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.
Through LowEndBox and its companion forum, LowEndTalk, LEA built the foundation for what would become one of the most active and enduring communities in the hosting world, prioritizing knowledge-sharing, transparency, and accessibility.
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.
LowEndBox’s legacy, and its thriving community, is a direct result of LEA’s original vision.
Site down?
No?
Hi Bris,
We were having some intermittent connectivity issues to the server where our website is hosted on last night and this morning. This is an offsite server and not hosted in any of our VPS locations.
Do apologize for any inconveniences you experienced.
If anyone wants a test download file. Please try this link – http://69.55.132.40/50MB.bin
Thank you.
Had a few asked what CPU and if it’s on RAID. It’s Sandy Bridge E3-1230 w/ ECC RAM. WD RE4 64MB in RAID setup.
I guess it’s common for people to ask because KVM masks the CPU bits?
Go-VPS-Go sound like Run-Forrest-Run.
Maybe i’m just stupid, but i cannot find which linux distribution(s) they offer with this…does anyone know?
U can always ask them
Open a support ticket at them
In case anyone else stumbles across this, here’s the answer i got:
If you are looking at our KVM VPS solutions. Please see attached screenshot. We can also download and use any other legitimate ISO you like.
And as i cannot attach the screenshot here, i’ll type what id said:
Debian 5 32bit NETBOOT
Debian 5 64bit NETBOOT
Debian 6 32bit NETBOOT
Debian 6 64bit NETBOOT
CentOS 5.6 32bit NETINSTALL
CentOS 5.6 64bit NETINSTALL
CentOS 6 32bit NETINSTALL
CentOS 6 64bit NETINSTALL
Ubuntu 11.04 32bit NETBOOT
Ubuntu 11.04 64bit NETBOOT
FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE 32bit BOOTONLY
FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE 64bit BOOTONLY
Arch Linux 2010.05 Dual Arch
Thnx & Greets!
Hi again,
A short notice due to what happened the last few days; I decided for this very service merely because my question was answered quickly and to my satisfaction.
And that’s exactly what they keep up doing: help, quickly and good. IP on blacklists for SMTP? Open ticket, solved a few hours later, not by telling me what to do but doing. Loved it, love the value i get for the money. Was a good decision :)
fkefer,
Thank you for the kind comment! Looking to serve you for a while! :)
very unreliable their vpses and website are down again today