Last night, in a moment of sudden Low End Inspiration, I grabbed a Hetzner Auction Server! It’s been awhile since I had a server at Hetzner. I wanted something for a few new projects. I haven’t decided what operating system will be used on the new server. Perhaps OpenBSD. So, for extra Low End fun […]
Flashback: The World of Harpoon, via Proxmox and Windows 11
In 1989, one of my favorite computer games was published: Harpoon. In the game, players take control of very detailed naval and aviation assets in future Cold War (e.g., US vs. USSR) scenarios. Real ships are used and a great deal of care went into modeling the capabilities, including sensors, detection, missiles, acquiring targets, etc. […]
Tutorial: Moving a Proxmox VM to Different Disk
I’ve setup a home virtualization lab using ProxMox, which is a free and very powerful virtualization host. Prior to ProxMox, I tried: VmWare ESXi: No clones in the free version? See ya. XCP-ng: Got several installer panics on my rather generic x86 system and decided not to spend time tracking down the problem. Unraid: no […]
Hostigation – $3.50/m OpenVZ (Proxmox), 50GB, IPv6 – Charlotte & LA
Most of our readers are probably familiar with LEB’s original intent, doing more with less on a budget. As the industry changes, the offers here often look less and less like the “good old days.” That’s just the reality, you can’t fight progress. However, when I think about the good old days of LowEndBox no one […]