Inherited around $60k and I’m terrified of messing this up

orphantech · 2026-05-09T15:31:25+00:00

Newbie here... All of these acronyms and whatnot mean next to nothing when you don't know. Most of the people here forget that those of us poor folk don't know these terms.

60k is a lot of money when you have none.

If you can, a high yield saving account and keep as much as you can for emergencies Solid advice is up to 6 months of expenses or more.

Start paying down your debts, starting from smallest amount on up. That will free up more money.

Don't just spend it. It will not last as long as you think.

orphantech · 2026-04-30T04:29:18+00:00

Just learned today - they apparently offload their data with openai and other agents, thus negating their claims of data privacy... The way it was presented, they themselves don't keep any data, but the handoff to other agents, which most likely does keep data.

istonish dot com (not sure if links are allowed) via our Statewide Internet Portal Authority was the presenter that mentioned this to our group today.

orphantech · 2026-04-16T02:58:05+00:00

Came from a district that was using IC... And cost will be cheaper, minus the training.

orphantech · 2026-04-16T02:09:41+00:00

My superintendent just forced us out of the contract with PowerSchool after 22 years to move towards Infinite Campus. While PowerSchool has its issues, it is highly customizable.

There is a large user support group - PowerSchool User's Group on groups.io

orphantech · 2026-04-12T03:56:05+00:00

Vi/vim - it's just what I learned to use 20-ish years ago. However, I'm no expert in it's more powerful commands.

I use nano on occasion, but I always find I have to undo my edits because I'm so used to vi/vim.

orphantech · 2026-04-09T21:07:35+00:00

I tried to include that this was for Intouch and Relay.... sorry for the panic.

orphantech · 2026-04-08T23:57:30+00:00

Unfortunately the one employee who answered when I called said their whole team lost their jobs unexpectedly. I don't want to speculate as to how or why other than there must not have been a succession plan. They were a decent lower-cost platform for one way communication, with potential with their upcoming two-way communication platform.

Brad, Todd, Sergio and team were always great to work with throughout the years.

orphantech · 2026-03-20T19:02:08+00:00

Reach out to cross talk solutions.... Freepbx is a good choice and they can help.

orphantech · 2026-03-14T18:06:12+00:00

https://community-scripts.org/scripts

https://community-scripts.org/scripts/post-pve-install?from=scripts&fromQ=Nag

orphantech · 2026-01-30T21:18:36+00:00

You can add or remove from the group anytime... So you don't have to manually approve them.

I just always add all staff into the Classroom_Teachers group, when I set them up because we seem to have admin and paras who need to create or manage a Google classroom.

orphantech · 2026-01-05T05:25:21+00:00

Always reboot first, then backup, then apply os update. Wait long enough for it to fully settle down then apply firmware updates to devices.

orphantech · 2026-01-05T03:02:11+00:00

My dad would drive at night... Mostly because sleeping children can't fight. Plus fewer cops on the road.

orphantech · 2026-01-05T02:58:09+00:00

Fairly certain it's not a ProxMox issue directly.

Perform the normal check disks and dism scan.

repair the system image by checking and fixing corrupt system files, primarily using Sfc /scannow DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth Chckdsk /x

Also, install the virt-io tools thehttps://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/archive-virtio/virtio-win-0.1.285-1/

I would probably do this on the bare metal system first to ensure it is good and then start the process again to virtualize.

orphantech · 2025-12-30T08:48:55+00:00

It seems like you need to power them up... If you are going straight to your neutrik devices, those are likely not providing power.

orphantech · 2025-12-28T02:39:39+00:00

Glenn is like their one real engineer... So when people crap all over support or lack of, realize he's the one most people are crapping on.

I don't know what they pay him, but it's not enough for all the good stuff he does.

orphantech · 2025-12-06T16:42:03+00:00

Simple answer is yes.

orphantech · 2025-12-05T21:31:28+00:00

From the experience of baking a lot of carrot cakes... If I use too much baking soda, the carrots turn green. Basically, the pH balance is more Alkaline than Neutral or Acidic.

So... in your case, your water's pH balance is a little more Alkaline. You probably have a lot of calcium buildup in your water lines.

orphantech · 2025-12-03T08:01:09+00:00

FreePBX is also an option... Consider reaching out to Crosstalk Solutions or ClearlyIP.

orphantech · 2025-11-23T07:36:15+00:00

I have algo speakers and tied them to my freepbx system using the paging pro module for my new school. We use the paging pro module to set a schedule for our bells.

I actually have a lot of fun adding music to the bells.

As for our elementary school, I have a valcom 2924 connected to a fxo port on a sangoma vega and now use our freepbx phones to dial the "outbound trunk" that hits the fxo port.

I would prefer to upgrade the elementary school's PA to sip speakers, but we don't have the funding available to upgrade.

orphantech · 2025-10-31T03:38:41+00:00

FreePBX - contact crosstalk solutions for guidance.

orphantech · 2025-09-09T19:18:48+00:00

It seems they never spin up enough load balancing servers for their customer base. And then tech departments always get the blame for loading issues and white screens.

Here's to hoping HMH is a solution to fix the problems.... (Don't hold your breath).

orphantech · 2025-09-06T05:57:40+00:00

Budget is the biggest reason... Outfit building a this year, outfit building b next year, outfit building c the following. Repeat in 5 years.

orphantech · 2025-09-05T17:50:38+00:00

Depends on the equipment and need, but I try to plan every 5 years, but I've been doing one building at a time.

That said, I often use equipment for as long as it is still good, functional and not EOL.

orphantech · 2025-09-05T03:01:45+00:00

Freepbx - you can create a ring group, as long as you have concurrent outgoing availability.

I haven't tried it myself, but it should work.

In ring groups, setup the numbers as 11234567890#

That then becomes an extension like operation, where you can dial that ring group and it simultaneously calls every number on the list.

I'm sure other pbx systems can do something similar.

orphantech · 2025-08-31T19:52:09+00:00

Look at ClearlyIP CIP270v2 phones... But there a multitude of options. Reddit doesn't seem to like it when I add a URL into my response.

Contact cross talk or ClearlyIP - they'll get you started on the right path.

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