Do You Need BGP? Probably Not, But Here’s What It Is and Why It Matters
What the heck is BGP and why should you care? Is it relevant to your day-to-day computing? Yes, but it may be a bit more involved than you need.
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Put Your Idlers to Work for a Good Cause! What To Do With All That Spare Horsepower You Have Lying Around
Admit it - you bought systems you're not using. We've all done it! You see a good deal and can't resist. Or you have a grand vision for a vast digital empire but it never quite seems to get done (yet!). What do you do with all the spare LowEndBoxes you have lying around? Other than tracking them with MyIdlers, of course. There's a number of things you could consider doing with them to make the world a better place.
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Play Dungeons & Dragons 5e with AI: A Review of AI Realm - Pros, Cons, and a Little Bit About What Makes Roleplaying Human
Want to play D&D 5e with an AI GM? That's what AI Realm promises. I give it a spin and find it has some strengths and some weaknesses, and learn a little bit about what makes gaming satisfying for me.
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Before You Format: ext4, XFS, and btrfs Differences Explained (And Which One You Should Pick)
Like every other subsystem, Linux can't decide on just one filesystem. Which one (ext4, XFS, btrfs) is best for you?
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They Used to Be Good, But Now They've Turned to Evil: The Synology End Game
Synology has recently implemented some pretty user-hostile policies, which means my long-term love affair with them is going to end in heartbreak.
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You're a Filthy Bigot, According to the Linux Foundation. Here Are the Offensive Terms They Missed.
Have you ever whitelisted an IP? Maybe you've run a sanity check on server? Perhaps had a service that's hung? Maybe you've had a housekeeping script, or wondered if a particular platform supports something natively? Well, next time you look in the mirror, you've got a low-down, dirty bigot looking back at you, according to the Linux Foundation.
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Bring Your Own Server: The Business Model I Wish Would Take Off
Recently I came across a cool app that's self-hostable. Unfortunately, the mobile app can't talk to my backend.
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You Might Be a LowEnder If...
There’s a certain kind of person who sees a 128MB OpenVZ VPS and says “Yes, this is exactly what I need.” That person might be laughed at in enterprise IT circles, but around here, we call them family.
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What Happens if You Exceed Your Bandwidth Allotment? An $800 Bill?
There's a thread on LowEndTalk about a user who apparently blew past his bandwidth allotment like a caffeinated ferret discovering the “download all” button on the Library of Congress. And now he has an $800 bandwidth bill.
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RackNerd Ranks #3036 on 2025 Inc. 5000! 4x Inc. Honoree - Here’s How to Get Their Latest VPS Offers
Over the years, RackNerd has collected an impressive set of achievements — and they’ve now done it four times in a row. In 2024, they not only earned a spot on the Inc. 5000 Regionals: Pacific list (No. 58) but also broke into the national Inc. 5000 list at No. 1506. Earlier this year, they scored another Pacific Regionals win (No. 94 for 2025).
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Judge, Jury, and Wannabe Executioner: The Arrogance of Spamhaus and Why They're Reviled
You'd think an organization that is devoted to blocking unwanted spam would be beloved by the Internet. After all, who wants an inbox full of get-rich-quick scams, Viagra knockoffs, and phishing malware? Unfortunately, the most visible company claiming to provide this service - Spamhaus - is widely reviled.
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Weigh the Soul of Incoming HTTP Requests with Anubis and Defeat AI Scrapers!
Anubis is software that "weighs the soul of incoming HTTP requests". That is a clever, poetic description for this software, which has an interesting pedigree and a noble mission.
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LowEndBox Hits 6,000 Posts!
LowEndBox recently crested the 6,000 posts mark! That's only 445 days after we got to 5,000.
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Here Comes Trixie! Debian 13 To Be Released in 48 Hours!
Debian 13 "Trixie" will be released in less than 48 hours! Let's see what's new.
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PSA: Your Data is Not Safe on Just One Cloud (AWS Nuked a 10-Year Account and All Data Without Warning)
This morning, LowEndTalk member @ralf shared news of an AWS tragedy. The title of the thread is "Do your own backups (AWS deleted person's 10-year account and all data without warning)". Now, before I even opened the thread, I knew what the community's reaction would be: do your own offsite backups. This is practically the sacred creed of the LowEnd world.
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One Third of the Web Will Stop Working in 4 Days: Massive-Scale CDN Compromise Starts Wednesday
About 34% of the web is still powered by HTTP/1.1 and that protocol will likely come under severe attack starting on Wednesday. Get a preview of what's in store for the latest security headache.
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Venerable ConfigServer is Closing Down on August 31, 2025. Is There Any Hope for the Project to Continue? Maybe...
ConfigServer is closing! Talk about end of an era. These products will not stop working after August 31st, but you'll never be able to move the license or reinstall again.
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Just.Hosting Launches an AI Assistant: Let's Put It Through Its Paces to See Its Strengths and Weaknesses
Just.Hosting contacted us to feature the announcement of their new AI assistant. We run it through its paces to find its strengths and weaknesses.
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Starting to Catch Up: Linux Finally Addresses the Epochalypse that OpenBSD Fixed in 2014
The Year 2038 problem is well-known among Unix users. Debian is rolling out a fix in Debian 13 "Trixie"...11 years after OpenBSD fixed it.
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Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day!
Today we celebrate System Administrator Day! This holiday falls on the last Friday in July and salutes all of the hard-working sysadmins around the world.
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Wikipedia to UK Residents: Keep Calm and Stay Out
If you're in the United Kingdom, get ready to fight against your fellow citizens for access to Wikipedia. Why? Because quotas are coming. What...quotas?
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Pssst...Have You Seen This Secret Megathread on LowEndTalk?
What do you do when you've got a lot of LowEndBoxes that you've accumulated over the years? Let them all expire? Naw...if you're FAT32, you start a MegaThread to trade!
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Dell Wishes Its Employees Hadn't "Told Dell" to Business Insider
The "Tell Dell" survey is supposed to be confidential. The results are definitely supposed to be. But they were leaked to Business Insider...
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1000 Comments - 87,000 Views - The LowEndTalk Birthday Party Continues!
Our Happy 15th Birthday, LowEndTalk thread is still going gangbusters. Lots of great celebration deals shared by providers. Check it out!
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Don't Fall for This Domain Renewal Scam That is Bombarding People's Postal Mailboxes!
You have a domain renewal bill for $265 that shows up in your mailbox. Is it legit?
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Figma Spends $300K a Day on AWS and Signed a 5-Year Contract for $545 Million - Is That Too Much?
Figma is spending a boatload on AWS every month. Is this the best use of 15% of their revenue?
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Huge Datacenter Fire in Cairo Kills 4 Employees and Disrupts Service Throughout Egypt
A little less than 24 hours ago, a catastrophic fire erupted at Telecom Egypt’s Ramses Exchange in downtown Cairo, resulting in the deaths of four employees and injuries to at least 27 others.
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How to Get Laid Off By AI Even When a Robot Isn't Taking Your Job
Microsoft has laid off 15,000 people in the last 60 days. Is that because AI is taking people's jobs? Not exactly.
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