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Let's Try BSD, Part 7 of 7: Conclusions About FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, and DragonFlyBSD

raindog308

Jun 22, 2024

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Here's a summary of my experiments with FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, and DragonFlyBSD.

Let's Try BSD, Part 7 of 7: Conclusions About FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, and DragonFlyBSD

Let's Try BSD, Part 6 of 7: Jump Into the Unknown With Me As I Install DragonFlyBSD!

raindog308

Jun 21, 2024

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DragonFlyBSD was a bit frustrating for me.

Let's Try BSD, Part 6 of 7: Jump Into the Unknown With Me As I Install DragonFlyBSD!

Let's Try BSD, Part 5 of 7: Setting Up Nginx + Wordpress on OpenBSD! Almost!

raindog308

Jun 20, 2024

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Now it's time to look at OpenBSD, the security-focused BSD. We have quite a time getting things going and learn a lot along the way.

Let's Try BSD, Part 5 of 7: Setting Up Nginx + Wordpress on OpenBSD! Almost!

Let's Try BSD, Part 4 of 7: NetBSD, the BSD That Runs on Your Grandfather's Pocket Watch

raindog308

Jun 19, 2024

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Last time we looked at FreeBSD. Now we're onto NetBSD. It wasn't a pleasant experience.

Let's Try BSD, Part 4 of 7: NetBSD, the BSD That Runs on Your Grandfather's Pocket Watch

Let's Try BSD, Part 3 of 7: FreeBSD, the Power to Serve

raindog308

Jun 18, 2024

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We're continuing our journey through the BSD universe and today we're trying out FreeBSD. Does it have "The Power to Serve"?

Let's Try BSD, Part 3 of 7: FreeBSD, the Power to Serve

Let's Try BSD, Part 2 of 7: How I Setup for FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, and DragonFlyBSD

raindog308

Jun 17, 2024

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Here the Vultr VM I'm using for these BSD tryouts.

Let's Try BSD, Part 2 of 7: How I Setup for FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, and DragonFlyBSD

Let's Try BSD, Part 1 of 7: Introduction (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD)

raindog308

Jun 16, 2024

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In this series, I'll be trying out each of the four major BSD operating systems (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, and DragonFlyBSD), including install, configuration, and web serving. We're paying a visit to the weird cousins from the other continent, and we'll have some fun exploring the OTHER free operating systems.

Let's Try BSD, Part 1 of 7: Introduction (FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD)

What's On Tap For June Here at LowEndBox? A Walk on the Wild Side

raindog308

Jun 01, 2024

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Later this month we're doing a 7-part series on BSD. Here's a quick preview.

What's On Tap For June Here at LowEndBox? A Walk on the Wild Side

Examining the Top 12 Server Operating Systems of 2024: Choose the Best One for Your Needs

News Team

Mar 26, 2024

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So many operating system options! Which one is best for you and your VPS or dedicated server? Let's sort it out.

Examining the Top 12 Server Operating Systems of 2024: Choose the Best One for Your Needs

OpenBSD 7.2 is Out!

raindog308

Oct 22, 2022

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One diff, two OKs, commit, blowfish.

OpenSSH Suffered a "Near Miss" But is Now Post-Quantum

raindog308

Apr 23, 2022

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According to the change log, OpenSSH 9.0 suffered a "near miss" - a potential vulnerability that was found and fixed before anyone could attempt to exploit it: "Near miss in sshd(8): fix an integer ov...

OpenBSD 7.1 Released!

raindog308

Apr 21, 2022

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OpenBSD 7.1 has been released! For those unfamiliar with this OS, OpenBSD was forked from NetBSD in 1995. In the BSD landscape, FreeBSD is the 800 pound gorilla, and OpenBSD is more of a niche OS foc...

OpenBSD 7.0 Released

raindog308

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...

LowEndBoxTV: Ranking the VPS Operating System Choices into Tiers!

raindog308

May 01, 2021

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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, F...

LowEndBoxTV: Ranking the VPS Operating System Choices into Tiers!

A Group of Friends Making One of the World's Most Popular Panels: Interview with DirectAdmin's Co-Owner, Martynas Bendorius

raindog308

Apr 28, 2021

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Our 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 an...

A Group of Friends Making One of the World's Most Popular Panels: Interview with DirectAdmin's Co-Owner, Martynas Bendorius

Puffy vs. Penguin: Getting Started With OpenBSD

raindog308

Mar 02, 2021

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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 architectur...

Puffy vs. Penguin: Getting Started With OpenBSD

Top Ten Things That Should Be In Your Dot Files

raindog308

Oct 13, 2020

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"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 logi...

Top Ten Things That Should Be In Your Dot Files

Package Management Walkthrough: apt, yum, dnf, pkg

Kaylee

Jun 29, 2019

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In 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 th...

Package Management Walkthrough: apt, yum, dnf, pkg

ArmorShark - $24/year 512MB and $48/year 1GB Openstack-based KVM VPS Phoenix, Arizona

mpkossen

May 19, 2014

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Richard, 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...

ArmorShark - $24/year 512MB and $48/year 1GB Openstack-based KVM VPS Phoenix, Arizona

Hub - $5.97 192MB FreeBSD in Panama City, Panama, Central America

Liam

Sep 30, 2013

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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 info...

Hub - $5.97 192MB FreeBSD in Panama City, Panama, Central America

VDS6 - $1.95 128MB FreeBSD IPv6-Only VPS in Germany

LEA

Dec 10, 2011

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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 t...

VDS6 - $1.95 128MB FreeBSD IPv6-Only VPS in Germany

SSD Nodes - $6.99 128MB Xen VPS in Dallas

LEA

Nov 13, 2011

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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...

SSD Nodes - $6.99 128MB Xen VPS in Dallas

NQHost - $6.95 128MB Unmetered Xen VPS in Russia

LEA

Sep 08, 2011

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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 (an...

NQHost - $6.95 128MB Unmetered Xen VPS in Russia

AmeriNOC - $6.75 256MB Xen HVM VPS in San Diego

LEA

Sep 06, 2011

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Mike from AmeriNOC emailed me their special coupon code to get 25% off recurring discount on their unmanaged Xen VPS range. 25OFF256 is the code, and the lowest spec one would be $6.75/month after the...

AmeriNOC - $6.75 256MB Xen HVM VPS in San Diego

TheHostHouse - £4.06 512MB Xen HVM VPS in UK

LEA

Jun 01, 2011

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Jonathan from TheHostHouse has sent me some updates with their previous KVM offers + new coupon code for their Xen HVM deals. First of all, their £2.97/month (~USD$4.88) 256MB KVM plans are still arou...

TheHostHouse - £4.06 512MB Xen HVM VPS in UK

CheapVPS - £4 256MB KVM VPS in UK

LEA

Jun 01, 2011

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Vladimir @ CheapVPS has just informed me their LowEndBox KVM Special. Price? £4/month (~USD$6.56). Only 25 are available, and here's the deal: 256MB memory/256MB swap 10GB storage 500GB/month data tra...

xenSmart - £3.50 128MB Xen HVM VPS in UK

LEA

May 31, 2011

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Chris from xenSmart emailed me that they have recently launched a new Xen HVM promotion, almost a year since they launched HVM-based products (also seen on WHT). Use promo code HVM30 to get 30% off on...

xenSmart - £3.50 128MB Xen HVM VPS in UK

Hostigation - $6 256MB KVM VPS in Rock Hill

LEA

May 06, 2011

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One of the biggest feature in SolusVM 1.3+ is the Linux-KVM support, and I am sort of expecting to see more and more providers diving into the it and bringing in cheap KVM-based virtual servers. Tim f...