What's your go-to OS for a new VPS (and why?) + Thoughts on Bulletproof hosting
Hey everyone, 
I wanted to kick off a discussion to get your take on two things: our daily setup habits and a slightly more "political" side of our industry.
- Your Daily Driver OS
When you grab a new VPS (whether it's for a serious project or just another $2/month box to add to your idle collection), what is the operating system you install with your eyes closed?
Debian: Are you loyal to its rock-solid stability and low footprint?
Ubuntu: Do you prefer it for the convenience, PPA availability, and updated packages?
AlmaLinux / Rocky Linux: Have you fully migrated here after the CentOS drama?
Alpine / FreeBSD / Windows: Do you run Alpine to squeeze every last drop out of a 128MB NAT box?
I'd love to know not just what you use, but why. Is it pure muscle memory, strict compatibility with a specific control panel (like HestiaCP, CyberPanel, etc.), or just RAM optimization for your low-end boxes?
- The Elephant in the Room: Bulletproof Hosting
I also wanted to broaden the topic to "bulletproof" or extreme offshore hosting providers (the ones that deliberately ignore DMCA, abuse tickets, etc.).
What is your ethical and practical stance on them?
The Privacy Angle: Do you think they are an essential tool for defending true freedom of speech, whistleblowers, and absolute privacy from government or corporate overreach?
The Nuisance Angle: Or do you feel they are mostly a safe haven for spammers, botnets, and bad actors that ultimately ruin IP subnet reputations (bad ASNs) and harm the hosting ecosystem?
I'm really curious to read about your setups and your perspectives on this! 
Comments
Good luck, I doubt you will get approved for Hosting Provider tag here being a BPH.
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i usually consult @yoursunny and then confirm with @emgh?
Is this a forum for discussion, or do you always have conflicting opinions? Up until now, I've tried to be part of the community by asking questions, but you've only denigrated me. What kind of person are you?
I'm speechless from the human race sometimes....
@Tentor, what bothers you more, being passed over?
I asked some questions that intrigued me, what bad manners do you have....?
no comment.
you have to learn how to draw a penis first!
forum for retards.
Can you teach me mr?
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we all learn from @emgh .. he is only certified for such a practice. .. his penis never falls down.
Maybe I'm too serious, you're just playful!
Maybe you are in the illegal business
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You got me, I'm involved in that side of the hosting world. But the 'illegal' tag is exactly why I started the thread—to see if people still value privacy or if the 'bulletproof' label has been completely ruined by bad actors.... Because let's face it... what you call 'illegal' doesn't necessarily have to be. For some, 'bulletproof' or offshore just means having a anonymous server
Because of people like you, legal privacy hosts are seen bad.
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I am here . Fully retard
I believe in good luck. Harder that I work ,luckier i get.
I respect your opinion, but I think you're oversimplifying a very nuanced issue. Actually, the 'bad reputation' usually comes from poor network management, not the service philosophy itself. You can have a 'legal privacy host' that gets its IP range trashed in a week because they don't know how to handle abuse, or a 'bulletproof' setup that stays clean because it has strict rules against outgoing spam and botnets. In my view, privacy without teeth is just a marketing slogan. If a provider folds the second they receive a biased or automated complaint, they aren't protecting privacy they're just a reseller with a nice UI. What I call 'bulletproof' is about providing a safe harbor for anonymity and protecting users from the 'guilty until proven innocent' culture of big automation. It's not about being a haven for crime, it's about being a fortress for those who don't want to be tracked or silenced.
You really need to stop letting ChatGPT write your posts for you.
Is what I'm writing too complex to understand?
Yeah
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I've adapted to your sympathy, see?
I just don't get why you got an AI to write a post about two completely disconnected topics, but I look forward to your exciting bulletproof hosting offers when if you get a tag. I also look forward to the thread about your inevitable deadpool 2 months later :-)
ahnlak, What's a fortune teller doing on a hosting forum? You should be at the circus reading people's cards! XD
Anyway, I'm amused by the fact that you flaunt the 'hosting tag', you've informed yourself about me, I'm happy