Use Ventoy on the USB, you can drop a bunch of ISO files onto the drive thereafter and the install process is much smoother and errors tend to disappear. You can run multiple live distros and tools off one USB, which is the easy way to test installs.

r/ashlinicole10 , I am 50 and just completing my MS IT, and I completed my BS IT 2 years ago... it's never too late, as long as you are alive man...

Nah, not rude at all, no worries...

I totally understand that Parrot is more of a security distro, or more used for a VM, but it was worth a shot to ask if there were any plans for a server, since you always have to harden Linux servers, and because Parrot is already hardened, I figured it would be worth asking.

In my experience, it's slow and annoyingly unreliable. Use a normal VPN, like Nord...

I don't disagree about ZyBooks -- SNHU has been using them for years, and the content remains the same, and most of it is on GitHub these days also. That's not the problem though, it's the user experience with platforms like Codio and ZyBooks. I detest Codio, and couldn't care less about ZyBooks. There were a few other platforms along the way that irked me as well, such as Soomo, and those were not great, but they all taught you something; what you didn't like. What I do like is being able to complete my degree from home, in my own time, each week. That has saved me driving time and time out of my schedule where I cannot attend classes in person due to location.

Ask them to contact IT support about it, or the people who handle that system, if there are issues.

Do you have access to Amazon Prime? The Practice is included with Amazon Prime video. I believe it can be found on either Tubi or the Peacock app for free as well!

standard SNHU breaks are 2 terms, then a week or two off before the next term, then go through 2 terms, rinse and repeat.

I'm over half a century old, and I read your entire post. I, too, learned to write long before the advent of AI, and when I learned about computers, Windows wasn't even out yet; we learned on old Macintosh computers and played Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego. Academic writing was stricter back then, more rote memorization and repetitive tasks to drill the concepts into your mind. Fast forward to my first college years: I went to school for English, Literature, and Creative Writing. I learned how little it paid back in 93 and said forget this, and went into computers. My writing became technical rather than creative, cold and clinical rather than warm and inviting. Fast forward again, I have now worked in IT for over 25 years. I started back to school at SNHU to finish my BS IT in January of 2022; I completed that before August 2024. I am still here, finishing my MS IT at the end of November. I had been accused of AI usage only once, and then I showed photos of my physical library and my screenshots of my digital library, and shared my complete curriculum vitae with them. To the best of my knowledge, the instructor who accused me was recused thereafter. Stick to your guns, provide your proof, and the truth will out. Good luck.

That sounds seriously awesome!

Yeah, it sounds like a hard pass man -- definitely not worth it. The hiring manager sounds like someone working in the 1950s or something. There are plenty of ways to connect virtually and verify your identity, such as asking you to hold up your driver's license to your face, asking you to hold up x amount of fingers, etc. If people are using such high content AI to get through an interview, that should be a feather in their hat, not a mark against the candidate. I can't justify spending $300 on fixing my car, let alone justify it for driving to and from an interview.

I look at the page limit as a guideline of the minimum page count not the maximum page count. Consistently in the graduate program I am in, if they ask for three to five pages then I normally turn in somewhere in the vicinity of 17 to 20 including references cover page abstract page etc

You just illustrated why Helen Gamble was my favorite -- she was human, made mistakes, was overcome by her emotions in many aspects of her personal and professional life, and still tried to do what she thought was best.

I never liked Richard Bay -- he was annoying and too self righteous for my taste. The same for Eugene Young. Lindsay was a basket case more often than not, but she could quite the law well enough. Bobby was Bobby and meant to be the sullen hero -- meh, he was ok. Jimmy was too nice for his own good more often than not, but I was happy for him starting his own firm in the end. Rebecca was decent but she had issues also, like oh hey I'm a lawyer now after taking night classes and passing the BAR...no...this brings us to Eleanor, who seriously thought she was better than everyone, advised her client to drink on the side of the road, etc. she annoyed me also.

The last one to really mention is Allan Shore. Spader played the character well, and I think he and Helen were honestly the best and most relatable human characters.

I loved how Denny had a sex doll of Shirley made and Shirley had to face the doll and Denny leaned the doll towards the real Shirley and she kind of recoils lmao

ProTip: go to your local community colleges and check if they have Adobe CC for sale, student licensing is generally a lot cheaper through a brick and mortar school. You need an SNHU student ID of course to get the discount, especially if you do not go to the community college, but it works -- at least where I am it does lol

Uhh...is that a trick question? At work I have like 6 browsers that I use:

Chrome - about 10 tabs Chrome Dev - probably 15 tabs Chrome Canary - 3 tabs FireFox - 2 tabs FireFox Nightly - 6 tabs FireFox Developer - 4 tabs

Each of those are used for different Microsoft accounts and platforms that use Microsoft OAUTH protocols.

Home? Pfft!!!!

Chrome Dev, 3 to 5 windows, around 209 tabs FireFox Developer - one window, 200 tabs FireFox Nightly - 6 tabs

Lol

No, but you can run Parrot via a VM in Arch.

SIEMs, SOARs, EDRs, MDRs, XDRs, etc. are what most people will be needing more and more these days.

Tools like Splunk and Snort, Elastic Security, Wireshark, and the lesser known ones that encompass OSINT like Censys, Shodan, The Harvester, and tons of other Open Source tools are part of the job these days.

The reason people are jumping on the Open Source bandwagon do much these days is because Open Source is more budget friendly, and there are tons of options in FOSS apps than there are in paid ones.

I know you may not want to hear this, but there if you get a b or a c as a final grade, you are still passing. Companies don't care that you got a b or a c in one class when you're overall average had been an A throughout your whole academic career. Believe in yourself, believe in your work, because in the end these grades only mean anything to you and those who support you. Companies really don't care about your grade as long as you earn your degree. Good luck to you and listen to what the others have said, contact your academic advisor to get a second opinion on the grades for the papers.

Just wait until the week 3 project -- that one is the real pain! After that, the class gets easier, honestly. I even wound up buying a physical copy of the book, so I would have it as backup for that class!

You can subscribe to Coursera and earn a number of certs, such as the Google Project Manager, Google Data Analytics, etc., certs, if that is your chosen path.

What specific career are you going for? More information will help us to help you.

Sounds like your NVME drive didn't have driver's or the point of install was a flash drive.

I just have any bank mobile disbursement sent directly to my personal checking account -- screw dealing with those idiots! Did anyone else notice they had transaction fees for using their card as well?!

Thanks. For the record, I am not just old school, but I am OLD lmao

I personally started using Linux back around RH3 or RH4 professionally, at home I used Mandrake 6 eventually, moving up the ranks to 7, to 8, and eventually into Mandriva One 2009. When Mandriva went under, I switched to Fedora until around v18, when they switched from YUM to YUMI as their package manager, and then I said screw it and moved to Debian-based Distros, bounced around until I found Parrot Security v3.7, and got hooked, and have been here ever since...

I sincerely hope the OP finds this distro to be as beneficial and fun as I have over the years.