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• I remember compiling 2.0.x kernels on a i486 ThinkPad with 16 MB of RAM. It wasn't super fast, but not painfully slow, either. :)

  in If you could not use a package manager e.g. yum/apt what which OS would you choose? Comment by angstrom January 2020
• (Quote) That page is really a blast from the past :)

  in If you could not use a package manager e.g. yum/apt what which OS would you choose? Comment by angstrom January 2020
• (Quote) Ain't nobody gonna compile their own kernel for a tiny VPS in 2020 -- except for you!

  in If you could not use a package manager e.g. yum/apt what which OS would you choose? Comment by angstrom January 2020
• (Quote) My two cents: I would say at least 64 MB on OpenVZ 7 and at least 128 MB on KVM, otherwise it would be too much of a pain for the user ...

  in If you could not use a package manager e.g. yum/apt what which OS would you choose? Comment by angstrom January 2020
• (Quote) Okay, yes, that's small!

  in If you could not use a package manager e.g. yum/apt what which OS would you choose? Comment by angstrom January 2020
• (Quote) Just curious: is the container OpenVZ 7? If so, then FreeBSD wouldn't run anyway, would it? FreeBSD has a package manager. Indeed, if I'm not mistaken, it offers a choice of two package managers. How little RAM? I think that apt/Debian can…

  in If you could not use a package manager e.g. yum/apt what which OS would you choose? Comment by angstrom January 2020
• @sonic, @Daniel Thanks. Yes, I was aware of OVZ6 support. I was interested in whether KernelCare supports the OVZ7 kernel. Perhaps I should have clarified this, but the topic of this thread is OVZ7. I'm still wondering, though: I can't seem to fin…

  in inceptionhosting does not work iptables Comment by angstrom January 2020
• (Quote) Why "apparently"? Do you have a reference? (It's a sincere question.)

  in inceptionhosting does not work iptables Comment by angstrom January 2020
• (Quote) Just curious: is KernelCare available for the OpenVZ kernel?

  in inceptionhosting does not work iptables Comment by angstrom January 2020
• I wonder what words of wisdom Ivanka imparted to the audience ...

  in CES 2020 Comment by angstrom January 2020
• Here are two Geekbenches for Free Range Cloud's New Year's special (see https://talk.lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/12572/#Comment_12572 ). This VPS is in Amsterdam. * v4: https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/15093695 * v5: https://browser.gee…

  in Share some Geekbench scores Comment by angstrom January 2020
• The following attractive offer was posted by Free Range Cloud on New Year's eve, but it seems to still be available. Originally, it was for Amsterdam, but now it's for Oslo. 1024MB RAM20GB SSD3TB monthly bandwidth1 core1x IPv4/64 IPv6$15/yrOrder li…

  in FLASH / LIMITED TIME / MUST SEE DEALS ONLY - Thread - READ THE FIRST POST! [NEW] Comment by angstrom January 2020
• (Quote) The single-core score isn't so great, but the four vCores save it

  in Share some Geekbench scores Comment by angstrom January 2020
• (Quote) That's an impressive single-core score

  in Share some Geekbench scores Comment by angstrom December 2019
• My votes: * on the register: UltraVPS * off the register: Spartan Host

  in Host of the year 2019 Comment by angstrom December 2019
• (Quote) Is it the same provider in the case of the two instances that you describe above? In any case, your points are well-taken: in principle, there are a number of variables that play a role. In my answer above, I was implicitly assumIng the sa…

  in PHP Friends Winter Special is live! Let the hunger games begin :) Comment by angstrom December 2019
• (Quote) On average, probably yes, but this may not be the case at any given moment, depending on what one's neighbors are doing at that moment (but I suspect that PHP-Friends will keep an eye out for CPU abusers) (Quote) Two dedicated cores are pro…

  in PHP Friends Winter Special is live! Let the hunger games begin :) Comment by angstrom December 2019
• (Quote) In this respect, like their BF special

  in PHP Friends Winter Special is live! Let the hunger games begin :) Comment by angstrom December 2019
• Yeah, it's a great deal, but I've decided that I can't buy any further VPSes in 2019 =) (Not to mention that I got their BF special!)

  in PHP Friends Winter Special is live! Let the hunger games begin :) Comment by angstrom December 2019
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