Fun things for a novice to do with a Linode (suggestions)
One of the first things I'd like to do is to take advantage of the different geographic location of the Linode and set up SSH tunneling. This would be especially helpful when I'm outside of the US and want to access a site that has geographic restrictions. However, some of the web browsers I use are at public workstations where I cannot change SOCKS settings, and I think a personal proxy server accessible over http(s) would be a nice option. What solutions would you suggest? Ones with good documentation or even online tutorials would be most appreciated. Has anyone used GlypeSquid
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I do some video encoding, and have thought of using some of the free CPU cycles to run jobs faster than my older machine can, but after taking into account the time it would take to transfer several gigabytes of raw material to the server, it didn't seem as worthwhile.
What fun uses have you found for your Linode that increase its value to you? I'd like to try some of them out!
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Your clock cycles and I/O are shared among your neighbors.
Continually maxing out "your share" means that your neighbors don't have any extra to burst with when needed for their "real" tasks.
Use what you need (you are after all paying for it), but don't max out your VPS just for the sake of maxing it out.
@vonskippy:
Just remember to be a good VPS neighbor.
I hear you–I'm not looking to do something to keep things pegged at 100%, like a distributed computing project, and the encoding thought was just to show how little I know about other potential applications. My neighbors must currently love me since I/O is very modest, and CPU usage is typically <5%.
However, I really do wish to use this as an opportunity to try some things out and learn more about Linux. I learned the most about DOS back in the day when I needed to keep tinkering around to get games and such working, and I think the same opportunities are here.
