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The Time a Dutch University Made Huge Profits When It Suffered a Ransomware Attack

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Ransomware is always a rough experience. Do you pay? Do you go through a laborious recovery? How do you manage outraged users? And what if you made over €300K in profit in the experience?

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Need a Cheap KVM VPS in Frankfurt, London, or New Jersey? EthernetServers has a Deal for You!

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If you're looking for a VPS in the EU or North America, an offer recently posted on LowEndTalk by community provider EthernetServers is work a look! They've been in business since July 2014 and enjoy a great reputation in our community. 

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Huckleberry Finn's Ray Gun: How Mocking AI Puts Dollars in an Advertiser's Pocket

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Remember the part in Mark Twain's 1884 novel, Huckleberry Finn, where Huck uses a laser sniper rifle? Me neither.

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Happy Danish Constitution Day From ByteHosting! And Wow, What a Sale They're Having!

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Happy Constitution Day, Denmark! To celebrate, one of our favorite Danish providers is having an awesome sale.

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Whitelabel IT Solutions has a Cheap Dedicated Server in New Jersey for You! $54.99 with 50TB of Bandwidth

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Whitelabel IT Solutions returns with a cheap dedicated server offer for us in New Jersey. It includes 32GB of RAM, an e3-1240 CPU, and generous bandwidth.

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"Hey, That Was My Open Source Project That Just Blew up a Third of Russia's Strategic Long Range Bombers!"

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As you've undoubtedly read by now, a sophisticated Ukrainian operation (Operation Spider's Web) launched drones from prepositioned storage crates outside four Russian air bases and blew up about a third of Russia's strategic long-range bomber fleet.  What's been less noted is the open source software that powered these systems.

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Is Softaculous Obsolete?

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If you're ever signed up for shared hosting, it's likely you've encountered Softaculous. This commercial auto-installer script, integrated into many hosting control panels (like cPanel, DirectAdmin, and Plesk), lets users deploy hundreds of web apps, such as WordPress, Joomla, phpBB, etc. But in 2025, is Softaculous still essential… or is it becoming obsolete?

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NOT TOO LATE: Did You Miss Any of These Amazing May Offers?

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We shared all kinds of wonderful offers in May, from cheap dedicated servers in Asia to sahred hosting as cheap as $3/year to all kinds of VPS deals. If you missed any, here's a quick recap. Check out what's still available!

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MinIO Gives the Finger to Its Users: Pony Up $96,000, Suckers!

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Everyone knows MinIO, a popular S3-compatible object storage platform. It used to have a lot of love in the community. Then it decided it didn't want its community any more.

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Silicom Network is Back with AMAZING Cheap Shared Hosting: $3/YEAR!

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You can't buy much in 2025 for only $3. But one thing you can get is quality shared hosting from Silicom Network! Running on DirectAdmin, these offers come packed with features. If you're interested in shared hosting in Europe (Germany, specifically), these are worth a look.

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[Community News] RackNerd Restocks Ashburn VPS with Major Network Upgrades

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Popular LEB provider, RackNerd, consistently voted as a top provider year over year by the LowEndTalk community, and recognized multiple times on the Inc. 5000 list for its rapid growth, has today announced a significant restock of their popular Ashburn VPS location after being sold out for several months in a row. Read on to learn more...and get in on their cheap VPS deals starting at under $11/year!

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Velohost is Back with Even Better Pricing! Their Cheap VPS in Düsseldorf is Now Even Better!

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About a month ago, we introduced Velohost to our community.  They’re a new-ish host based in Germany, and they have great pricing on cheap VPS systems in Düsseldorf. They're back...and the pricing is even better!

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RubyHost: You Can Still Get a 4GB VPS for $4/Month, Now in Chicago! See Their Important Announcement

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RubyHost's offer from February is still available, including a 4GB VPS in Dallas for $4/month. Wait...did we say Dallas? We meant Chicago, because RubyHost just announced they're moving all clients to Chicago. Read on for more details.

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Need a Cheap KVM VPS in Frankfurt, London, or New Jersey? EthernetServers has a Deal for You!

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If you're looking for a VPS in the EU or North America, an offer recently posted on LowEndTalk by community provider EthernetServers is work a look! They've been in business since July 2014 and enjoy a great reputation in our community. 

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Happy Danish Constitution Day From ByteHosting! And Wow, What a Sale They're Having!

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Happy Constitution Day, Denmark! To celebrate, one of our favorite Danish providers is having an awesome sale.

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Whitelabel IT Solutions has a Cheap Dedicated Server in New Jersey for You! $54.99 with 50TB of Bandwidth

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Whitelabel IT Solutions returns with a cheap dedicated server offer for us in New Jersey. It includes 32GB of RAM, an e3-1240 CPU, and generous bandwidth.

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Is Softaculous Obsolete?

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If you're ever signed up for shared hosting, it's likely you've encountered Softaculous. This commercial auto-installer script, integrated into many hosting control panels (like cPanel, DirectAdmin, and Plesk), lets users deploy hundreds of web apps, such as WordPress, Joomla, phpBB, etc. But in 2025, is Softaculous still essential… or is it becoming obsolete?

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NOT TOO LATE: Did You Miss Any of These Amazing May Offers?

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We shared all kinds of wonderful offers in May, from cheap dedicated servers in Asia to sahred hosting as cheap as $3/year to all kinds of VPS deals. If you missed any, here's a quick recap. Check out what's still available!

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Silicom Network is Back with AMAZING Cheap Shared Hosting: $3/YEAR!

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You can't buy much in 2025 for only $3. But one thing you can get is quality shared hosting from Silicom Network! Running on DirectAdmin, these offers come packed with features. If you're interested in shared hosting in Europe (Germany, specifically), these are worth a look.

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[Community News] RackNerd Restocks Ashburn VPS with Major Network Upgrades

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Popular LEB provider, RackNerd, consistently voted as a top provider year over year by the LowEndTalk community, and recognized multiple times on the Inc. 5000 list for its rapid growth, has today announced a significant restock of their popular Ashburn VPS location after being sold out for several months in a row. Read on to learn more...and get in on their cheap VPS deals starting at under $11/year!

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The Vexing Wordpress "Missed Schedule" Issue - How to Fix It, Permanently

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Occasionally, Wordpress will miss a scheduled post, sending it to oblivion. This problem is well known in the WP community, but the causes are still somewhat mysterious. In this tutorial, we dive into possible underlying reasons why it may occur, and more importantly, how to fix it once and for all.

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Let's Give the Newly-Released FreeDOS 1.4 a Spin on macOS With qemu

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FreeDOS 1.4 is out. Let's take a look at at installing it. We'll use qemu on macOS so we have 1980s computing inside a 21st century machine.

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Hey raindog308, That TK5 Article Didn't Work on Debian! (Here's the Fix)

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A few days ago I posted about the release of TK5, which is the "turnkey" mainframe operating system you can run at home on your Linux or other system. However, I learned that the "turnkey" OS isn't as "turnkey" as people like.  Specifically, it doesn't work on Debian 12. Here's the fix!

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Is Your Soul as Dark as a Christmas Stocking's Coal? Make Your Online World Match

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Should you use dark mode on your browser?  Perhaps. About 20 years ago, I read something (probably in an airplane magazine) about dark screens being better for your eyes.  The theory was that using dark mode, you are pumping less light into your eyes which...I guess...is supposed to be better for them? Today I actually decided to Google this, and here's what I found.

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JustHosting: Growth Story, Service Philosophy, and Future Vision — An Interview with Founder Anton Pankratov

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JustHosting has built its growth on a simple foundation: reliability, responsive support, and fair pricing. We caught up with founder Anton Pankratov to talk about how it all started, how the team keeps their infrastructure solid across dozens of countries, and what users should know when picking a VPS. We also looked ahead at what’s coming next — and why their approach continues to resonate with more and more customers.

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Perfectionists Welcome! The PQ Hosting Interview (with a Special Discount Code!)

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We sat down with PQ Hosting for an interview with this community provider based in Moldova. Read about the IT scene there and how PQ is growing, and get a special discount on their offers!

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Not Just Jaw-Dropping Offers: The Virtarix Interview with CEO Peter French

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We sat down with Peter French, CEO of Virtarix, to understand this emerging provider - and their amazing prices - a little better. It's a fun interview so dive in!

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Interview with an Autoblogging Pioneer: Adam Czach of AutomationTools.ai (PLUS a Discount)

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Today we're chatting with Adam Czach, CEO of AutomationTools.ai. They're taking an AI approach to autoblogging so if you're interested in that space, this is a must-read interview!

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Piotr Returns: Is Coolify the "Sweet Spot" Between Heroku/Vercel and a Self-Hosted VPS?

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Services such as Vercel and Heroku provide an easy on-ramp to hosting your app, but they come at very premium prices. The alternative is to roll your own infrastructure with a self-hosted VPS, but this is starting from scratch and you sacrifice a lot of speed in getting your app to market. Coolify is a nice middle-ground between these two extremes.

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Have You Missed Any of these LowEndBoxTV Videos?

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Our video master, Piotr, has been lighting up the metrics on YouTube with some great videos on LowEndBoxTV.  If you're not a subscriber, you're missing out!  Did any of these slip past your stream unclicked?

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LowEndBoxTV: AMD Shootout: Ryzen vs. Epyc - Which is Right For You?

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Ryzen is fast! Epyc is epic! But is it the best for your server? Piotr sorts out the AMD product lines and provides some benchmarks to help you decide which chip is right for you when you're shopping for a cheap VPS or cheap dedicated server.

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LowEndBoxTV: Are All Hetzner Locations Alike? No! And Piotr Has the Proof: "This is Clearly Not the Same Processor"

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For a long time, hosting with Hetzner meant hosting in Germany or Finland.  But recently they've gone global, expanding into the USA and later to Singapore. They claim their systems are the same at each location, but are they...? No! And Piotr has the proof.

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