Which Linux distros and operating systems we use on our cheap VPSes are Legend, which are Hipster Only, and which are Get Outta Here? We sort Alma, Alpine, Arch, CentOS (classic and stream), Debian, Fedora, FreeBSD, Gentoo, NetBSD, Oracle Linux, OpenBSD, Red Flag Linux, RedHat, Slackware, SuSE, and Ubuntu into categories. Is it scientific? No. […]
LowEndBoxTV: Ranking the VPS Operating System Choices into Tiers!
alma, alpine, arch centos, centos stream, debian, Fedora, freebsd, gentoo, netbsd, openbsd, oracle linux, red flag linux, redhat, rhel, slackware, suse, tiermaker, ubuntu 
May 1, 2021 @ 5:15 pm, by raindog308A Group of Friends Making One of the World’s Most Popular Panels: Interview with DirectAdmin’s Co-Owner, Martynas Bendorius
alma linux, apache, centos, cpanel, debian, directadmin, freebsd, linux, PHP, Security, shared hosting, ubuntu April 28, 2021 @ 12:00 am, by raindog308Our interview series has featured some of the true titans of the hosting industry. We’re very excited to interview Martynas Bendorius, one of the owners of DirectAdmin. As one of the most popular and respected hosting panels, DirectAdmin has been in the game for 20 years, which is like multiple lifetimes in the software or […]
Puffy vs. Penguin: Getting Started With OpenBSD
In this tutorial, we’re going to get up and running with OpenBSD on a KVM VPS. What is OpenBSD OpenBSD is one of the three primary BSD-based operating systems. While FreeBSD focuses on x86 architectures and NetBSD focuses on supporting as many architectures as possible, OpenBSD focuses on security and correctness. Many popular programs have […]
Top Ten Things That Should Be In Your Dot Files
bash, freebsd, linux, openbsd, sysadmin, systems, tutorial, Unix October 13, 2020 @ 6:49 am, by raindog308“Dot files” are Unix configuration files that live in your home directory. They’re often used to store user-specific choices and preferences. For example: .bash_profile is executed whenever you login via ssh (or any other method). It is typically used to control your Unix shell experience. .vimrc contains customizations for the Vim editor, while .emacs contains […]
Package Management Walkthrough: apt, yum, dnf, pkg
apt, centos, debian, Fedora, freebsd, Package Managers, pkg, ubuntu, yum June 29, 2019 @ 9:22 am, by Dusko SavicIn this tutorial, we will give you an overview of package management utilities on Ubuntu and Debian, Centos, Fedora, and FreeBSD. Once you install, say, Apache and Nginx, PHP, a MySQL database, all these systems start behaving similarly. The main difference is located in the tools for package management and that is how most newcomers […]
ArmorShark – $24/year 512MB and $48/year 1GB Openstack-based KVM VPS Phoenix, Arizona
armorshark.com, exclusive, freebsd, kvm, phoenix, ssd, USA May 19, 2014 @ 1:00 am, by Maarten KossenRichard, from ArmorShark, has got this exclusive offer for LowEndBox readers. Contrary to last times, this offer is located in Phoenix, Arizona, where Richard has deployed ArmorShark’s Openstack-based infrastructure! He says he is one of the first deploying this infrastructure within LEB pricing. ArmorShark LLC have been featured on LowEndBox several times before. ArmorShark are […]
Hub – $5.97 192MB FreeBSD in Panama City, Panama, Central America
Hub.org have been offering the below plan on their site for sometime. Even though they’re a 16 year old company, they are that well known around these parts. If this offer goes down well, Patrick informs us that they will look into an exclusive LEB deal for us. You will only be charged $1 for […]
VDS6 – $1.95 128MB FreeBSD IPv6-Only VPS in Germany
Igor from VDS6 emailed me an interesting offer today. It’s FreeBSD — it uses BSD jail rather than hardware virtualization to get FreeBSD 8.2 running on amd64 platform. It’s also IPv6 only, although the website itself does exist on IPv4 so you can still browse and make purchase on the v4 network. Their low end […]
SSD Nodes – $6.99 128MB Xen VPS in Dallas
Matt from SSD Nodes has updated me with their special offer for the LowEndBox readers. They were first listed in September, but no coupon code needed this time. Same deal — $6.99/month but you do get double the monthly data this time. Direct sign up link here, and this is what you will get: 128MB […]
NQHost – $6.95 128MB Unmetered Xen VPS in Russia
In Soviet Russia, servers virtualize you! However if you fancy one of low end VPS there, NQHost might have a solution for you. They have now extended their low cost VPS offerings to Moscow, Russia (and also in Saxony, Germany and Dallas, United States). Test IP: 109.68.191.4. The price stays the same at $6.95/month. You […]
