[19:03] <m0nkey_> Any of you lot using IRCCloud? How's it been with Libera? 
[19:12] <daftykins> not me, some pals have checked out 'thelounge' and seem to like it
[21:02] <popey> m0nkey_ I was using IRCCloud a couple of years ago, but switched to a self-hosted thelounge
[21:58] <arif-ali> thelounge looks good, will have to give it a go, been using znc for a few years myself
[22:03] <m0nkey_> i should get me a vps again
[22:04] <daftykins> forever free Oracle cloud tier!
[22:06] <arif-ali> or just host it yourself using a rpi4 :)
[22:12]  * zxm-pi is still using original 512mb rasp pi b and irrsi
[22:13] <m0nkey_> ewh.. oracle?
[22:13] <daftykins> people say that, but free is free - and their VPSs are responsive, even on the super lowly free tier
[22:15] <daftykins> 1GB RAM, 2 x AMD EPYC 7551, 50GB disk
[22:15] <m0nkey_> link me
[22:16] <daftykins> www.oraclecloud.com probably
[22:17] <daftykins> you can even have 2 of them on the perpetually free tier - though they have to be in the same location data centre you pick to start
[22:20] <m0nkey_> now, the question is, do i have to give them my CC?
[22:21] <daftykins> yep
[22:21] <daftykins> but so long as you don't spin up something expensive it won't get charged :D
[22:21] <m0nkey_> it's an option
[22:28] <daftykins> a pal says it is miles better than the Google Compute ones he tried
[22:29] <arif-ali> it looks like a good idea
[22:30]  * arif-ali thinks if I can get rid of my hetzner vps
[22:30] <daftykins> there was a tiny little learning curve regarding giving your VM a public IP and then there are both account level and host level firewalls, easily resolved though
[22:34] <arif-ali> lets just hope they don't try to take monies when you start relying on it :)
[22:36] <daftykins> meeeeh, so far i am hosting a unifi controller which all my ubiquiti WiFi installs phone home to for provisioning, plus this irssi
[22:36] <daftykins> rule is to always be portable :D
[22:37] <daftykins> ok i'm calling it, g'night everyone \o
[22:37] <zxm-pi> o/