[TriLUG] recommendations for on-line Linux VM

[Reid Thompson via TriLUG]

https://www.hetzner.com/webhosting/

Cheapest $2 month postgresql or mysql. Etc
https://www.hetzner.com/webhosting/level-1/

On Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 15:34 Stephen Wiley via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> I have a Linode VM and used Digital ocean in college. They definitely
> sell VMs (that's what "droplets" are on Ditigal ocean, it's just a KVM
> instance. IIRC you upload your public ssh key via the web GUI when you
> create the machine.)
>
> They're both great providers. I'm using Linode currently.
>
> You're right though, their website is surprisingly poorly designed. I
> haven't visited it in years and remember shopping being much more
> straightforward. The "shared CPU compute" is what you're looking for.
> Here's the URL with that: https://www.linode.com/pricing/#row--compute
> The anchor may be wrong so double check the heading you're looking at.
>
> Both should be about the same price. The $5/month one on either will be
> plenty for what you want to do and at that price point you're
> approaching the cost of a non-.com domain name.
>
> --Stephen
>
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 08:05:57PM +0000, Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG
> wrote:
> > I want a Linux machine on-line, that I can logon at the command line,
> like I
> > do with my home machines, and pilot. I want it to run a lightly used a
> > website. I also want to be able to install and remove files at will had
> not
> > have any blocked ports.
> >
> > I tried linode.com and digitalocean.com. Their webpages are all
> marketting
> > full of "products" and "solutions". They aren't offering VMs. Maybe they
> are
> > but they're buried beneath marketting (digitalocean is offering
> droplets),
> > in which case I'm not their target.
> >
> > Thanks Joe
> >
> > --
> > Joseph Mack NA3T EME(B,D), FM05lw North Carolina
> > Don't upgrade a working machine - it won't work any
> > better - it could work worse; it may not work at all.
> > Homepage http://www.austintek.com/ It's GNU/Linux!
> >
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