Low End Box

This site is dedicated to low-end hosting boxes and cheap (and legal :)) way to have your own root account on the net. But why? Why would I want to host my websites on a 64MB $5/month VPS? Here are some reasons:

1. Because you are cheap. You are a starving student who does not have $50/month renting a managed VPS to host your forums. Or maybe you do, but you have accidentally spent $45 more than you should in the pub. After all we all want the best bang for the bucks, don’t we?

2. Because you are frugal. You get annoyed when people mentioned the word “cPanel” or “Apache” or “Java” or anything that occupies tons of memory doing nothing, and you enjoy squeezing the last bit of juice from something small and nice. Why waste all these resources — memory, disk space and electricity — when you can achieve the same with a smaller box?

3. Because you are bored. Is there anything that’s more fun than trying to run your entire Django stack, all the way from Apache mod_python to MySQL database, on a 64MB VPS? Yes sure! Trying to get a RoR stack to run on the VPS of same spec.

4. Because you want to learn. Sometimes we can get lazy and rely on GUI and web-based control panels… How dare you?! The best way to learn Linux, xBSD and other operating systems is by dipping into the core. The best control panel? Don’t tell me SSH + Vim is not enough (yes you don’t even need Emacs). A small box will force you to work hard and learn hard.

5. Because you want to brag. Just wander into any discussion thread on WebHostingTalk where someone asks “Do I need 512MB to run my WordPress blogs properly?” Tell them 64MB is more than enough.