> And I find this to be mean-spirited ("snarky") and the opposite of instructive. Perhaps I am new, or rusty, and I do not know about SSH keys or remember them. Bang! Trapped! And then how is a newbie to trust the rest of this, much less learn?
I suspect the point of this article isn’t meant to be a Linux 101 guide, but rather, specifically about their learnings with how to go about colocating a linux server.
> But perhaps I want too much, the title does include the word "terrible," after all.
To be fair, it’s not actually a particularly good guide to how to go about getting your first colo server setup either, which aligns with their title about it being terrible.
I suspect the point of this article isn’t meant to be a Linux 101 guide, but rather, specifically about their learnings with how to go about colocating a linux server.
> But perhaps I want too much, the title does include the word "terrible," after all.
To be fair, it’s not actually a particularly good guide to how to go about getting your first colo server setup either, which aligns with their title about it being terrible.