Re: Keeping the lights on (was Re: [linux] Result of the OCLUG motion to dissolve)

2023-04-11 Thread Timothy Forbes
I have a low end OVH VPS. I recall the monthly cost is really inexpensive (although the price increased last year) but I may be on some grandfathered plan. The starter VPS is US$4.20 for 1 core / 2 GB / 20 GB SSD / 100 Mbps unmetered. No idea if that will suffice. https://www.ovhcloud.com/en

Re: Keeping the lights on (was Re: [linux] Result of the OCLUG motion to dissolve) (fwd)

2023-04-10 Thread Alex Pilon
> On Mon, 10 Apr 2023, Dianne Skoll wrote: > > their low-end offering has more disk space than Luna Node > > (20GB vs 15GB) but half the RAM (512MB vs 1GB). On Mon, Apr 10, 2023 at 12:16:50PM -0400, Brett Delmage wrote: > This is more than enough RAM to run > * Mailman > * BIND authoritative / cac

Re: Keeping the lights on (was Re: [linux] Result of the OCLUG motion to dissolve)

2023-04-10 Thread Ian
In reference to "Keeping the lights on", I would be willing to kick in some bucks.  I live in Perth, an hour west of Ottawa, and am glad not to have to drive in to attend meetings.  The savings in gas/parking and convenience are worth it for me.  Many moons ago I would drive home from work (in

Re: Keeping the lights on (was Re: [linux] Result of the OCLUG motion to dissolve) (fwd)

2023-04-10 Thread Dianne Skoll
On Mon, 10 Apr 2023 12:16:50 -0400 (EDT) Brett Delmage wrote: > This is more than enough RAM to run > * Mailman > * BIND authoritative / caching DNS server > * Postfix mail server > * Apache web server > * opendkim I'd take the extra 512MB of RAM over the extra 5GB of disk, but YMMV. > The CACl

Re: Keeping the lights on (was Re: [linux] Result of the OCLUG motion to dissolve) (fwd)

2023-04-10 Thread Brett Delmage
On Mon, 10 Apr 2023, Dianne Skoll wrote: There's also Canadian Web Hosting - not just located in Canada but Canadian-owned, from $7 CDN / month: https://www.canadianwebhosting.com/vps Interesting. I am still paying $5/month, maybe because I am grandfathered. their low-end offering has more d

Re: Keeping the lights on (was Re: [linux] Result of the OCLUG motion to dissolve)

2023-04-10 Thread BCLUG
Dianne Skoll wrote on 2023-04-10 08:55: Yes, according tohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linode The linode.com web site is now branded "Akamai" Thanks Dianne. The promo codes have been offered under the Linode brand as recently as the last LNL podcast episode (also on the Linux After Dark, Li

Re: Keeping the lights on (was Re: [linux] Result of the OCLUG motion to dissolve)

2023-04-10 Thread Dianne Skoll
On Mon, 10 Apr 2023 08:46:55 -0700 BCLUG wrote: > Whoa, all news to me! > a) Akamai owns Linode?!? > b) Discontinuing the brand?!? Yes, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linode The linode.com web site is now branded "Akamai" Regards, Dianne. To unsubscribe send a blank message to l

Re: Keeping the lights on (was Re: [linux] Result of the OCLUG motion to dissolve)

2023-04-10 Thread BCLUG
Dianne Skoll wrote on 2023-04-10 08:44: AFAIK, Akamai is discontinuing the Linode brand. Are they keeping the pricing and promotions in place? Whoa, all news to me! a) Akamai owns Linode?!? b) Discontinuing the brand?!? Interesting, will watch for news on this. To unsubscribe send a blank

Re: Keeping the lights on (was Re: [linux] Result of the OCLUG motion to dissolve)

2023-04-10 Thread Dianne Skoll
On Mon, 10 Apr 2023 08:36:22 -0700 BCLUG wrote: > Linode.com runs an affiliate program for various podcasts, and the > Late Night Linux podcast, for example, can get you $100 (USD?) credit > with the LNL promo code. AFAIK, Akamai is discontinuing the Linode brand. Are they keeping the pricing a

Re: Keeping the lights on (was Re: [linux] Result of the OCLUG motion to dissolve)

2023-04-10 Thread BCLUG
Dianne Skoll wrote on 2023-04-10 08:01: You can get comparable low-end VPSes at lunanode.com for USD $3.50/month. (Although they charge in USD, their data centres are in Canada.) That's a pretty good price. Linode.com runs an affiliate program for various podcasts, and the Late Night Linux

Keeping the lights on (was Re: [linux] Result of the OCLUG motion to dissolve)

2023-04-10 Thread Dianne Skoll
On Mon, 10 Apr 2023 10:48:25 -0400 J C Nash wrote: > However, it seems we should be able to continue. We have about 18 > months prepaid VPS. I notice our existing VPS is at OVH, which AFAIK charges around $8/month for the cheapest VPS. You can get comparable low-end VPSes at lunanode.com for US