Do you not understand what a suite of tools is? It’s a curated collection of tools that have been chosen to work together. You’re describing the reasons why Pangolin is in fact a full suite. You’re right, Pangolin is the bit that orchestrates them and brings them together with an easier way to manage them. That’s what a suite of tools does.
Pangolin uses gerbil with newt for those wireguard tunnels. That’s a massive improvement already. It also adds a bunch more features like vpn, you can crowdsec, and more that I don’t use. To say it’s debatable if it’s a suite of tools is just wrong.
I’ve set it up next to my NPM and it’s more complicated, but so much more capable. Traefik is what it uses to proxy things. You’re comparing a full suite of tools with just one piece.
They had decades to figure out how to unite their base. Obama and Bernie’s popularity gave them the building blocks. They remained willfully ignorant because they like those corporate checks too much.
Free vps in oracle cloud with Pangolin. Never have to worry about explaining VPNs.
Some companies had leaderboards and encouraged AI usage until they got their bills.
The Chinese government is subsidizing the cost of their EVs. They are smart enough to realize that’s the future and want people hooked on them as the supplier. So, yeah it can be done cheaply if you own the entire supply chain and receive government subsidies.
No, the GOP loved Mitch. He’s a big reason they have the power that they do today. He was willing to always be that guy behind the scenes keeping things in line and doing the unthinkable just for the power. He set the record for longest time refusing to confirm a supreme court justice because it was a democratic pick. Then he turned around and also set the record for fastest confirmation when in the opposite situation. His party loved him.