I have posted on LowEndTalk last week, and am now just relaying the same message here on this blog. I am setting up a new LowEndTalk, the community website for this blog. Instead of going with one of well-tested forum software, I was keen on being experimental and set up a site using OSQA instead. It’s all “experimental” — first time setting up a proper Django site, code straight from subversion trunk, etc. And here it is:
The rational going for a QA site
- Hey, it’s trendy. Quora? StackOverflow?
- Voting, points and badges are fun.
- It fits into the model where people ask question about getting their low end boxes up and running.
That also means providers should not post their offers in LowEndTalk anymore. Which does not work anyway as I have been deleting “ads” that do not fit into our listing criteria (they should probably be called spams). If you get a special offer for LowEndBox readers, contact me with your offers.
The site will be beta-testing for the next couple of days, and switch over in the first week of December.
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The Story of How I Broke LowEndTalk This Week
LEA (LowEndAdmin) is the original founder of LowEndBox and the visionary who gave rise to an entire movement around minimalist, efficient hosting. In 2008, LEA launched LowEndBox with a simple but powerful idea: that it was possible to run meaningful applications, web servers, VPNs, mail servers, and more – on small, low-cost virtual machines with minimal resources.
At a time when most infrastructure discussions were dominated by high-end servers and enterprise platforms, LEA championed the opposite approach: lightweight Linux distros, self-managed servers, open source software, and thoughtful optimization. This philosophy gave birth to the term “Low End Box”, which would come to define a new genre of hosting tailored to developers, tinkerers, and budget-conscious users around the world.
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After several years of nurturing the site and community, LEA stepped away from active involvement, passing the torch to a new generation of admins, contributors, and moderators. Today, LEA remains a respected figure in the LowEnd ecosystem, credited with launching a platform and philosophy that continues to influence thousands of infrastructure providers and users globally.
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Looking very good LEA :)
Just FYI you’ve got dev.lowendbox.com as the URL for the image link instead of dev.lowendtalk.com :)
Hosted at Linode? Really? Ah, I’m in despair, you’re betrayed the spirit of lowendbox.com! ;)
@Hughesey — thanks. Fixed.
@Snape — I just *happen* to have too much Linode referrals that the box is pretty much free for me at the moment. Also I wasn’t too sure how much memory would this stack use (unlike WordPress which I have worked with for quite a while). There is also NO WAY I can squeeze that into my 80MB Xen VPS at QuickWeb…
I’ll move to a true low end box when I take it out from dev. Just need to figure out which provider to go with :)
Why not host it on the same server as LEB?
Sorry but I am that good in fitting both a Django and a PHP site onto limited amount of RAM…
how much memory is the whole stack using out of curiosity
Currently around 110MB RSS. That’s base OS + MySQL + Nginx front end + gunicorn master + 3x gunicorn/Django worker processes. I probably don’t need 3 workers (each at ~25MB RSS).
Any chance you could share how to set it up on NGINX + gunicorn? I am thinking of setting up the same stuff on my Quickweb VPS as well…
Right now my apache is going really really slow…:(
Awesome Bro!
Cool, can you post URL to the new beta?
http://dev.lowendtalk.com/
Thanks, looks and works awesome
Looks nicer & more functional too.
I tried OSQA and eventually went with its close relative Askbot. Both had problems, but Askbot is dead easy to install in a Python virtualenv.
What table type are you using with MySQL? Django with MySQL defaults to not wrapping a transaction around the generation of each page.
I actually also tried AskBot. Yes it’s just an easy_install away but I do prefer OSQA personally.
And these are just MyISAM at the moment.
Very cool, I hope it will stick :)
I like it, works well, nice format.
Can see it being a great resource to complement this site.
Very Nice~Awesome Bro!
This is awesome. :)
Nice to see django mentioned. It all I run on my Low-End-boxes.
Yeah. I might want to look at some Django development next year. Too much “magic” to my liking but I guess it does not hurt when you are short of time.
LEA,
Is it easy to install OSQA? Do you have some sort of a guide? Can you please share the URL?
Thanks!
Here:
http://wiki.osqa.net/display/docs/OSQA+Installation+and+Upgrade+Guides
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