How Much VPS Do You Actually Need?
How much VPS do you need? Is 1GB enough for you or do you need 2GB, 4GB, or more? Let's break it down.
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The Anatomy of a $2 VPS: Where Does Your Money Actually Go?
Two dollars is less than a cup of coffee. Less than a fast-food cheeseburger. And I don't mean a big quarter-pounder - I mean a McDonald's cheeseburger, which is about $3.19 as of this writing. In many places, $2 is barely enough to buy a bottle of water. And yet, somewhere on the Internet, somebody will happily sell you a virtual private server for $2 a month.
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Spotlight: How the CloudLinux VPS Bundle Brings Shared-Hosting Reliability to VPS
Today we're sharing a guest post from CloudLinux, a company which needs no introduction in our community. Their foundation OS gives web hosts the essential tools and solutions to deliver faster, more reliable, and secure websites. As a customer, I prefer providers who use CloudLinux because it's a more stable, more secure hosting experience. They also offer Immunify360, KernelCare, and other products which allow hosting providers to offer world-class solutions to their customers.
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Farewell, Dasabo. Don’t Let the Door Hit You on the Culo on the Way Out
Dasabo - of the "Dasabo Acquired by Dasabo" and rogue employee committing fraud fame - now is imposing mandatory KYC on all customer accounts. What a joke.
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GoPro Is Becoming an AI Infrastructure Company, Because Apparently Everyone Is Now
Remember GoPro? If you were into action sports in the early 2010s, you certainly did. Today they're a shell of the company they once were. And someone is buying that shell because...well, it's murky.
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How to Improve VPS Profitability While Reducing Support Load
Today we're sharing a guest post from CloudLinux, a company which needs no introduction in our community. Their foundation OS gives web hosts the essential tools and solutions to deliver faster, more reliable, and secure websites. As a customer, I prefer providers who use CloudLinux because it's a more stable, more secure hosting experience. They also offer Immunify360, KernelCare, and other products which allow hosting providers to offer world-class solutions to their customers.
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Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is Bashing the AI Industry to Help His Senate Bid
The State of Alabama's Attorney General has issued a subpoena to OpenAI, demanding the AI giant explain itself regarding the HuggingFace breach. Is this being done to protect Alabama's citizens? Of course not.
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Booting the NetBSD 11 Kernel in 10ms?!? Can You Really Do That? Let’s Put That Project’s Brag to the Test!
The new MICROVM kernel for NetBSD 11 promises kernel boot in 10ms in 6-year-old hardware. Does it live up to the hype?
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Debian’s Unattended Upgrades is Not Enabled After You Install It – Why? Let’s Deep Dive That
I installed unattended-upgrades, but Debian wasn't upgrading. Let's get to the bottom of this puzzle.
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Why Haven’t the Voyager Spacecraft Ever Been Hacked?
The Voyager spacecraft accept radio signals from Earth and have zero onboard cryptographic authentication system. Why haven't they been hacked?
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Why Managed VPS Plans Need a Security and Isolation Layer
Today we're sharing a guest post from CloudLinux, a company which needs no introduction in our community. Their foundation OS gives web hosts the essential tools and solutions to deliver faster, more reliable, and secure websites. As a customer, I prefer providers who use CloudLinux because it's a more stable, more secure hosting experience. They also offer Immunify360, KernelCare, and other products which allow hosting providers to offer world-class solutions to their customers.
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Recently I've seen comments on Reddit from some from Guardian Angel AI promoting their product. It looks to be an excellent way for its owners to go bankrupt.
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The Tragedy of core-js: an Opinionated Take on Why Denis Pushkarev Needs to Let It Go
core-js is a popular - very popular - Javascript package which is the epitome of the XKCD "one man in Nebraska maintains a package that underpins the whole Internet" phenomenon. Its history is a somewhat amazing - and rather cautionary - tale about how pride of ownership can blind someone to nearly anything.
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So What’s Up With That New cPanel Database Vulnerability?
CVE-2026-58048 "Database Privilege Escalation" is making the rounds. If you haven't seen it, be advised that your cPanel is probably vulnerable. It affects at least all supported versions.
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Deep Intel on the Three Reasons Situational Awareness Imploded
Back in 2024, Leupold Aschenbrenner published Situational Awareness, which we here at LowEndBox termed "The Best Read of the Year". Two years later, he's bankrupt.
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One Step at a Time: Interview with M’barek Dhibi, CEO and Founder of Pawnhoster, Plus a Deal for You!
We recently sat down with M'Barek Dhibi, CEO of Pawnhoster, to learn more about this emerging company and what they offer in shared - and soon VPS - hosting.
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Deep Lore on the Tabletop Roleplaying Game You May Own Without Knowing It: Cyberpunk 2020
If you bought Cyberpunk 2077, you got a digital bonus you may have not collected: a PDF version of the tabletop roleplaying game Cyberpunk 2020.
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The Era of Vibe-Coded Operating Systems is Upon Us
Postgres was recently rewritten in Rust in a month. Someone vibe-coded their own OS in the same period of time. The, um, bright and shining future is here?!?
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Ginernet “Made a Decision”: Upload a Selfie or No Control Panel for You!
Ginernet now requires subscribers to upload a selfie or lose access to their VPS control panel. And by default, this selfie will be used to train AI models.
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Blesta Hacked – Ransom Gang Threatens to Leak Customer Details Tomorrow
Blesta customers got an email from hackers saying the billing software's servers had been hacked. And the email looks legit. Uh oh.
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The YouTube App is an Authenticator…and That’s a Problem
The YouTube app is actually an authenticator. And that's an inconvenience.
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Dutch Authorities Seize 800 Servers in Stark Industries Sanctions Case
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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Critical Vulnerability Alert: CVE-2026-48172 – LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Root Privilege Escalation Under Active Exploitation
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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How Not to Run a Forum in 2026: Two Prime Examples
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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High-Performance DirectAdmin Shared & Reseller Deals from Limitless Hosting, Starting at Only $3/YEAR!
Is your business still tied down by ballooning cPanel licensing fees and recent multi-tenant security scares? Following the disclosure of critical Linux kernel vulnerabilities (such as the FD-Theft root-file access exploit), webmasters and developers around the globe are migrating to lightweight, highly secure, and cost-effective alternatives. Limitless Hosting is here to help you make the smart switch!
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bmail: Your Inbox’s Best-Kept Bimil (What Does That Word Even Mean?)
How does post-quantum encrypted email, calendar, contacts, and drive with hardware-verified security for FREE sound to you? Break out your crytography text book and let's learn a bit about bmail's offerings.
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Richard Stallman (rms) is Wrong When He Claims Every Cellphone has a Back Door
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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Dasabo Acquired by Dasabo, and Then All Hell Broke Loose
Dasabo was acquired by Dasabo. That actually makes sense in context. What followed next, though, does not...
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