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Re:How much can you get out of a $4 VPS? by fuzzy2 on Monday February 06, 2023 @05:04PM (#34685109)
> A few years of uptime at this point

If uninterrupted: some upgrade may be due. ;-)

Kernel security updates are a thing.

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I found Atoms to be unbearably slow, even with Linux. Of course it’s enough for serving websites and whatnot, but it’s baffling how much power they use just… not performing.

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Re:How much can you get out of a $4 VPS? by z3t4 on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @01:54AM (#34689607)
You get a lot for the bucks, good luck finding a VPS with those spec for less. And the power cunsumtion is the DC problem - maybe they run on solar, wind, hydro...
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Re:How much can you get out of a $4 VPS? by ThatMedicIsASpy on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @07:43AM (#34691985)
It isn't uninterrupted but since it's Ubuntu 18.04 I have to move on till April.
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