CDN and cybersecurity giant Cloudflare held its Q2 earnings call on Thursday, during which chief financial officer Thomas Seifert gave a concerning prediction about what the web...
  • dan@upvote.auEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    Yes, because a Linux server with root access is much more powerful than a platform like Cloudflare.

    • kibblebits@quokk.auEnglish
      13·
      8 hours ago

      Technically…… but why does it need “root access” (I’m dying laughing btw) to begin with?

      • dan@upvote.auEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        So I can install any software I want. I’m running my own Lemmy server. I host Odoo and n8n for my wife’s business. I have servers running Borgbackup and Borgmatic for backups. And a bunch of other stuff.

      • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        4 hours ago

        Why does what need root access? The person paying for the hosting? So they can install software cloudflare doesn’t offer for example.