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Gopher was all the rage in the early 90s before the World Wide Web took over. Let's take a look at this old school protocol and get a Gopher server running on a modern system.x
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What the heck is BGP and why should you care? Is it relevant to your day-to-day computing? Yes, but it may be a bit more involved than you need.
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Admit it - you bought systems you're not using. We've all done it! You see a good deal and can't resist. Or you have a grand vision for a vast digital empire but it never quite seems to get done (yet!). What do you do with all the spare LowEndBoxes you have lying around? Other than tracking them with MyIdlers, of course. There's a number of things you could consider doing with them to make the world a better place.
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Welcome to Fall! Community provider ColoCrossing is hosting a giveaway for our readers. You can win a Synology NAS, Meta Ray-Bans, a Quest VR, and more. Plus they have some really good deals for us!
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In this tutorial, we'll show you how to setup a Minecraft game server on a Ubuntu VPS. But we won't stop at just starting the server but also will cover setting it up in systemd so it automatically starts/stops with the VPS boot, securing your Minecraft server with whitelisting, maintaining logs, and backing up your Minecraft server so you can roll back to earlier versions.
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Want to play D&D 5e with an AI GM? That's what AI Realm promises. I give it a spin and find it has some strengths and some weaknesses, and learn a little bit about what makes gaming satisfying for me.
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Like every other subsystem, Linux can't decide on just one filesystem. Which one (ext4, XFS, btrfs) is best for you?
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Debian 13 "Trixie" comes with a whole new world of tmpfs, which is memory-based, and an automated cleanup process. Let's take a look.
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In part one of this tutorial , we discussed quantization a little, then showed you how to setup Ollama and choose an appropriate large language model to run on it. Now we're going to make it a little bit more user-friendly by installing a web UI.
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Large Language Models (LLMs) have exploded in popularity, and typically they run in massive datacenters operated by tech giants. But here on LowEndBox, we're all about democratizing computing. Is it possible to run your own AI on a cheap VPS? Yes! We'll show you how.
Read MoreThe SSH protocol is surprisingly complex, though the reason why it has to be makes sense once you think about everything it has to do. Using the ssh-audit package, you can audit your SSH server and tighten it up with an easy step-by-step instructions.
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Synology has recently implemented some pretty user-hostile policies, which means my long-term love affair with them is going to end in heartbreak.
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Have you ever whitelisted an IP? Maybe you've run a sanity check on server? Perhaps had a service that's hung? Maybe you've had a housekeeping script, or wondered if a particular platform supports something natively? Well, next time you look in the mirror, you've got a low-down, dirty bigot looking back at you, according to the Linux Foundation.
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Gopher was all the rage in the early 90s before the World Wide Web took over. Let's take a look at this old school protocol and get a Gopher server running on a modern system.x
Read MoreWant to play D&D 5e with an AI GM? That's what AI Realm promises. I give it a spin and find it has some strengths and some weaknesses, and learn a little bit about what makes gaming satisfying for me.
Read MoreIn part one of this tutorial , we discussed quantization a little, then showed you how to setup Ollama and choose an appropriate large language model to run on it. Now we're going to make it a little bit more user-friendly by installing a web UI.
Read MoreThe SSH protocol is surprisingly complex, though the reason why it has to be makes sense once you think about everything it has to do. Using the ssh-audit package, you can audit your SSH server and tighten it up with an easy step-by-step instructions.
Read MoreSevitro has returned with three offers, including a dollar-a-month deal! That's for a 1GB VPS in Frankfurt, and includes 1TB of transfer on an IPv4 1gbps uplink.
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Hostiger has a great offer for us! They've been sharing offers with us for over four years, and they've always brought great value. These deals are in Istanbul and start at only $2.49/month!
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Shine Servers has a cPanel deal for us in Amsterdam with unmetered bandwidth!
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In this tutorial, we'll show you how to setup a Minecraft game server on a Ubuntu VPS. But we won't stop at just starting the server but also will cover setting it up in systemd so it automatically starts/stops with the VPS boot, securing your Minecraft server with whitelisting, maintaining logs, and backing up your Minecraft server so you can roll back to earlier versions.
Read MoreDebian 13 "Trixie" comes with a whole new world of tmpfs, which is memory-based, and an automated cleanup process. Let's take a look.
Read MoreLarge Language Models (LLMs) have exploded in popularity, and typically they run in massive datacenters operated by tech giants. But here on LowEndBox, we're all about democratizing computing. Is it possible to run your own AI on a cheap VPS? Yes! We'll show you how.
Read MoreShould your change your Windows RDP port? In LowEndBox's opinion, yes. Let's discuss why, and how to do it.
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Today we're speaking with Andrew, the CTO of AVS ISP, an Albanian-based community provider we've featured several times before. They're a neat husband-and-wife team who's brought some great offers to our community. And today is no exception! They've got a special offer for us.
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JustHosting has built its growth on a simple foundation: reliability, responsive support, and fair pricing. We caught up with founder Anton Pankratov to talk about how it all started, how the team keeps their infrastructure solid across dozens of countries, and what users should know when picking a VPS. We also looked ahead at what’s coming next — and why their approach continues to resonate with more and more customers.
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We sat down with PQ Hosting for an interview with this community provider based in Moldova. Read about the IT scene there and how PQ is growing, and get a special discount on their offers!
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We sat down with Peter French, CEO of Virtarix, to understand this emerging provider - and their amazing prices - a little better. It's a fun interview so dive in!
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Services such as Vercel and Heroku provide an easy on-ramp to hosting your app, but they come at very premium prices. The alternative is to roll your own infrastructure with a self-hosted VPS, but this is starting from scratch and you sacrifice a lot of speed in getting your app to market. Coolify is a nice middle-ground between these two extremes.
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Our video master, Piotr, has been lighting up the metrics on YouTube with some great videos on LowEndBoxTV. If you're not a subscriber, you're missing out! Did any of these slip past your stream unclicked?
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Ryzen is fast! Epyc is epic! But is it the best for your server? Piotr sorts out the AMD product lines and provides some benchmarks to help you decide which chip is right for you when you're shopping for a cheap VPS or cheap dedicated server.
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For a long time, hosting with Hetzner meant hosting in Germany or Finland. But recently they've gone global, expanding into the USA and later to Singapore. They claim their systems are the same at each location, but are they...? No! And Piotr has the proof.
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