How Much VPS Do You Actually Need?
How much VPS do you need? Is 1GB enough for you or do you need 2GB, 4GB, or more? Let's break it down.
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My Books Were Used to Train AI. How Should I Feel About That?
I'm an author and my works have apparently been used to train large language models. How should I feel about this?
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Own a Domain? Roll Your Own Dynamic DNS With the Porkbun API
If you want to connect to your home or serve something from home, you probably run into the fact that your home IP can change at any time. Mine is static for months and months, but can change at a moment's notice. There are various dynamic DNS services where you have a client running on your router or PC, but that's not the DIY way. Let's use the Porkbun API instead,.
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🎃 ServerHost’s $500 Halloween Giveaway Has Begun! 👻
Happy Halloween from ServerHost! No tricks here, just a wonderful treat: $500 in cold hard cash! Plus you can get a 2GB VPS for only $16.99/YEAR or a 4GB VPS for only $27.99/YEAR! Wow!
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Last Day to Enter! Don’t Miss ServerHost’s UGREEN NASync DH2300 Giveaway! Or Their VPS Deals Starting at $16.99/YR
ServerHost is addicted to giving back to our community! Not only do they love bringing us great deals but they also love bringing us cool prizes YOU can win in their giveaways. Last month they gave away a MacBook Neo. This week they're giving away a fantastic nerd toy: a UGREEN NASync DH2300 2-Bay NAS! Plus get a 2GB VPS for only $16.99/year!
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The Anatomy of a $2 VPS: Where Does Your Money Actually Go?
Two dollars is less than a cup of coffee. Less than a fast-food cheeseburger. And I don't mean a big quarter-pounder - I mean a McDonald's cheeseburger, which is about $3.19 as of this writing. In many places, $2 is barely enough to buy a bottle of water. And yet, somewhere on the Internet, somebody will happily sell you a virtual private server for $2 a month.
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Forgot Your Root Password? Here’s the Easy Way (and the Hard Way) to Recover It
Forgot your root password? It happens. We're not judging. We'll help you get it back, either through the SolusVM panel or at the command line with a rescue image if you need it.
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Let’s Try ServerCrate! Restic-Based Backups You Can Start Using for FREE!
Recently we shared an offer from ServerCrate, a provider that offers Restic-based backups. Let's give the service a try!
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Last Bonus Code! Get 10 FREE Entries in ServerHost’s UGREEN NASync DH2300 Giveaway! VPS Deals from $16.99/YR
ServerHost is addicted to giving back to our community! Not only do they love bringing us great deals but they also love bringing us cool prizes YOU can win in their giveaways. Last month they gave away a MacBook Neo. This week they're giving away a fantastic nerd toy: a UGREEN NASync DH2300 2-Bay NAS! Plus get a 2GB VPS for only $16.99/year!
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Today we're sharing a guest post from CloudLinux, a company which needs no introduction in our community. Their foundation OS gives web hosts the essential tools and solutions to deliver faster, more reliable, and secure websites. As a customer, I prefer providers who use CloudLinux because it's a more stable, more secure hosting experience. They also offer Immunify360, KernelCare, and other products which allow hosting providers to offer world-class solutions to their customers.
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RackNerd Takes ctrl: A New VPS Control Panel, One-Click Apps, Network Firewall, and More!
Community provider RackNerd has launched its own control panel: ctrl. The new platform combines modern VPS management with one-click deployment for AI agents, automation platforms, and self-hosted applications. Let's take a look at when into this project and what it offers to their subscribers.
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Make Your VPS Reactive: Easily Write Scripts that Fire Automatically When Filesystem Events Occur with python-inotify
The ability to run programs automatically is one of the great liberating powers of computers. In Unix, it's common for users to schedule jobs using cron or at (or with systemd, timers). But what if you want to run a job not based on a schedule but rather in response to an event? With python3-inotify.
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Revisiting Turry: The Nightmare AI Extinction Event Scenario From 2015
Danger. Extinction. Uncontrolled. Risk. Kill us all. It sounds like humanity is teetering on the edge of AI-caused extinction. Right? Well...
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Hosting Offers
More OffersA VPS for UNDER $10/YEAR! Wow! SoftShellWeb Has *DEALS* in Los Angeles – NVME, 10GBPS, DDoS Protection Included!
SoftShellWeb - who's been sharing offers with us since 2020 - is coming on strong with a fantastic offer for their new Linux Container (LXC) lineup, with 1GB VPSes in Los Angeles starting at only $9.95/year! Those are IPv6-only, but they have IPv4 as well for only $17.95 a year!
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SiliconKiwi brings budget VPS, Coolify apps and S3 storage to Wellington, New Zealand!
We don't see many offers based in New Zealand, but today we're featuring Silicon Kiwi which offers service in Wellington. Check out their VPS offers, as well as their S3 storage.
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Servitro: Get a 1GB VPS for $12/Year or a 4GB VPS for $20/Year in Germany!
Servitro has some great deals in Frankfurt am Main in Germany. $12/year for a 1GB VPS or $20/year for a 4GB VPS!
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You Need Backups and ServerCrate is Going to Make Them Painless – Start for FREE!
We here in the LowEnd community believe in backups. In fact, we're rather passionate about them. So today we're sharing an offer from ServerCrate, a backup service provider that has a nice deal for our readers.
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Welcome back, Kainode! This is the third time we've featured them on LowEndBox, and if you're looking for a cheap VPS in Singapore, this offer deserves a look.
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Limitless Hosting – 10th Anniversary Sale! Shared Hosting, Reseller Hosting, and VPS from just $2.40/Year
Limitless Hosting is proud to celebrate its 10th Anniversary. They've got cheap shared hosting, reseller hosting, and VPS offers for you!
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FLASH DEAL: HostSailor’s 70% Lifetime Discount is On Until August 31st! Get a 1GB VPS for Less Than $18/Year!
HostSailor is a Dubai-based company that's offered web hosting services for 12 years. We first featured them waaaay back in 2014. They've always brought great deals to our community, and today is no different. This is a LIMITED TIME, FLASH DEAL! You've only got until August 31st to get in on this promotion. Get a 70% Lifetime Discount on AMD EPYC NVMe VPS plans.
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Tutorials
More TutorialsMake Your VPS Reactive: Easily Write Scripts that Fire Automatically When Filesystem Events Occur with python-inotify
The ability to run programs automatically is one of the great liberating powers of computers. In Unix, it's common for users to schedule jobs using cron or at (or with systemd, timers). But what if you want to run a job not based on a schedule but rather in response to an event? With python3-inotify.
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I installed unattended-upgrades, but Debian wasn't upgrading. Let's get to the bottom of this puzzle.
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Create Your Own Self-Hosted White-Label Mailinator-Like Disposable Email (Updated for 2026)
Would you like your own self-hosted disposable email? It's marvelously useful and Inbucket makes it easy. Let's do this!
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Re-Enabling AES-NI on VPSes That Don’t Pass the Feature Through
LowEndTalk member @forest shared an interesting technique to enable AES-NI even when the provider doesn't pass it through.
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Interviews
More Interviews10,000 Benchmarks! The Future of ServerVerify: Interview with Jon Biloh
Nearly a year ago, the newest site in the LowEnd family launched: ServerVerify! This site is the largest collection of YABS (Yet Another Benchmark Script) benchmarks on the planet, with over 10,000 user-submitted reports in its database. This project had been a dream of LowEnd owner Jon Biloh's for quite a while and it's been a huge success. Let's check in on how it's going and what the future holds.
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One Step at a Time: Interview with M’barek Dhibi, CEO and Founder of Pawnhoster, Plus a Deal for You!
We recently sat down with M'Barek Dhibi, CEO of Pawnhoster, to learn more about this emerging company and what they offer in shared - and soon VPS - hosting.
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Hello From Albania! Enjoy an Interview with Andrew from AVS ISP – And a Special Discount Code!
Today we're speaking with Andrew, the CTO of AVS ISP, an Albanian-based community provider we've featured several times before. They're a neat husband-and-wife team who's brought some great offers to our community. And today is no exception! They've got a special offer for us.
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JustHosting: Growth Story, Service Philosophy, and Future Vision — An Interview with Founder Anton Pankratov
JustHosting has built its growth on a simple foundation: reliability, responsive support, and fair pricing. We caught up with founder Anton Pankratov to talk about how it all started, how the team keeps their infrastructure solid across dozens of countries, and what users should know when picking a VPS. We also looked ahead at what’s coming next — and why their approach continues to resonate with more and more customers.
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LowEndBoxTV
Have You Checked Out ServerVerify Lately? 10,000 YABS! New Features!
ServerVerify is a member of the LowEnd family of sites, and it's an awesome tool for researching hosting providers. We recently hit the 10,000 YABS mark. ServerVerify recently launched a Provider Comparison tool that is really cool. We just released a YouTube video that shows everything that's going on with the site, so check it out
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We're super-excited to release our full-length documentary on ForgeMind, a controversial AI companion service that charges up to $10,000 to build an AI companion for you. It's all part of a scheme to grant their founder immortality.
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LowEndBoxTV: AI Companions, Part 5: SillyTavern Tutorial! Setup, Config, How to Write a Character Card, 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 4: Pitfalls and Problems
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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