{"id":289,"date":"2022-12-02T00:30:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T19:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brainlessideas.com\/?p=289"},"modified":"2023-12-01T21:12:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T16:12:19","slug":"create-an-ubuntu-cloud-vps-pc-on-oracle-cloud-using-xrdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brainlessideas.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/02\/create-an-ubuntu-cloud-vps-pc-on-oracle-cloud-using-xrdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Create an Ubuntu Cloud VPS PC on Oracle Cloud using xRDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This works, I can confirm as of Dec 2022.\u00a0 The signup process is a bit maddening, as is the way of Oracle, but the service is legit. Does require a CC# to get going, but the service is using the free tier. I have not been charged.<\/p>\n<p>The future is cloud based computing for sure.\u00a0 Some of us sticks in the mud will still roll our own, but even then you will likely need a cloud based computer.\u00a0 Might as well get on board.<\/p>\n<p>The Oracle platform offers a few operating systems including Ubuntu.\u00a0 One would be hard pressed to find a linux distribution with more community support than Ubuntu (which is Debian based), and it is really easy to use for general computing needs while still being a full linux box with direct Internet access. Host your own sites, wp blog or application if you want, or just use it as a access anywhere desktop.\u00a0 No charge.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, Larry (Ellison)!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NKc3k7xceT8\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NKc3k7xceT8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This works, I can confirm as of Dec 2022. The signup process is a bit maddening, as is the way of Oracle, but the service is legit. Does require a CC# to get going, but the service is using the free tier. I have not been charged.<\/p>\n<p>The future is cloud based computing for sure. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2,10,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cool-sites","category-it","category-linuxses","category-virtual","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainlessideas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainlessideas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainlessideas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainlessideas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainlessideas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brainlessideas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":290,"href":"https:\/\/brainlessideas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions\/290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainlessideas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainlessideas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainlessideas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}