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You Should Update Your Debian System Every Night, Unattended and Automatic.

You should update your Debian system every night, unattended and automatic. Bold words!  But honestly I've done this since at least Debian 10 and have never had an issue. 

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You Should Update Your Debian System Every Night, Unattended and Automatic.

HostPapa Completes Acquisition of Tailor Made Servers

HostPapa, a leading global web hosting and cloud service provider, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Tailor Made Servers (“TMS”), a Dallas, Texas-based dedicated server hosting provider that has been serving businesses and resellers since 2003.

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HostPapa Completes Acquisition of Tailor Made Servers

I Should Have Read Further: Small Models Find the Same Bugs as the Vaunted Claude Mythos

Yesterday, we talked about how Calude's Mythos model is over-hyped. I should have googled a little further because there's a great piece of evidence out there.

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I Should Have Read Further: Small Models Find the Same Bugs as the Vaunted Claude Mythos

Too Dangerous to Release? Why Claude Mythos's Alleged Capabilities are Nonsense

Is Claude's new AI model, Mythos, really so incredibly godlike that it's a threat to the Internet? I wish this one was on Polymarket.

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Too Dangerous to Release? Why Claude Mythos's Alleged Capabilities are Nonsense

Mango Mail's Spring Sale Has Begun! Get 35% OFF With This Code: 30GB Plan is Only $3.50/Month!

Mango Mail has launched their spring sale and they have a great deal on high quality, feature-packed email hosting. Get 35% OFF if you use the code below That makes their 30GB plan only $3.50/mo! Or i...

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Mango Mail's Spring Sale Has Begun!  Get 35% OFF With This Code: 30GB Plan is Only $3.50/Month!

NEWS: ColoCrossing Expands Buffalo Data Center to Support Growing Infrastructure Demands

The name "Buffalo" is legendary in our community.  It's a city in Western New York state where ColoCrossing has offered service since the earliest days of LowEndBox.  It's a strategic geography - close enough to New York City to serve the East Coast very well, yet much cheaper than operating out of a Manhattan data center.  This has allowed them offer wonderfully low prices, and over the years many providers have hosted there. And now ColoCrossing is expanding!

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NEWS: ColoCrossing Expands Buffalo Data Center to Support Growing Infrastructure Demands

LowEndBoxTV: AI Companions, Part 3: Options and Services (Nomi, Kindroid, SillyTavern, ChatGPT, Claude, and More!)

We're in the middle of a series on LowEndBoxTV on the exploding world of AI companions.  This market is huge and millions of people are using these applications and services.  We're going to give you a comprehensive overview, a deep dive into the tech, some problems and issues, the major options, and finally a DIY tutorial using SillyTavern.  Enjoy!

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LowEndBoxTV: AI Companions, Part 3: Options and Services (Nomi, Kindroid, SillyTavern, ChatGPT, Claude, and More!)

SuperMicro Founder Indicted on Charges of Smuggling Nvidia GPUs to China

Yih-Shyan “Wally” Liaw, one of the founders of server manufacturer SuperMicro, has been indicted on charges of smuggling billions of dollars' worth of high-end Nvidia GPUs to China.

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SuperMicro Founder Indicted on Charges of Smuggling Nvidia GPUs to China

Is TrueNAS Killing Its Community Edition? Say It Ain't So!

TrueNAS has eliminated the ability to reproduce their ISO. Is this the beginning of the end of the community edition?

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Is TrueNAS Killing Its Community Edition?  Say It Ain't So!

The Linux Kernel Will Soon Be MIT-Licensed and Copyleft Will Be Dead Within 5 Years

Now that reimplementing software is so easy to do, copyleft is crumbling. The Linux kernel may well be next.

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The Linux Kernel Will Soon Be MIT-Licensed and Copyleft Will Be Dead Within 5 Years

Has Your Gulf System Been Disrupted? HostingB2B Can Help Out With Dubai Colocation!

The Persian Gulf is on fire and there have already been datacenter attacks and disruptions. If you need help, get in touch with HostingB2B.

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Has Your Gulf System Been Disrupted?  HostingB2B Can Help Out With Dubai Colocation!

Launch Your Personal AI Agent Today! 50% OFF Plans from Hostiger!

Unless you've been living under a rock, you've heard about OpenClaw, an open-source, autonomous AI agent that goes beyond conversation. Hostiger is ready to hook you up with this amazing technology for just $4.99/month!

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Launch Your Personal AI Agent Today!  50% OFF Plans from Hostiger!

"An Extremely Interesting Early Morning": An AI Agent Wrote a Hit Piece Targeting a Developer After Its PR Was Rejected

The developer of a very widely used Python package rejected an AI-authored pull request. The AI agent responded by going into hostile mode and publishing a hit piece about the developer. Welcome to the future.

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Are You Running Automated Updates? Fail Back Easily With Proxmox Snapshots! But There's a Catch...

Every patch carries a risk. How can you quickly revert back if you have an issue. In Proxmox and other VM systems, you can use snapshots...thought there's a catch.

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Are You Running Automated Updates? Fail Back Easily With Proxmox Snapshots! But There's a Catch...

You Need Biometric Protection For Your Apps

If your iPhone is stolen and the thief has observed your passcode, your digital life could be turned upside down. However, you can protect yourself with recent mobile OS biometric options.

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You Need Biometric Protection For Your Apps

cPanel Forks CSF (ConfigServer Firewall) and Will Maintain the Product for Its Users

ConfigServer Firewall (CSF) is no more. cPanel has noticed this and decided to pick up maintenance. And probably not much more.

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cPanel Forks CSF (ConfigServer Firewall) and Will Maintain the Product for Its Users

Design Your Personal To-Do System Using the Apple Reminders Toolkit (Or Any Other To-Do Management System)

Most to-do management systems are highly opinionated.  The specifics of what you need to get done are what you put into it, but how you track those tasks and organize them is within the paradigm presented by the application. Other systems present you with a wide variety of tools and it's up to you to design how the system works. Reminders (and many others) are more toolkit-y. Here's some guidelines on how to use all the features.

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Design Your Personal To-Do System Using the Apple Reminders Toolkit (Or Any Other To-Do Management System)

SoftShellWeb Has Expanded into Los Angeles, California and Has Deals for Us!

Hello again, SoftShellWeb!  They're a UK-based hosting provider that we've been happy to feature many times in the past. They've recently expanded in Los Angeles, California, and are have some special offers based in their new geography.

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SoftShellWeb Has Expanded into Los Angeles, California and Has Deals for Us!

The Year Ahead: Our Predictions for 2026

On the spectrum between speculation to prediction to guarantee, these are definitely towards the left end.  The hosting industry has a special talent for making fools of us all (usually right after you prepay for three years). Here are five bets for what 2026 will look like.

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The Year Ahead: Our Predictions for 2026

Looking Back at 2025: What a Wild Year! Our Recap of the Year's Biggest Moments

Satellites crashing to Earth. Providers expanding and deadpooling. Everyone getting sick of AI. And the launch of ServerVerify. What a year!

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Looking Back at 2025: What a Wild Year!  Our Recap of the Year's Biggest Moments

Revisiting One of the Greatest Posts in LowEndBox History

One of my all-time favorite posts on LowEndBox - indeed, maybe on any site -is the seminal article "Yes, You Can Run 18 Static Sites on a 64MB Link-1 VPS". 16 years later, is it archaic? No.

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Revisiting One of the Greatest Posts in LowEndBox History

Is FOSSBilling a WHMCS-Killer?

If you run a hosting company (or any subscription-ish online service), you may be running WHMCS.  And you probably hate it. There's a FOSS alternative on the horizon.

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Is FOSSBilling a WHMCS-Killer?

Whatever Happened About that Provider Who Claimed a Virtualizor Bug Caused a Breach?

Provider says Virtualizor caused a breach. Virtualizor says no way. Providers says "video incoming..." Aaaaaaand...we're still waiting.

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Whatever Happened About that Provider Who Claimed a Virtualizor Bug Caused a Breach?

The AI Killing Spree Has Begun. The First Victims: Crucial and MinIO

As you all know, as soon as AI gets a single tick past human intelligence, it's going to take over the world and exterminate homo sapiens. At least, that's what a lot of people assume.  Will that happen?  Your guess is as good as Sam Altman's. Meanwhile, we have two confirmed victims of AI, both of which are household names in the IT community.

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The AI Killing Spree Has Begun.  The First Victims: Crucial and MinIO

Provider Claims Virtualizor WHMCS Plugin Vulnerability Caused Breach. Virtualizor Doesn't Agree.

Provider says Virtualizor caused a breach. Virtualizor says no way. Providers says "video incoming..."

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Provider Claims Virtualizor WHMCS Plugin Vulnerability Caused Breach. Virtualizor Doesn't Agree.

Build Your Own VPS! All the Configuration Knobs Are Yours to Turn at al.uy!

Community provider al.uy posted a pretty neat offer on LowEndTalk yesterday. Instead of a pre-configured bundle of resources (CPU, RAM, etc.), they've opened up the knobs and dials and let you get as much or as little of each resource as you want.

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Build Your Own VPS! All the Configuration Knobs Are Yours to Turn at al.uy!

OpenBSD 7.8 is Out - Now With Multithreaded TCP/IP!

OpenBSD 7.8 is out. Some new features and a beautiful new graphic installer...just kidding.

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OpenBSD 7.8 is Out - Now With Multithreaded TCP/IP!

Happy Diwali from HostNamaste and VirtualizorVPS! Cheap VPS Offers in Toronto, Canada to Celebrate the Festival of Lights!

It's Diwali season!vvThis festival, often called the “Festival of Lights,” celebrates the triumph of light over darkness and good over evil.  It's celebrated by millions of people and dates back over 2,000 years. HostNamaste is celebrating with some special offers for our readers!

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Happy Diwali from HostNamaste and VirtualizorVPS!  Cheap VPS Offers in Toronto, Canada to Celebrate the Festival of Lights!
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