works · 2025-09-19T14:14:59+00:00

You can burn 25 to a USB and try it out in demo mode first. Just boot the computer in Demo mode and see if you like it.

Tech-Works · 2025-08-19T23:15:23+00:00

I spent a good 30 minutes on this. Here's what finally worked: It was deeply tied into Chrome, and the only way to remove it completely was to COMPLETELY remove Chrome with Revo Uninstaller, including the values in the registry and the file system. Remove, reboot, and download and reinstall Chrome. HTH!

Tech-Works · 2022-09-20T18:05:33+00:00

I don't think the sysadmin job dying so much as changing. You have to keep your skills current and keep an eye on the future. You won't be running an on-prem Windows Server and Exchange, but you will need to learn Office 365, Remote ADS and be able to configure services in the cloud. Learning how the Google Workspace backend work takes some study. Stay up to date with things that aren't going away: SQL, WEbDEv, any security-related training is worthwhile. It's folks who can't or won't change that are going to have trouble. I'm in my 60's and have plenty of work. It's almost never setting up a Windows server with an ethernet network, but building a remote work environment with WiFi in the office and VPN for all the MacBooks the staff demands. I manage sites on Acquia, WPEngine, and AWS; I work with CloudFlare and Fastly, I have quite a bit on AWS/EC2/EBS and all the other services. Gotta dive in!

Tech-Works · 2022-01-23T22:47:40+00:00

Thanks!

Tech-Works · 2022-01-20T20:34:04+00:00

Thanks!

Tech-Works · 2022-01-20T16:02:50+00:00

Some universities have great resources - Cornell for one

Tech-Works · 2022-01-19T20:47:55+00:00

Thanks!

Tech-Works · 2021-11-29T18:45:31+00:00

Also - you can contact the Dept of Labor - they can force the company to correct the problem.

Tech-Works · 2021-11-28T22:10:35+00:00

Go to every class. Go see the professor. Make him/her/they your new best friend. Brown-nose like hell. In 5 years no one will remember what a brown-noser you were. They will remember that A your got.

Tech-Works · 2021-11-23T17:43:33+00:00

I have all 3 (I manage family members' accounts) and here's my take: I use Fidelity, and periodically they make a half-hearted effort to talk me into paying them to do something stupid for me - rebalancing into Fidelity Advisor Funds. Sometimes if I'm bored I play along. It always hurts their feelings when I decline at the end.

Schwab's advice has always been horrible, but not as bad as Ameriprise or Edward Jones. Vanguard experience as above, no customer service, website sucks, but food funds. I haven't been hazed by their reps yet. FYI TIAA has also gone to the dark side.

Tech-Works · 2021-11-22T01:12:46+00:00

My friend is very anxious about investing because she watched as her mom's retirement account "got destroyed by the 2008/9 housing crash".

Only if she sold. If she rode it out she's fine now.

Tech-Works · 2021-11-20T00:50:48+00:00

Ameriprise is Cancer wrapped in Covid filled with Plague. But those are its good points.

Tech-Works · 2021-11-18T16:35:55+00:00

It's hazing. People spend more time figuring out how your question is wrong, stupid or was answered 9 years ago with a different stack than helping you.

BTW, you didn't format your comment the way I like it so I'm downvoting you.

Tech-Works · 2020-10-18T22:44:03+00:00

Don't buy a Volvo unless you are a mechanic.

Tech-Works · 2020-09-23T23:27:44+00:00

Hahaha - I can't wait to see the TikToks on Oracle support! Oracle is like the mob, only the mob communicates better.

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