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ComfortHost Sold to KnownHost

Sorry to be late on this one, but word broke on August 15th that private equity firm Cloud Equity was selling ComfortHost to KnownHost. KnownHost should need no introduction.  They're not really in the "low end" space.  They're more in the managed, "just works" space.  There's a significant chunk of the public that wants to host and run web applications, private email servers, etc. but wants someone else to handle the sys...

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ComfortHost Sold to KnownHost

DigitalOcean to Acquire Cloudways for $350 Million

DigitalOcean revealed today that they're tired of Cloudways fronting their panel, so they're going to buy them for $350 million. Cloudways has a fantastic business model: they buy a VM for $6, put the...

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DigitalOcean to Acquire Cloudways for $350 Million

Giveaway Secret Bonus Code!

I don't know if the GEICO gecko's claims are true. But in 15 minutes or less, you can save 80% on your hosting bill via LowEndBox and LowEndTalk! We published a new LowEndBoxTV video today which walks...

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Giveaway Secret Bonus Code!

Use Arc Forum Or Anarki To Make Your Own Hacker News!

Back in March @Not_Oles invited people from Low End Box to join a study group for MIT's Operating System Engineering course, which is available for free online. Just recently, a group of fifteen actua...

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Use Arc Forum Or Anarki To Make Your Own Hacker News!

The InterServer Storage VPS Experience: Interview with LowEndTalk Member Teko!

LowEndTalk @Teko recently posted a comment that he was enjoying his InterServer storage VPS.  I thought his experiences might be interesting to everyone, so we stepped it up to a full interview.  Here...

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The InterServer Storage VPS Experience: Interview with LowEndTalk Member Teko!

WSWD: Cheap VPS With a 30-day Money Back Guarantee from $30/year in North America!

We're pleased to feature @WSWD, a long-time LET member and passionate community supporter!  They've been in our community since 2014, and their company was founded in 1996. WSWD doesn't go for the abs...

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WSWD: Cheap VPS With a 30-day Money Back Guarantee from $30/year in North America!

Review of GTHost Servers -- Part II

Hello again! Welcome to Part II of our Low End Box Review of well known Low End provider GTHost. GTHost recently asked Low End Box for a review, and we are happy to oblige. As previously reported in P...

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Review of GTHost Servers -- Part II

BuyVM: Get a Cheap VPS, Dance Half Naked!

BuyVM has been a fixture in the LowEnd community since...man, it goes back a long way. I remember getting up at 2am because that's when Fran released stock and if you wanted a $15/year 128MB VPS, that...

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BuyVM: Get a Cheap VPS, Dance Half Naked!

v6Node: VMs start at 4.5€ /year in Germany!

IPv6 is here.  In fact, it's been here since 1995, but anyway. For the LowEnd community, its growing adoption offers opportunities for lower costs as it potentially frees providers from the rising cos...

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v6Node: VMs start at 4.5€ /year in Germany!

More Vulnerabilities, Poorer Patches: TrendMicro Is Bummed

Presenting at the Black Hat USA conference this week, Trend Micro had an interesting comment: Over the last few years, we’ve noticed a disturbing trend – a decrease in patch quality and a reduction in...

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More Vulnerabilities, Poorer Patches: TrendMicro Is Bummed

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WSWD: Cheap VPS With a 30-day Money Back Guarantee from $30/year in North America!

We're pleased to feature @WSWD, a long-time LET member and passionate community supporter!  They've been in our community since 2014, and their company was founded in 1996. WSWD doesn't go for the absolute bottom price.  To be frank, you're going to pay a little more at WSWD, but here's the real point: At WSWD, we strive to create happy clients. Many of our clients have been with us well over a decade! However, we underst...

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WSWD: Cheap VPS With a 30-day Money Back Guarantee from $30/year in North America!

BuyVM: Get a Cheap VPS, Dance Half Naked!

BuyVM has been a fixture in the LowEnd community since...man, it goes back a long way. I remember getting up at 2am because that's when Fran released stock and if you wanted a $15/year 128MB VPS, that...

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BuyVM: Get a Cheap VPS, Dance Half Naked!

v6Node: VMs start at 4.5€ /year in Germany!

IPv6 is here.  In fact, it's been here since 1995, but anyway. For the LowEnd community, its growing adoption offers opportunities for lower costs as it potentially frees providers from the rising cos...

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v6Node: VMs start at 4.5€ /year in Germany!

Twenty Locations, Four Continents, One Awesome Offer: Virtono!

Are you looking for a VPS in Madrid, Spain?  How about Warsaw, Poland?  Or how about Amsterdam, Belgrade, Bruxelles, Bucharest, Frankfurt, Manchester, Milan, Paris, Stockholm, Zurich, Hong Kong, Singa...

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Twenty Locations, Four Continents, One Awesome Offer: Virtono!

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DigitalOcean to Acquire Cloudways for $350 Million

DigitalOcean revealed today that they're tired of Cloudways fronting their panel, so they're going to buy them for $350 million. Cloudways has a fantastic business model: they buy a VM for $6, put their own panel in front of it, and sell the VM for $12.  This is akin to opening Joe's Hamburger Stand next door to a McDonald's.  When someone orders a cheeseburger, you charge them $5 and then walk over to McDonald's and buy...

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DigitalOcean to Acquire Cloudways for $350 Million

More Vulnerabilities, Poorer Patches: TrendMicro Is Bummed

Presenting at the Black Hat USA conference this week, Trend Micro had an interesting comment: Over the last few years, we’ve noticed a disturbing trend – a decrease in patch quality and a reduction in...

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More Vulnerabilities, Poorer Patches: TrendMicro Is Bummed

Add Some Fun to Your Day With Our Daily Pics!

There's a small scrappy start-up company that's emerging in the web space. They've been posting a different themed picture on their main service page every day, celebrating holidays, unofficial rememb...

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Add Some Fun to Your Day With Our Daily Pics!

MailChimp Security Breach. Yes, Again.

MailChimp revealed they've had a security breach: "In response to a recent attack targeting Mailchimp’s crypto-related users, we’ve taken proactive measures to temporarily suspend account access for a...

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MailChimp Security Breach.  Yes, Again.

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Use Arc Forum Or Anarki To Make Your Own Hacker News!

Back in March @Not_Oles invited people from Low End Box to join a study group for MIT's Operating System Engineering course, which is available for free online. Just recently, a group of fifteen actually got started studying Xv6. The Xv6 study group now has a website and an informal mailing list. Something else that might be helpful to the study group is a discussion forum. Here on the Low End, mention of the word "forum"...

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Use Arc Forum Or Anarki To Make Your Own Hacker News!

Certbun, An Easier Alternative To Certbot, From Porkbun

Low End Box and @Not_Oles thank Porkbun and Eddie Barksdale for providing this guest post about Certbun, Porkbun's alternative to Certbot. "Why should I use Certbun rather than Certbot," you ask? @Not...

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Certbun, An Easier Alternative To Certbot, From Porkbun

How to Install Mattermost (Free Slack Alternative)

This tutorial was contributed by Dustin Cisneros from RackNerd. If you are looking for a VPS, be sure to take a look at RackNerd’s latest special offers here. They’re also perfect for running Mattermo...

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How to Install Mattermost (Free Slack Alternative)

What the Heck is a NAT VPS, Anyway?

Stay tuned for a post in a few hours with a fantastic NAT VPS offer! For some time, it was the norm to get an IPv4 when you rented a VM.  One VM = 1 IPv4 and life was simple. Then humans kept breeding...

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What the Heck is a NAT VPS, Anyway?

Interviews

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The InterServer Storage VPS Experience: Interview with LowEndTalk Member Teko!

LowEndTalk @Teko recently posted a comment that he was enjoying his InterServer storage VPS.  I thought his experiences might be interesting to everyone, so we stepped it up to a full interview.  Here's a member-to-member look at InterServer's storage VPS line! @Teko is a Hong Kong high school student and a technology enthusiast.  He has experience with Python, Docker, and databases, and is interested in learning about fr...

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The InterServer Storage VPS Experience: Interview with LowEndTalk Member Teko!

The PikaPods Interview: Super Easy Hosted Apps From People Who Care About Privacy...Plus a Darn Cute Mascot!

Today we continue our interview series with LowEndTalk member @m4nu, proprietor of PikaPods.  What are PikaPods, you ask?  A very cool service where you pick apps to host and they do all the work.  It...

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The PikaPods Interview: Super Easy Hosted Apps From People Who Care About Privacy...Plus a Darn Cute Mascot!

Interview with Phillip, Support Manager at Porkbun!

I moved my domains over to Porkbun a while ago.  Excited to read this!  -raindog308 Oink! Porkbun is great! Way beyond great! Unbelievably great! People will think I'm crazy, head over heels in love w...

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Interview with Phillip, Support Manager at Porkbun!

Three New Virtono Locations With 25% Lifetime Discount - Interview With Daniel Draga, VP

Wow! Virtono has been on Low End Talk since 2014! They have a lot of Low End experience! And, they'...

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Three New Virtono Locations With 25% Lifetime Discount - Interview With Daniel Draga, VP

Giveaway Secret Bonus Code!

I don't know if the GEICO gecko's claims are true. But in 15 minutes or less, you can save 80% on your hosting bill via LowEndBox and LowEndTalk! We published a new LowEndBoxTV video today which walks through a few examples of saving 80% versus DigitalOcean. And there's a Giveaway bonus code in the video! In case you hadn't heard, we're giving away a Nintendo Switch, Darth Vader toaster, bluetooth speakers, Hyper-X gaming...

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Giveaway Secret Bonus Code!

Grapes, Cheap Dedis, and Self-Destruction: Have You Checked Out LowEndBoxTV Lately?

If you haven't checked out our YouTube channel lately, here are some things you've missed: An all-out comparison of popular note-taking apps including Obsidian, Joplin, Notion, Evernote, OneNote, and...

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Grapes, Cheap Dedis, and Self-Destruction: Have You Checked Out LowEndBoxTV Lately?

Don't Be a Grape! Big Hosting Companies Want to Pick You!

I once knew a car dealer and he told me that there are people who will walk onto a car lot, look at the car's sticker price, and agree to pay that without any attempt to find a deal. These people are...

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Don't Be a Grape!  Big Hosting Companies Want to Pick You!

Obsidian vs. Joplin vs. Notion vs. Evernote vs. OneNote vs. Apple Notes

In this "unscripted" LowEndBoxTV episiode, @raindog308 makes an in-depth comparison of these popular personal information management tools. Learn Why he loves Notion...and cried when he had to let it...

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Obsidian vs. Joplin vs. Notion vs. Evernote vs. OneNote vs. Apple Notes
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ComfortHost Sold to KnownHost

Sorry to be late on this one, but word broke on August 15th that private equity firm Cloud Equity was selling ComfortHost to KnownHost. KnownHost should need no introduction.  They're not really in the "low end" space.  They're more in the managed, "just works" space.  There's a significant chunk of the public that wants to host and run web applications, private email servers, etc. but wants someone else to handle the sys...

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ComfortHost Sold to KnownHost

Get on the RackNerd Giveaway Train - the Sooner the Better!

Quick reminder that our fabulous giveaway is still going on and you can win a Nintendo Switch, a Darth Vader toaster, a cool gaming headset, Bluetooth speakers, or RackNerd swag! Enter here and the so...

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Get on the RackNerd Giveaway Train - the Sooner the Better!

Don't Tell Jon I Shared This Code With You

We put a video on TikTok with a giveaway bonus code.  Naturally, as LowEndBox management surveys their enterprise from their lofty corporate jets, they want to put that code only on TikTok so later th...

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Don't Tell Jon I Shared This Code With You

Win Amazing Prizes in RackNerd's Massive Summer Giveaway!

It's been a few months since we've done a giveaway and now community provider RackNerd has stepped up to the bat with an awesome giveaway!  How awesome?  Check these prizes! Enter for a chance to win...

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Win Amazing Prizes in RackNerd's Massive Summer Giveaway!

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