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By: HOW-TO Set Up a Linux VPS Server for Newbies: VPS BIBLE - vpsBible

HOW-TO Set Up a Linux VPS Server for Newbies: VPS BIBLE - vpsBible — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:00:48 +0000

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By: the_guv

the_guv — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:08:06 +0000

@Jerry .. big cheers to you. Now that is flattery .. pile it on

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:17:52 +0000

Thanks for this great tutorial. I did not actually do your exact setup but your tutorial guided me (for the most part) through a Debian 5 install. I am a newbie (again, for the most part) to Linux and your tutorial is of great value. This is the best step by step I’ve seen for any vps setup on any distribution I have seen. Keep up the great work!

By: the_guv

the_guv — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:03:22 +0000

@Ricardo .. splendid .. for pete’s sake tell ‘em you came by way of the bible, maybe they’ll send me a bottle whiskey .. that’s the same package i’ve got, btw.

like your site, Senor .. see you’re an ubuntan .. i’m just knocking up some Karmic guides right now .. installed that earlier, went pretty well. people gotta wise up, windoze is just not worth the hassle anymore. well, my 2c.

necesito practicar me espanol, escriberia(ish, damn spanglishy verbs) su pagina, er, mas, otra vez et al, pues, er, me cago en la leche!!!

viva ‘xixo.

By: Ricardo Lopez

Ricardo Lopez — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:55:10 +0000

Hola Guv, [update] just bought a 360 from Linode a few hours a go and well very happy, finished up the ubuntu install and all going smoothly.

Now the migration process of soporteregio.com from my old hosting service to this new one.

And also I just bookmarked your site its awesome, I do almost the same thing you do (on my site) but in spanish.
Thankyou for your dedication and well structured tutorials “ur da man”

Hasta luego, from Mexico.
Riky

By: the_guv

the_guv — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:31:03 +0000

@Ricardo .. muchas gracias tio!

For what it is worth, here is my opinion, having thoroughly researched the market: the top 2 players in the VPS market are Slicehost and Linode, and I don’t think you could go wrong with either. Both run Xen virtualisation software and that is a must. Both start great packages at $20/month.

Personally, I prefer Linode because they do offer a little more bang for your buck, at least with the basic package which suits my needs .. they offer 18gB storage and 360mB RAM as opposed to Slicehost’s 12 and 260. I THINK .. that may have changed at Slicehost, so check that.

Both communities are superb. Linode has one other thing I like, a choice of 4 datacenters in teh US, and I chose Newark to be close as poss to the Atlantic pipe. Their support guys have been brilliant with me, helping to support this Bible by loaning me a VPS just to try to break, so that has helped everyone who has benefited from this Bible. Also, when I have ticketed support, (and FYI the server has had a problem once when it was crawling) they have been back to me within anything between minutes and about an hour.

Also – and I think this is really important when choosing any kind of host – check out the forums and see what the locals are saying, and how friendly is the community.

‘asta luego.

By: Ricardo Lopez

Ricardo Lopez — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:52:02 +0000

Hi Guv, searching for a good VPS Service I end up in your excellent site, it has a lot of info some of it I already know and some not.

I’m willing to drop off my Home SSH Server (A Dell Inspiron 6400 Latop with Ubuntu Server :S), and turn to a nice, cheap, and unmanaged VPS Server. So here is the thing do you recommend me Linode? I was looking some other sites and investigating with my friend that already have a VPS server and Lindore seems to satisfy my needs (for now).

So, what do you think??

Greetz from Mexico!
Riky