1000 Comments - 87,000 Views - The LowEndTalk Birthday Party Continues!
Jul 14, 2025 @ 4:05 pm
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On LowEndTalk, if you open a thread, you get notified every time someone comments.
After opening up a thread to celebrate LowEndTalk’s 15th birthday (which was last Saturday, July 12), this is what my inbox has looked like recently:

So gratifying to see all the community members jumping in to wish our favorite forum its 15th birthday.
And providers have stepped up, too! We’ve had offers from:
Some of these offers were strictly time-limited – some are still available! Definitely worth a look at that thread to see what deals are still around. Or if you don’t see what you want, ask! Thread was at 800 comments this morning when I started drafting this and has now crested 1,000.
And check out these cool happy birthday art wishes from members:



Raindog308 is a longtime LowEndTalk community administrator, technical writer, and self-described techno polymath. With deep roots in the *nix world, he has a passion for systems both modern and vintage, ranging from Unix, Perl, Python, and Golang to shell scripting and mainframe-era operating systems like MVS. He’s equally comfortable with relational database systems, having spent years working with Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.
As an avid user of LowEndBox providers, Raindog runs an empire of LEBs, from tiny boxes for VPNs, to mid-sized instances for application hosting, and heavyweight servers for data storage and complex databases. He brings both technical rigor and real-world experience to every piece he writes.
Beyond the command line, Raindog is a lover of German Shepherds, high-quality knives, target shooting, theology, tabletop RPGs, and hiking in deep, quiet forests.
His goal with every article is to help users, from beginners to seasoned sysadmins, get more value, performance, and enjoyment out of their infrastructure.
You can find him daily in the forums at LowEndTalk under the handle @raindog308.
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