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Remind me again why anybody is still using Linode ? Poor uptime and a disgraceful attitude towards security. ANY service provider that hides the facts behind m

Remind me again why anybody is still using Linode ? Poor uptime and a disgraceful attitude towards security. ANY service provider that hides the facts behind major security incidents from their customers should never be used. I guess their new customers will soon realise how crappy it feels to find out from Reddit that your VPS is potentially hacked.

angryasian 14y ago
citation or proof of claims ?
- ceejayoz 14y ago
  http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/03/bitcoins-worth-228000-stolen-from-customers-of-hacked-webhost/ http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/03/bitcoins-worth-22800...
yoshamano 14y ago
Who would you suggest then instead of Linode? I was thinking of renting their smallest one to have something to fart around with.
- Stratoscope 14y ago
  If you want something cheap to fool around with, there is: http://nosupportvpshosting.com/ http://nosupportvpshosting.com/ I just set up a VPS there to try out. No idea on reliability yet, but it does seem like a lot of (virtual) server for the money.
- MatthewPhillips 14y ago
  Prgrmr.com
  - jcoder 14y ago
    Is this a joke? Looks like a malware site.
    - Stratoscope 14y ago
      That does look like a malware site. It was a typo. Here's the correct URL: http://prgmr.com/ http://prgmr.com/
      - krzyk 14y ago
        That one looks quite good, I like the Ascii art design and the "the 64M option is an 'advanced option' - we don't have any distros setup that work well in 64 megabytes. You can strip down most distros to the point where they will work well, we just have yet to do so. If you still want to order it, use 'view source' to find the commented out link. "
- darklajid 14y ago
  futurevps.de Based in Germany, amazing support. Edit: I'm German, but not affiliated. I do have a small vps hosted there for a while though.
jacques_chester 14y ago
Linode uptime varies according to data centre. Lots of people use the Fremont centre. It is a dud. I've hosted in Dallas without incident and currently I use Tokyo.

angryasian 14y ago

citation or proof of claims ?

ceejayoz 14y ago
http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/03/bitcoins-worth-228000-stolen-from-customers-of-hacked-webhost/ http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/03/bitcoins-worth-22800...

yoshamano 14y ago

Who would you suggest then instead of Linode? I was thinking of renting their smallest one to have something to fart around with.

Stratoscope 14y ago
If you want something cheap to fool around with, there is: http://nosupportvpshosting.com/ http://nosupportvpshosting.com/ I just set up a VPS there to try out. No idea on reliability yet, but it does seem like a lot of (virtual) server for the money.
MatthewPhillips 14y ago
Prgrmr.com
- jcoder 14y ago
  Is this a joke? Looks like a malware site.
  - Stratoscope 14y ago
    That does look like a malware site. It was a typo. Here's the correct URL: http://prgmr.com/ http://prgmr.com/
    - krzyk 14y ago
      That one looks quite good, I like the Ascii art design and the "the 64M option is an 'advanced option' - we don't have any distros setup that work well in 64 megabytes. You can strip down most distros to the point where they will work well, we just have yet to do so. If you still want to order it, use 'view source' to find the commented out link. "
darklajid 14y ago
futurevps.de Based in Germany, amazing support. Edit: I'm German, but not affiliated. I do have a small vps hosted there for a while though.

jacques_chester 14y ago

Linode uptime varies according to data centre. Lots of people use the Fremont centre. It is a dud. I've hosted in Dallas without incident and currently I use Tokyo.