What free public services can I offer on a VPS?
I have a number of VPSs idling and I am thinking of some kind of public service they can be put to.
There have been offers of free VPSs on this site where the providers ask people to indicate what they wish to use the services for and then winners or chosen on the perceived merits of their use, but this is not what I am aksing about.
By a free public of service I am not thinking of something that is targeted at a particular group, or a niche service, but something that is useful to the wider public.
I am thinking of stuff I can understand and setup myself and then later on pass on or delegate management and administration to others if they prove too time consuming for me to handle.
Are there any kind of useful public services that are not properly served by commercial entities or by governments and stuff life that?
They can be focused on some countries or some regions in particular, but they have to be useful to a wider public.
Internet services like email etc are excluded.
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Go ahead and install an open SMTP, Bind 4 with recursive lookup, and Microsoft LDAP services.
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Internet services are excluded
Not sure how you can provide a public service, if "Internet services are excluded"
Power it off and benefit the public by saving the planet ?
Otherwise, join the pool: https://www.ntppool.org/en/
Maybe a dynamic dns service?
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How about something like online literacy or reading lessons, math lessons, health advice
How about something like online literacy or reading lessons, math lessons, health advice?
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All I know for sure is that double posting doesn't make your point clearer.
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What about a tor relay if your provider allows it and you have enough traffic included? It could be a "Internet services"...
All kind of internet related services are excluded.
The kind of service I have in mind is not for internet geeks, or related to any kind internet infrastructure.
The kind of thing I have in mind is mainly something regular people use. I mentioned services like literacy, reading, math etc.
Come on guys, can't you think of things that are not internet related?
I am not interested on the kind of services that dudes who hang out on LET know about. Most people don't know about stuff like TOR, BBS, DNS etc.
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archive.org generally
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How about a html page that tell people do not buy vps if you not need them?
It may also make use of your idling domains.
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Public game servers (retro).
Image hosting.
A paste in clone.
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BOINC is for the wider public good.
Choose projects you like. Low maintenance. Donate computing time for as long as you want.
It also earns you a bragging website right.
Why not start a radio stream? Or a youtube downloader?
Check out the "awesome selfhosted" lists for ideas..
This could be fun.. how retro we talking? :-)
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Now if there was any way we could have a place to discuss all of the classic gaming platforms, ya know.. up to 32 bit services..
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Have you thought of stopping idling and stop paying? Will help wallet.
With internet services excluded, the uses that come to mind are:
If internet services were on the table I would suggest something like Karrot for a community. Anyway, BOINC should have a lot of initiatives to get you started.