Yeah, it’s interesting base for some applications. We will see how good the compatibility is in the end.

Not Radius,Samba. But yes. In theory the Samba server can even run on a VM on the same PC(but that makes it really messy). Raspi or similar is far easier.

Univention offers a ready made distro for that,but not for ARM, though.

There are templates for that. And yes,of course it is bullshit that we have to do that.

But it’s less work this way compared to installing Linux and (-the worse part-) teach it to the more technologically disadvantaged relatives who used Windows for 30 years before their retirement. Or to kids who just want to use the same stuff they use at school.

I absolutely would wish that Microsoft would stop their bullshit (it wasn’t even out of the possible options for them to make AD cloud only - but a lot of government customers complained). But I wanted to show people that there is a middle ground between submitting to that fucking cloud account and ditching linux all- together.

In a family and SOHO setting there is an easy way around it,even without alternative media creating tools and Win11:

Active directory. Yeah. Microsoft. But not really.

Samba can be used as an AD server for ages now, it’s free,cheap and can run on a Pi or some NAS. These days it’s fairly easy to set up as long as you only use it for Identification services and basic networking. And Microsoft won’t bother you with their shit ever, as they don’t dare to push corporate clients too much.

I can recommend it very much. There are also full GUI distributions available,e.g. univention.

Linux users and Temple OS users!

Smart Speakers. And it turned out it would have been the perfect spot for one of the hotspots.

When we renovated we put Ethernet everywhere - according to my sparky we might have more ports than some medium businesses he did.

…And I still find areas where I would need one or two more. …And I am still mad at myself for not putting a run into the kitchen and the bathroom.

Not to forget the war cry of every LAN Party:

“Who did not terminate?”

They are there to make sure none unauthorised launches the nukes,yes. But there is a chance someone within the military is bought by someone and that adversary doesn’t even have to be the official government of a foreign country.

To give a few examples(even though the US nuclear policy has changed and it wouldn’t be possible today, thankfully): What if Putin, with his back against the wall, decides to risk it all and by proxy let the US attack China so NATO won’t come after him?

What if Winnie Pooh faces a revolution and decides in a hitleresque manner that it China is no longer under CCP rule there better is no China and orders a loyal sleeper to attack China so there at least is a chance that he comes out of the bunker irradiated but victorious?

We all have seen enough crazy shit to not rule out even more crazy shit.

It was just a bad, lazy, process. nothing more. And I really hope that the US really did change it in the meantime.

Unless someone sends the suit with the codes in it to the Chinese dry cleaners…again…and again.

Well considering that the US nuclear launch codes were just zeros for a while, it just might be realistic.