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Win a Nintendo Switch in ReliableSite's November 2021 Black Friday Warmup Giveaway!

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ReliableSite is hosting a Black Friday Warmup Giveaway this month! Now through November 24, enter to win one of: Two (2) Nintendo Switches! Two (2) $500 ReliableSite Account Credits! Give (5) $100 ReliableSite Account Credits! No purchase necessary...and lots of ways to enter! This time we've got 11 different ways for you to enter.  From YouTube to Facebook to Twitter to LowEndBoxTV videos, you've got all kinds of opportu...

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Win a Nintendo Switch in ReliableSite's November 2021 Black Friday Warmup Giveaway!

Top 10 Reasons Black Friday on LowEndBox is Better Than Black Friday at Wal-mart

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Nov 08, 2021
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10. If nature calls while you wait, it's not a Wal-mart bathroom answering. 9. No awkward discussions about politics, Martians, or the lizard men that secretly run everything at 1am with strangers sta...

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Top 10 Reasons Black Friday on LowEndBox is Better Than Black Friday at Wal-mart

Microsoft Shrugged Off 2.4Tbps DDoS Attack

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Nov 07, 2021
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Microsoft reported recently that it had fended off a 2.4Tbps DDoS attack in August.  The attack - launched from 70,000 sources in Asia and the US - was the second biggest attack on record, eclipsed on...

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Microsoft Shrugged Off 2.4Tbps DDoS Attack

RHEL 9 Goes Beta

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Nov 06, 2021
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Now that (hopefully?) the CentOS Stream debacle and the subsequent rise of Alma and Rocky Linux is behind us, there's news from RedHat that RHEL 9 has gone beta.  Is this the love child that will fina...

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RHEL 9 Goes Beta

What is Black Friday?

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Black Friday is our community's biggest sales days of the year.  Providers bring their best offers and some crazy wonderful deals are possible during this period. The term "Black Friday" comes from US...

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What is Black Friday?

🇩🇪🇫🇮 The Hetzner Has Landed! 🇺🇸

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Nov 03, 2021
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Hetzner announced Wednesday that they are adding a new location: Ashburn, Virginia, USA! This is the company's first foray into North America and it joins their existing German and Finnish locations. ...

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🇩🇪🇫🇮 The Hetzner Has Landed! 🇺🇸

What Are You Looking for on Black Friday?

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Nov 03, 2021
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Black Friday 2021 is only 3 weeks away.  What are you in the mood for? Deeply discounted dedis? Silly low prices for storage? Dirt check VPSes wherever, regardless of spec? Super cheap shared hosting?...

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What Are You Looking for on Black Friday?

Is There Still Money to Be Made in Web Hosting? Yes.

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Nov 02, 2021
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People frequently debate whether the hosting market is saturated, oversaturated, polyunsaturated, or some other form of full.  I think everyone agrees that it's not like the 1990s where if you could s...

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Is There Still Money to Be Made in Web Hosting? Yes.

FCC Revokes China Telecom's License to Operate in U.S.

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Oct 26, 2021
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted today to kick China Telecom out of the US, revoking their license to operate.  China Telecom has 60 days to cease operations. According to the press r...

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FCC Revokes China Telecom's License to Operate in U.S.

Free Books from Green Tea Press on Python, Java, C++, and Much More

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Oct 24, 2021
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Allen Downey is a professor of Computer Science at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Massachusetts.  He's written numerous books and I was delighted to discover that many if not all are a...

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Free Books from Green Tea Press on Python, Java, C++, and Much More

Have You Heard About Black Friday?

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Oct 21, 2021
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We're little more than a month away from Black Friday 2021 here on LowEndBox and LowEndTalk, which is the biggest annual global event on the planet! In years past, we've featured incredible deals, suc...

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Have You Heard About Black Friday?

AlmaLinux Announces ELevate Project: Migrate/Upgrade Between Any RHEL-based Distro!

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Oct 20, 2021
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AlmaLinux announced today the ELevate Project, which is their initiative to allow users to upgrade or migrate between any RHEL- based distro.  Using this technology, currently you can easily move betw...

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AlmaLinux Announces ELevate Project: Migrate/Upgrade Between Any RHEL-based Distro!

1 in 10 Chance of an "Internet Apocalypse" Before 2031

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Oct 19, 2021
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Scientists at the University of California at Irvine predict that if a rare solar superstorm comes to pass, it could cause a months-long outage for key parts of the Internet. Particularly vulnerable a...

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OpenBSD 7.0 Released

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Oct 14, 2021
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The OpenBSD project announced the release of OpenBSD 7.0 today. This is the 51st release of the operating system. Major new features in this release include: Support for a new riscv64 platform, which...

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OpenBSD 7.0 Released

Igor Seletskiy Steps Down from AlmaLinux Foundation Board

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Oct 13, 2021
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CloudLinux CEO Igor Seletskiy announced Tuesday that he was stepping down from the AlmaLinux OS Foundation Board.  While he cited multiple reasons, he highlighted the main cause as his desire to empha...

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Igor Seletskiy Steps Down from AlmaLinux Foundation Board

Does Your Provider Offer Snapshots?

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Oct 10, 2021
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For a long time, VPS snapshots were only available in high-end hosting companies, but over the last few years they've become increasingly common in the marketplace.  This neat feature can be a real ti...

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Does Your Provider Offer Snapshots?

A New Dimension of Connectivity Begins with PubConcierge’s Cutting Edge Network Infrastructure

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Oct 06, 2021
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LowEndBox would like to welcome PubConcierge, a company that provides exclusive technical concierge services.  They are a global company that handles IP configuration and infrastructure setup for thei...

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A New Dimension of Connectivity Begins with PubConcierge’s Cutting Edge Network Infrastructure

The Syniverse Hack: Why Using SMS for 2FA is a Bad Idea

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Oct 05, 2021
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Security gurus have suggested for years that relying on SMS for two-factor authentication is a bad idea.   Reasons include Your phone may be stolen Many people allow SMS messages to be displayed on lo...

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The Syniverse Hack: Why Using SMS for 2FA is a Bad Idea

DirectAdmin Feedback: Talk to DirectAdmin!

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Oct 04, 2021
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DirectAdmin has been taking over the world lately (or at least gaining market share), especially as industry leader cPanel continues to jack up prices. If you're a hosting provider who'd like to give...

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DirectAdmin Feedback: Talk to DirectAdmin!

Vultr Has Started Charging for Snapshots

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Oct 03, 2021
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Since October 1, cheap VPS provider Vultr has begun charging for snapshots. This was announced in a blog post on September 20.  They explained the reason for this change is due to abuse of the previou...

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Vultr Has Started Charging for Snapshots

October 2021 Giveaway Video #1 Now on LEBTV!

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Oct 03, 2021
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This month, Community provider RackNerd is hosting a fantastic giveaway for LowEndBox/LowEndTalk readers! Read more and enter here. There's 15 different ways to earn entries, including entering codes...

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October 2021 Giveaway Video #1 Now on LEBTV!

RackNerd's October 2021 Giveaway for the LowEnd Community!

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Community provider RackNerd is hosting a fantastic giveaway for LowEndBox/LowEndTalk readers this month! Up for grabs: Three (3) Anker SoundCore Bluetooth Portable Speakers! Five (5) Anker 10,000 mAh...

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RackNerd's October 2021 Giveaway for the LowEnd Community!

cPanel Jacks Up Prices 10% Across the Board

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Sep 28, 2021
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Industry villain cPanel announced today that they are jacking up prices, effective January 1, 2022.  In an announcement sent to their customers, they said: "Here at cPanel, we are passionate about pro...

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cPanel Jacks Up Prices 10% Across the Board

CloudLinux Announces Support for CentOS 8 Through 2025

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Sep 27, 2021
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When IBM announced that they were changing CentOS and introducing "CentOS Stream," one minor detail was a sharply curtailed lifespan for CentOS 8, the final "Classic" version.  IBM has announced that...

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CloudLinux Announces Support for CentOS 8 Through 2025

Udemy Has Free Courses on Python, Linux, SQL, Machine Learning, and More!

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Sep 26, 2021
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Training powerhouse Udemy frequently releases free courses for limited time periods. Obviously, their hope is that you'll try out their instruction, like what you see, and then purchase additional cou...

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Udemy Has Free Courses on Python, Linux, SQL, Machine Learning, and More!

China Bans BitCoin and Other Cryptocurrencies

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Sep 24, 2021
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BitCoin is trading down as much as 8 percent as news breaks that China has banned BitCoin. According to reports, China's central bank has declared all financial transactions involving BitCoin illegal,...

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China Bans BitCoin and Other Cryptocurrencies

AMD's Server Market Share Hits New High at 16%

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Sep 23, 2021
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According to market research group Omdia, AMD has surged to a historically high server market share of 16%. "In the server CPU market, AMD scored its best-ever quarter from a market share and sales pe...

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AMD's Server Market Share Hits New High at 16%

The Most Ridiculous VPS Company of All Time

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Sep 21, 2021
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Would you like a free 1.5GB RAM VPS with 20GB of disk, an ipv4, and unmetered bandwidth in Germany?  Well, in 2013 all you needed to do was dial a number and listen to ads.  A lot of ads. Back then, a...

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The Most Ridiculous VPS Company of All Time
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