Lowendspirit.com is live

InceptionHosting · May 2020

@Mr_Tom said:

@AnthonySmith said:

@Andrei said:
What's the pricing rate on those banner ads?

Cheers.

You know what they say... if you have to ask

Surely it's cheap... being LES and all...

You might be surprised

InceptionHosting · May 2020

Adverts atm are free just filling empty space while the site picks up.

if I start charging for them it will be an incredibly good value for money.

I have not had time to check or figure it out myself yet but I could really do with a simple image rotation script or snippet if anyone knows of any.

imok · May 2020

Use Google Ad Manager

InceptionHosting · May 2020

@imok said: Use Google Ad Manager

I have always found that to be a nightmare as an advertiser, which puts me off using it as a publisher.

imok · May 2020

Weird, I find it easy to use And I'm not a trafficker, I use it to manage some ads on customer pages.

teamacc · May 2020

@Andrei said:
What's the pricing rate on those banner ads?

Cheers.

7usd.

cpc.

vpsgeek3333 · May 2020

@AntGoldfish & all LES members
Congratulations! That is beginning of a new era!
My wish is it would become first choice of those looking for quality Low End servers & tutorials

InceptionHosting · May 2020

@vpsgeek3333 said:
@AntGoldfish & all LES members
Congratulations! That is beginning of a new era!
My wish is it would become first choice of those looking for quality Low End servers & tutorials

Thanks, I quickly knocked up a new article today which is live now, you may need to hard refresh to see it as the header cache is 1 hour.

Not_Oles · May 2020

@AnthonySmith said: new article today

Direct link to new article

MichaelCee · May 2020

I was never a LEB visitor, but I will be a LES visitor

Sidenote, if anyone here made/makes ads like those in the sidebar, give us a shout.

deank · May 2020

Send him a box of Red bull and you will get what you want.

Not_Oles · May 2020

@AnthonySmith I really like the new nuts and bolts article!

Here are a few things I really like about it:

the date is there. When there is no date I always have to think all around everything to figure out how much about the content has changed from whenever the article might have been written and whether the content is broken because of the changes.
I love "Let's peek under the hood and see how everything was put together" articles.
The article starts with the elevator pitch a/k/a executive summary, so I can get a look at the forest before becoming lost among the trees.
The article has a clear and simple high level structure: Intro, Server, Runcloud, Grav.
The two preceding points have been an exemplary method of writing certainly ever since and probably even before "Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres. . . .".
The article includes information about the datacenter where the server is located: "UK/London (Clouvider DC - Telehouse Two North)." I don't know about London, but I've been to Telehouse in Manhattan. I stood inside the little closet where Verizon connects to the backbone internet. I stood next to the locked rack that is NYIIX. Why do providers so rarely post the datacenter where they are and also their Autonomous System Number?
The article discusses the reasons why some choices were made: "I went with Runcloud because I had heard good things about it and really I just wanted to get on with doing. . . ." "One of the big things I like about Grav is that it uses markdown. . . ."
The article anticipates and provides suggestions which resolve common problems: "unless the host is specifically mentioned just pick other. . . ." "I have on a few occasions noticed on faster servers it gets stuck. . . ." "If you want to go very very lightweight you can simply do away with the admin part of Grav. . . ."
The article acknowledges the Ultimate Truth of the Command Line:® "the plugins are super simple to install through the command line"

A few possible improvements:

I don't seem to see the author's name. I can guess who the author is, but why should I have to guess? I suppose because of the author's modesty and humility, which so often seem to accompany truthfulness. But my vote goes for including the author's name unless doing so is dangerous for the author. I've heard it suggested that Shakespeare hid his name because revealing it would have been dangerous. Perhaps because I'm not so familiar, I've never heard it suggested that Shakespeare hid his name due to modesty.
On my Android phone, when I go to lowendspirit.com in Chrome browser, the Categories (Deals and Blog) appear waaay down towards the bottom of the page. None of Categories, Deals, or Blog appear on the hamburger menu. I think maybe somebody mentioned this in a previous comment, but I do not remember.
There are a few blinking ads. For me, even as much as I appreciate the allusion to the 1990s .gif era, intrusive ads strongly suggest to avoid those advertisers and their products.

I am super confident that LES and TLES already are in a great place and that the future will bring even further improvement. Lots of really nice folks here! Thanks to everybody!

InceptionHosting · May 2020

Thanks for the feedback @Not_Oles writing has never been my strong point.

A few things I really like about your comment:

You took the time to provide detailed constructive comments.
It gave me some ideas for where to improve which I agree with.

A possible improvement:

Comment on the blog

Not_Oles · May 2020

@AnthonySmith said: It gave me some ideas for where to improve which I agree with.

Yaaay! The exclusively command line version is coming soon! :P

InceptionHosting · May 2020

new post, direct link: https://lowendspirit.com/a-big-pile-of-offers

dark theme coming today if I get time.

vyas · May 2020

Super! Now I wait for a post titled "What is a KVM?" It's a question @seriesn is also dying to get answered.

InceptionHosting · May 2020

@vyas said: "What is a KVM?"

it is a xen that cheats.

corey · May 2020

@vyas said:
Super! Now I wait for a post titled "What is a KVM?" It's a question @seriesn is also dying to get answered.

Shots fired

imok · May 2020

@AnthonySmith said:
new post, direct link: https://lowendspirit.com/a-big-pile-of-offers

Looks good, does not scroll-x.

seriesn · May 2020

@corey said:

@vyas said:
Super! Now I wait for a post titled "What is a KVM?" It's a question @seriesn is also dying to get answered.

Shots fired

What is KVM?
What is OpenVZ?
What is life?
How many licks to the center of a tootsie pop?

I need answers to those questions!

InceptionHosting · May 2020

@seriesn said:

What is KVM? A cheating Xen HVM
What is OpenVZ? A basic Xen PV that cheats
What is life? $7
How many licks to the center of a tootsie pop? 4

seriesn · May 2020

@AnthonySmith said:

@seriesn said:

What is KVM? A cheating Xen HVM
What is OpenVZ? A basic Xen PV that cheats
What is life? $7
How many licks to the center of a tootsie pop? 4

So life is Xen? Or should I say ryZen? I will show my self out.

Iroshan464 · May 2020

Bit on tetahost.
not bad.

Basic System Information:

Processor : QEMU Virtual CPU version 2.5+
CPU cores : 2 @ 3599.992 MHz
AES-NI : ❌ Disabled
VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
RAM : 2.9Gi
Swap : 0B
Disk : 20G

fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50):

Block Size	4kb (IOPS)	64kb (IOPS)
Read	228.19 MB/s (57.0k)	2.65 GB/s (41.4k)
Write	228.79 MB/s (57.1k)	2.66 GB/s (41.6k)
Total	456.99 MB/s (114.2k)	5.31 GB/s (83.0k)

Block Size	512kb (IOPS)	1mb (IOPS)
------	----- ----	--- ----
Read	3.48 GB/s (6.8k)	3.51 GB/s (3.4k)
Write	3.67 GB/s (7.1k)	3.74 GB/s (3.6k)
Total	7.15 GB/s (13.9k)	7.25 GB/s (7.0k)

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):

iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):

Geekbench 5 Benchmark Test:

seriesn · May 2020

Quick thoughts,
Any chance of adding a section for recent comments kinda like how wordpress has it? Makes interaction more fun.

InceptionHosting · May 2020

@seriesn said:
Quick thoughts,
Any chance of adding a section for recent comments kinda like how wordpress has it? Makes interaction more fun.

Yeah I started working/researching that last night, if I can’t figure it out I will tap out and ask @Solaire for help

InceptionHosting · May 2020

@PHP_Backend said:
My Eyes demand dark theme.

Will be finished today (hopefully within the hour) also tagging @ChrisMiller @g4m3r who thanked you so I assume want it.

I know the comments are not matching up just yet but it will be done.

tgl · May 2020

looks very good, thank you

InceptionHosting · May 2020

Now the comments section will reflect your theme choice form here.

vyas · May 2020

@AnthonySmith said:
Now the comments section will reflect your theme choice form here.

Super! This is so much easier on the eyes. Thanks

PHP_Backend · May 2020

@AnthonySmith , Can't thank you more.
Just a minor opinion: Can commenter's name be bit more brighter/whiter?