> If more virtualized hosting providers offered BSDs (FreeBSD in particular) I would choose them over Ubuntu for servers. In that case I might as well give a s

> If more virtualized hosting providers offered BSDs (FreeBSD in particular) I would choose them over Ubuntu for servers. In that case I might as well give a shout-out to my current VPS host, ARP Networks: http://www.arpnetworks.com/vps http://www.arpnetworks.com/vps They virtualize using KVM rather than Xen, so you can run any variety of OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, or Linux without worrying about Xen support in your guest OS. Their performance seems as good as any other VPS host I've used (Xen or otherwise), I think the price is pretty good, and I haven't had any downtime to speak of so far. So I recommend giving them a try if you're looking.