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.
There little logo there saying “There here to stay” should be written as “Their here to stay” to be grammatically correct.
Also, isn’t 5 IP’s a bit much for such a low end plan?
Their little logo*
Silly mistake to make, especially since I’m correcting grammar myself…
Actually, it should be “They’re here to stay” …
Haha. I am pretty sure I’ve got a bunch of sysadmins here reading this blog because no one has figured out what’s the correct English grammar :) Yes it is “They’re here to stay” or just make it less ambiguous, “They are here to stay.”
Funny, when English native speakers are not able to agree on a correct formulation. Hopefully, the server is set up with no typos in config files…
D’oh. Your right there abjr; back to English class for me. Luckily I don’t plan on ever majoring in English..
But the point remains that if they are a reputable company they should at least go over their front page logo-quote-thingy once, so that they don’t make stupid mistakes like me.
more than once*
Haha 5 IP addresses. Great for spammers. But seriously, 4 extra IPs usually cost $4 a month. I would rather exchange those for more ram and bandwidth.
For some reason, the php-cgi’s from Ubuntu 9.04 are giant memory hogs.
Just tried ordering, but the Paypal payment goes unclaimed. Doesn’t that usually only happen to new Paypal accounts? Plus, the email address on this Paypal account is louislobban [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk. Somehow this sets of little alarm bells in my head. We’ll see how it goes with this one…
Don’t order from these dudes. You will not get your VPS set up!
dead?