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Providers: Grow Your Business in 2023 - Partner with LowEndBox for FREE Advertising!

If you're looking for new ways to reach your audience and don't have the budget for expensive AdWords campaigns or big advertising campaigns where you're competing head on with giant corporations, why not partner with LowEndBox and let us take your brand to the next level.

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Providers: Grow Your Business in 2023 - Partner with LowEndBox for FREE Advertising!

BREAKING THE RECORD: RackNerd Accomplishes 2.6 Million Views and Over 30,000 Comments on LowEndTalk

This year, we set a new record for both number of views in a single thread and number of comments in that thread. The stats are very impressive! Read on for all the details.

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BREAKING THE RECORD: RackNerd Accomplishes 2.6 Million Views and Over 30,000 Comments on LowEndTalk

DEEP DIVE: The Freedom House 2022 Report

FreedomHouse's 2022 report on Internet freedom is flawed as usual, reflecting a lot of their extraneous politics and ignoring factors they don't care about, but at a broad level, it's an interesting survey of the world. Let's take a look.

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DEEP DIVE: The Freedom House 2022 Report

Shared Hosting for Under $10/Year with cPanel?! Is it Possible in 2022?

Iin 2019, cPanel rocked the hosting industry by industry by introducing sharply higher prices. Since then, they've ratcheted up the cost every year, most recently in September 2022.

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Shared Hosting for Under $10/Year with cPanel?! Is it Possible in 2022?

Here Come the RackSpace Lawsuits

"That Rackspace offered opaque updates for days, then admitted to a ransomware event without further customer assistance is outrageous," according to one attorney. Class-action lawsuits against Rackspace are popping up around the country.

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Here Come the RackSpace Lawsuits

Funny Meme = Cheap Dedi? Math Checks! Meet Scaleblade's Giveaway!

Scaleblade is not only running a sale on their Ryzen 5600X cheap dedicated servers in London, UK, they're also giving away two months FREE! All you need to do is post a meme in Scaleblade giveaway thread on LowEndTalk before December 26!

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Funny Meme = Cheap Dedi?  Math Checks!  Meet Scaleblade's Giveaway!

We Stand With Those in Darkness

As we hurry about our busy holiday schedules and fill our calendar with family, friends, and shopping, we remember those whose immediate concerns are less festive.  Specifically: finding warmth and light.

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We Stand With Those in Darkness

HostColor Promotes Open-Source Web Hosting Control Panels

Dimitar from HostColor recently contact used to share news about its new program where it is supporting open source projects through hosting sales.  Looks interesting, and the newsroom on their web si...

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HostColor Promotes Open-Source Web Hosting Control Panels

How Tesla is Killing AM Radio

Will EVs kill the radio star? Receivers are being phased out by manufacturers, which will likely be the death-knell for this venerable techology.

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How Tesla is Killing AM Radio

Just Stop Using LastPass: They've Been Hacked for the 9th Time

LastPass had security incidents in 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017 (twice), 2019, 2021, and twice now in 2022. Are you still using them? Why?

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Just Stop Using LastPass: They've Been Hacked for the 9th Time

How TikTok Stole My Car. It Started at 4am This Morning With a Banging on My Door.

It's never good when the police come to your door at 4am. Turns out that TikTok played an important role in the culture and psychology that lead to my car being stolen from my driveway overnight and subsequently used in crimes, general mayhem, and finally a very abrupt stop. The thieves did the deed with a USB cable.

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How TikTok Stole My Car.  It Started at 4am This Morning With a Banging on My Door.

How to Save Money on a Cheap VPS System, by ChatGPT

In the words of StackOverflow, "The primary problem is that while the answers which ChatGPT produces have a high rate of being incorrect, they typically look like they might be good and the answers are very easy to produce." Turns out that that describes its advice on LowEnd hosting.

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How to Save Money on a Cheap VPS System, by ChatGPT

H1-B Visas: Indentured Servitude for 195 Years?

Companies can bring foreign nationals over to work in the US on various programs, most prominently in this discussion, the H1-B visa.  It's designed for situations where the US lacks engineers, scientists, or technical specialists in critical skills. But at its worst, the program is a form of modern-day indentured servitude.

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H1-B Visas: Indentured Servitude for 195 Years?

Google: Let's Use Our Hiring Process For Our Firing Process

Google has turned its hiring process into its firing process. Why? It's bizarre but Google always wants to show that it's different and better. Unfortunately, those interviewing (again) for their jobs and then losing them are not likely to be impressed.

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Google: Let's Use Our Hiring Process For Our Firing Process

Twitter: Stuck on CentOS 7

Twitter was preparing to upgrade from CentOS 7 to CentOS Stream but now everyone's gone and they're looking at a June 2024 end of life. Twitter's relationship with FOSS is getting complicated fast.

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Twitter: Stuck on CentOS 7

Let's Go Jurisdiction Shopping: Data Sovereignty and the Cloud

Internet users are accustomed to thinking of the global network as a sort of separate, special space.  In early days, people talked about "cyberspace" - a virtual world disconnected from our shared physical world.  When you hear the Zuck talking about the "metaverse" it feels like he's describing an alternate dimension. However, all these grand virutal realms are impossible without actual physical metal and electricity. And that's when we get into data sovereignty.

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Let's Go Jurisdiction Shopping: Data Sovereignty and the Cloud

The CloudFlare Price Increase: A Translation For Those Who Don't Speak Corporate

CloudFlare followed the tedious corporate playbook of drenching their price increase announcement with tons of inspiring adjectives. We provide a translation for you.

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The CloudFlare Price Increase: A Translation For Those Who Don't Speak Corporate

REMINDER: GlobalPing Giveaway Ends on Monday!

LowEndTalk community member @jimaek is giving away 20 of Globalping's hardware probes, now through December 5, 2022. Contest is open worldwide but closes on December 5, 2022!

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REMINDER: GlobalPing Giveaway Ends on Monday!

Is FOSSBilling the Future of Hosting Billing Panels?

FOSSBilling has announced its first post-fork release! Let's go over the history of the project and where they're at...and hear from you!

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Is FOSSBilling the Future of Hosting Billing Panels?

That's a Gorgeous Benchmark!

We wrote about Benchy back in April 2022.  It's a project by LoweEndTalk member @Liso. @Liso recently posted a thread announcing that color had been added and @DP shared a screenshot.  Sure looks pretty!  Keep your eye on this project.

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That's a Gorgeous Benchmark!

WHMCS Won't Tell You About What The Vulnerability Is, But Will Say "Patch ASAP!"

There's an important security vulnerability in WHMCS 8.5.x and 8.6.x. WHMCS won't tell you what it is, but will tell you that you need to patch ASAP. No earlier versions are affected.

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WHMCS Won't Tell You About What The Vulnerability Is, But Will Say

Huge Thank You to Our Amazing Black Friday/Cyber Monday Providers!

We had another fantastic year here at LowEndBox and LowEndTalk, and it would have been possible without our fantastic providers! Below are all those companies that brought rock bottom prices and cool...

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Huge Thank You to Our Amazing Black Friday/Cyber Monday Providers!

PHP 7 Is Officially Dead

As of today, PHP 7.4 is end of life, which means the PHP 7 version is now officially retired. Some distributions will backport security patches, but really, it's time to move on.

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PHP 7 Is Officially Dead

You're Missing Out on 120 Cheap VPS and Cheap Dedi Offers!

The biggest thread on the Internet is off to a roaring start with deals, deals, deals! We're talking 120 deals over the next 4 days! Check it out!

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You're Missing Out on 120 Cheap VPS and Cheap Dedi Offers!

Have you checked out RackNerd's Black Friday party on LowEndTalk?

Community provider RackNerd recently launched their Black Friday deals over on LowEndTalk! Their thread has garnered a lot of interest from the community, thanks to the excellent deals they are providing on Black Friday (KVM VPS starting from $10.28/Year, deals on shared/reseller hosting, and more!), introducing the Mystery Box for extra savings, as well as tons of giveaways for the LowEndTalk community.

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Have you checked out RackNerd's Black Friday party on LowEndTalk?

Only 8 Hours Until The First Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2022 Offers Drop!

We're down to 8 hours before Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2022 Begins! Here's a look at all the awesome hosts who'll be sharing offers with you this season.  There's loads of good deals on store, so ge...

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Only 8 Hours Until The First Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2022 Offers Drop!

Looking for a Job? Maybe Our Community Can Help!

If you're in the market and looking for work, we'd like to point out that many of our community advertisers and providers are hiring! We've put together a quick list for you.

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Looking for a Job?  Maybe Our Community Can Help!

Elon Musk Used a Lame, Easily Defeated Method to Identify a Leaker. Learn How a Pro Would Have Done It.

Document fingerprinting to identify leakers is a fascinating niche application. There are all kinds of sophisticated methods but the way Musk went about it is, well, rather lame. Read on to lead how to pros do it!

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Elon Musk Used a Lame, Easily Defeated Method to Identify a Leaker.  Learn How a Pro Would Have Done It.
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