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What do you think powers the InterNet that you're connected to right now? Multiuser systems, running applications under different logins. Even the much hated sy
by Annatar 7y ago
What do you think powers the InterNet that you're connected to right now? Multiuser systems, running applications under different logins. Even the much hated systemd brought physical multiuser computing back to GNU/Linux.
- etaioinshrdlu 7y agoYeah, but the user accounts are at the application level not the os level. I doubt there is a top internet company around that makes a unix account for each web user. That would be an antipattern...
- Annatar 7y agoSearch for "free shell accounts". You might be surprised.
- etaioinshrdlu 7y agoIt kind of reminds me of shared hosting providers without root access. Sure they exist but really have been overtaken in a big way by virtual private servers... That's what I mean by they seem going out of style.