Hello, World! 16 Years Ago Today, LowEndBox Was Born! Plus the Fate of VPSLink
16 years ago today, LowEndBox burst onto the hosting scene and the world has never been the same! Let's take a quick look back at our origin.
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Enjoy This Index of Thousands of FREE Programming Books! Python, Rust, Javascript, Java, C#, C++, You Name It!
Looking to learn a new programming language, or polish skills in one you already know? Then you'll want to bookmark this fantastic GitHub resource.
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Has the Itanic Finally Hit Its Last Iceberg? It's Been Removed From the Linux Kernel After a Little Drama
Remember Itanium? I recently had a close encounter with it. Linux has finally dropped support from it in the kernel, with a bit of drama.
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Have You Read These Recent Provider Reviews on LowEndTalk?
Our community is usually not shy about making its opinions known. From threads where people light into providers who disappoint them to people who fall in love with a host and put links in their sig, our readers are passionate about the providers they support. The reviews category is a great resource. We never edit or reject reviews that are posted on LowEndTalk (unless they're obviously fraudulent). You're getting the voice of the community and unvarnished, unfettered user experiences.
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LowEndLore: A Community Glossary for the Confused
Over the years, our community has organically created a ton of slang and terminology, some of which is obscure in origin and some of which is completely incomprehensible to the newcomer. I mean, if you go up to someone on the street and ask them what a Summerhost, Cest Pit, or LowEndBox is, they'll give you a blank stare. Get hip to the lingo with this guide!
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Friday Was National Popcorn Day and We Had Some Drama
What should you do when a competitor misconfigures their web server and exposes their WHMCS credentials for all the world to see? Not what was done on LowEndTalk.
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Free VPSes, Shirts, Hoodies, and Firearms! Crunchbits is Giving Away a Galaxy of Swag!
Win a free VPS, a T-shirt, a hoodie, or a new firearm! All courtesy of Crunchbits as they compete for Top Provider. This is an amazing story.
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Now on LowEndBoxTV: "The Deprecated, Bloodstained Code in the Linux Kernel" Documentary
One of our most popular posts ever was a piece we ran last year entitled The Deprecated, Bloodstained Code in the Linux Kernel. Now we've got a YouTube version of the story for you to watch, including some new audio of Hans commenting on his marriage from a prison phone call. It's just just a word-for-word reading of our story but a fresh script, and we think you'll enjoy it.
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The Windows 12 Preview is Here
Windows 10 was a hit, Windows 11 less so. Let's take a look at Windows 12.
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How Private is Your Hosted Data, Really? Even That Encrypted Stuff...
If you upload something to your VPS, can the provider see it? What about a dedicated server? Let's take a look...you're probably not going to like the answer.
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What Should Be My Next Virtual Port of Call? Please Suggest My Next Destination!
I've recently started writing detailed reviews of providers. Who would you like to see featured next? And what else should we review about them?
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Exotic Location Alert: TotHost Has Cheap VPS Offers in Hanoi, Vietnam for Us!
We don't see many offers in Vietnam. And we certainly don't see them very often at these cheap prices! Welcome TotHost.
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My Journey With ColoCrossing, Part 2: Grab a Cup of Java (Not the Caffeinated Kind) and Sip on Some YABS
A couple days ago, I disclosed that I'd succumbed to ColoCrossing's seductively cheap dedicated server offer for $20/month (which is still available, by the way). Last time I covered purchasing...now let's get the OS installed.
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Looking Back: The Mega-Recap of 2023!
2023 has been a bender. Lots of news, lots of people coming and going, and we hit the 5,000 post milestone. And of course, we shared tons of amazing offers. Besides fabulous deals on cheap VPS, cheap dedicated server, and cheap shared/reseller hosting, we also shared a lot of industry news. Let's recap the year!
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My Journey With ColoCrossing Just Started
I just bought my first ColoCrossing dedicated server. The journey begins. In this first post, I'll tell you about the why, the purchase, and order choices.
Read MoreProviders Under Attack! WHMCS Modules Meltdown!
Providers running WHMCS need to watch their systems carefully because LowEndTalk is on fire with report on hacks and compromises through flawed modules.
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Merry Christmas from LowEndBox!
On behalf of the staff of LowEndBox, our amazing providers, and our burgeoning community, we'd like to wish all of our readers a very Merry Christmas!
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Five Tech Predictions for 2024
There will be more hacks, breaches, and leaks. AI will grow and become even more obnoxious. Europe will issue new regulations. But besides those obvious trends...
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Need an Idea for a New Software Offering? Check Out RequestForProduct.co Which Scrapes Product Ideas From Social Media
You've decided you want to get rich in software. You've got the skills, you've got the infrastructure, you've got a friend who designs the cutest damn logos anyone's ever seen, and your work ethic is off the charts, plus you're still on good terms with your ex who has an MBA, your uncle is an attorney, and your sister is an accountant. Now all you need is a killer idea. There's a site that can help with that.
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ColoCrossing’s Buffalo Datacenter Increases Network Capacity
ColoCrossing has added massive bandwidth in Buffalo. Read on for the details!
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Turkey Tightens the Screws: 16 VPN Providers Banned
Turkey really, really doesn't want its citizens to anything that might sound like criticism of its government. The latest: blocking access to 16 VPN providers.
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The New Era of Collaborative Creativity is Canceled: Adobe Calls Off Figma Acquisition, Will Pay $1 Billion Cancellation Fee
Adobe's acquisition of Figma was supposed to "usher in a new era of collaborative creativity". Apparently, we're going to have to stick with the old era.
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"MXroute failed, and I'm sorry": Jar Posts a Detailed Narrative of His Recent Man vs. Storage Array Combat
Read a harrowing tale of man-versus-RAID-array combat as MXroute battles to recover one of its servers.
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Hetzner Tells Russian Customers to Get Lost
Goodbye, Russian Hetzner customers. The West can't take your money anymore.
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Overheating Datacenter and Toilet Pipes: a Surprising Piece of the MH370 Disappearance Story
What if I told you that we probably would have no idea where Malaysia Air MH370 ended up if it wasn't for its onboard datacenter fans?
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How to Use a Midjourney API: Interview with GoAPI
There is still no official Midjourney API. You can create API keys so apparently something is coming but as of today, the only way to use Midjourney is the cumbersome Discord interface. Enter GoAPI.
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We Are Social Butterflies - Check Us Out Wherever You Browse!
We tweet. We post. We share. Why not check us out on social media?
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Dropbox Will Share Your Personal Files with OpenAI Unless You Do This
Dropbox has carte blanche to share your personal data with OpenAI because the setting to allow this is turned on by default. Here's how to turn it off.
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