I have a VPS that's $40/year, 5GB of RAM, 4 cores and 100GB of storage. I got it so long ago that it was running Ubuntu 18.04. It came up for renewal and I got them to upgrade it to 22.04.

I had dabbled with Mystic on it a couple of years ago.

They wiped it and gave me a new system, new IP address.

What should I do with it? I'm looking for suggestions...
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I have a VPS that's $40/year, 5GB of RAM, 4 cores and 100GB of storage.
I got it so long ago that it was running Ubuntu 18.04. It came up for renewal and I got them to upgrade it to 22.04.

Where do you get VPS with such params for that price?

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Re: Re: Cheap VPSes
By: hollowone to poindexter FORTRAN on Sun Nov 23 2025 12:39 pm

I have a VPS that's $40/year, 5GB of RAM, 4 cores and 100GB of storage. I
got it so long ago that it was running Ubuntu 18.04. It came up for
renewal and I got them to upgrade it to 22.04.

Where do you get VPS with such params for that price?

I checked lowendboxes.com for a month or so until I saw a promotion. I've held onto it for 5 years or so knowing I'll never find as good of a deal. :)
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I checked lowendboxes.com for a month or so until I saw a promotion.
I've held onto it for 5 years or so knowing I'll never find as good of a

Are they still around, I tried that website to check it out however the domain is expired.

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On 22 Nov 2025, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

They wiped it and gave me a new system, new IP address.

What should I do with it? I'm looking for suggestions...

Starting from a clean slate is nice, some suggestions;

Web/Email/DNS/etc:
- The Perfect Server: https://erb.pw/y/tpsubuntu

BBS:
- Mystic BBS
- Synchronet BBS
- Enigma 1/2 BBS
- Any

Your own web proxy:
- Using ssh reverse tunnels from things hosted inside your LAN to the new VPS

Public code store:
- Gitlab
- Gitea

Self hosted cloud:
- Nextcloud

Self hosted video:
- Peertube

Other suggestions:
- Mastodon instance
- Matrix instance


I'll have a think throughout the day and see if anything else pops in there =) Good luck, let us know what you decide to use it for.

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On 23 Nov 2025, hollowone said the following...

Where do you get VPS with such params for that price?

I use contabo and get somewhat slightly better spec for about $10/mo, also OVH do something a little less spec'd for like $3/mo

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neoshock wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

I checked lowendboxes.com for a month or so until I saw a promotion.
I've held onto it for 5 years or so knowing I'll never find as good of a

Are they still around, I tried that website to check it out however the domain is expired.

It's entirely possible they're gone, I've had this domain for probably
7-8 years now.

Oh, I got it wrong, it's lowendbox.com. It's still active. Lurk around
there and you'll find a deal. Sometimes you have to move quickly,
they'll only have a couple available at the price.



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MeaTLoTioN wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

On 22 Nov 2025, poindexter FORTRAN said the following...

Web/Email/DNS/etc:
- The Perfect Server: https://erb.pw/y/tpsubuntu

That is an amazing resource -- saved for future reference...

BBS:
- Mystic BBS
- Synchronet BBS
- Enigma 1/2 BBS
- Any

What I originally intended the VPS for was moving the BBS off of
Windows and out of my house. Except, I realized I liked running a
Windows BBS in my house. Force of habit, I expect...

I'll have a think throughout the day and see if anything else pops in there =) Good luck, let us know what you decide to use it for.

Thanks for the inspiration!



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Oh, I got it wrong, it's lowendbox.com. It's still active. Lurk around there and you'll find a deal. Sometimes you have to move quickly,
they'll only have a couple available at the price.

Thanks, I have bookmarked this, good resource for the next time I need a VPS, or hosting provider.

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