Back in the 90s, there was a company named Tadpole that sold laptops with pretty exotic processors. You could get a Tadpole laptop running SPARC, Alpha, or PowerPC. We might be going back to that kind of world.
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I continue to be interested in learning Rust, the programming language that's gaining ascendancy in the systems programming world. I reviewed The Rust Programming Language which is not a bad book but I didn't care for it, for reasons I outlined in a previous post. Since then, I've moved on to Rust Exercises, which a very cool course you can take for free.
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Linux From Scratch is a project that teaches you how to build a complete Linux system from source code. You begin with an existing Linux system, create a clean build environment, compile a temporary toolchain, enter a chroot, and then build the real system piece by piece.
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The best hosting deals do not always last long. A great VPS offer, discounted dedicated server, limited-stock special, or exclusive LowEndBox promotion can sell out quickly. If you want a better chance of catching those deals before they disappear, join the LowEndBox mailing list. Our mailing list is built for readers who want useful hosting updates without inbox clutter.
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Last week, we covered how Multacom was sued by the owners of the Aon Center building in Los Angeles over alleged unpaid rent of $400,000+. Now there appears to be another interesting development: the Multacom network itself.
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Since our previous tier list, 17 new courses have come out for Walkabout Mini Golf! Here's our freshly upgraded tier list.
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One thing I've always found entertaining in technical works is how authors bring in their weird non-technical hobbies and interests as examples. I've learned a lot of random facts just because the author teaching some programming language happened to also be into exotic cooking or had traveled in South America.
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I have a soft spot for post-apocalyptic games, and so do my friends. We're scattered across the country now and playing games online is how we hang out. Recently one of them suggested we try Misery.
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Dutch financial crime investigators have seized more than 800 servers in a major enforcement action tied to Stark Industries Solutions, a hosting network accused by European authorities of supporting...
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If you've licensed cPanel or WHMCS, be aware that their publisher is now planning to directly compete with you by offering shared, WordPress, and email hosting offerings.
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It's 2026, and if you need a relational database and you have a choice, you're choosing PostGreSQL. If you don't, you might be stuck with MySQL.
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CVE-2026-48172: Root Privilege Escalation in LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin A critical vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-48172, affects the LiteSpeed User-End cPanel Plugin versions 2.3 through 2.4.4. This security flaw carries a CVSS v4.0 score of 10.0, marking it as highly severe.
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LowEndBox readers may be familiar with the name Multacom. And now they're being sued by their landlord for $400K in alleged unpaid rent.
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The Rust Programming Language book is quite popular in the Rust community. But I wish it was written differently.
Read More about “The Rust Programming Language” is the Kind of Programming Book I HateXenForo appears to have leaked a license holder's personal information without a court order. Customers aren't happy about this.
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Over the last week, I've interacted with a couple traditional forums, and they were case lessons in how not to run a forum in 2026.
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Not infrequently, we get legal gibberish on our ticketing platform from providers who are upset that someone said something negative about them, either here or on LowEndTalk. It's always entertaining. I've written a form letter that all of your LowEndLawyers can use if you ever need to contact us.
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A long-standing playbook for private equity investments is to buy an established brand with a lot of public trust, load up on debt, strip-mine assets, eviscerate the company's R&D and quality control, and then pump out junk until the public catches on. At that point, the resulting corporate husk is pawned off to a troubled asset firm and PE moves on to the next victim. Recent news suggests this playbook may be in the early stages of being implemented at BitWarden.
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A reader dropped us a tip that InterServer has a special summer deal running, now through August. Get 50% off anything on InterServer's web site for the first month, off already low prices. For example, get a 2GB VPS for $3/month in New Jersey with 40GB of disk and 2TB of bandwidth. And then take 50% off for the first month!
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Let's drop some deep LowEndTalk lore here on Saturday!
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Richard Stallman of the GNU project is famous for his absolutist stand on software freedom. But he also takes a maximalist stance on privacy, resisting any attempt to gather his personal information, including his refusal to own a cellphone. He's very hypocritical on this point, but he's also strayed into wild-eyed conspiracy theories on his reasons for this position.
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Today's article was written by industry titan WebPros. They're the force behind cPanel, Plesk, WHMCS, SolusVM and other solutions that power the hosting industry. In this article, they're sharing both roadblocks to scaling and solutions to overcoming those obstacles. Learn how hosting providers scale VPS operations without increasing headcount using automation, structured workflows, and efficient infrastructure control.
Read More about Scaling a VPS Hosting Business Without Expanding Your Ops Team in 2026I came across an interesting post on a rather poorly-formatted blog known as TechRights.org about the precarious nature of The Register's finances. They look precarious.
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Over the years, Google has slid into Big Tech Evil, and so to reflect their new sociopathic identity, they removed their Don't Be Evil motto. So now Google says it's OK for them to Do Evil. Right? Wrong.
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Sometimes I wake up at at 1am thinking about problems in my life. Sometimes I think about things I have to do the coming day. And then there are days when some almost-forgotten bit of code is just about to expire from my mental cache and decides it wants to take a stab at creating a new reference to itself in neural network.
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Just a a couple weeks ago, we covered HostPapa's acquisition of Tailor Made Services. Now they've grown again, acquiring Hostwinds, a Seattle-based company that's been operating for 16 years. Hostwinds offers shared, VPS, and other services.
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The world's most popular (and expensive) web hosting panel is apparently vulnerable to anyone who decides to connect to your port 2087.
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