There’s only 41 days of summer left as of today.  Are you sad?  Still plenty of time to get out in the sun, go to the beach, take a hike, or take in a blockbuster.

However, there’s even less time to get in on RackNerd’s Summer Fun 2024 giveaway!  Only 20 days left.

If you’ve been asleep, here’s the deal: RackNerd is a beloved community provider who has fabulous deals for our readers nearly every month.  They’re running a giveaway that ends August 31, 2024, and you can enter for free to win one of these fabulous prizes:

• • An RCA Real-Time-Monitoring Pet Feeder!
  • A Das Keyboard 6 Professional Backlit Wired Mechanical Keyboard!
  • One of two Clicks SmartPhone Keyboards!
  • An ELEPHAS Mini Projector!
  • One of ten sets of RackNerd keychains, stickers, and swag!

However, when I set up this giveaway in Gleam, I screwed up.  Usually I include a “enter daily” button and I forgot.  I’ve added it, and so now you can get a free entry every day just by visiting the giveaway page.

But wait, there’s MORE…as my way of saying sorry, I’ve created a special code you can use to radically improve your odds of winning!

But First, Our Beloved Provider

RackNerd offers some incredible deals for us nearly every month.  If you’re coming from a world where you spend $6-10 a month at DigitalOcean, prepare to have your mind blown in RackNerd’s loving arms!  Check this out:

• Get a VM in San Jose, Seattle, Dallas, Chicago, New York, Atlanta, or Ashburn with 768MB of RAM and 1TB of bandwidth for only $10.18/YEAR!
• Or step up to a 2GB system for only $16.98/YEAR!
• Bigger systems available, too!
• Check them all out [HERE]

Now About That Giveaway…

We’ve got a special code you can enter in our Giveaway.  Enter code SUNGLASSES for 10 bonus entries!

raindog308

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.