[sudo-discuss] recommendations for vps for beginning hacker/coder

[Jake]

thanks juul!  do you know of any with web-based consoles?  his computer is
totally locked down and can't even run terminal.

On Wed, 14 Dec 2016, Marc Juul wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>
>> my friend Christopher is trying to learn linux and coding of various
>> kinds, but
>> he doesn't have a computer that he can install software onto, so i'm
>> recommending that he get a VPS somewhere, install linux on it, and play
>> with
>> web stuff and use it as his computer until he can get his own hardware
>> back.
>>
>> is linode a good choice?  i'm not sure if he has funds to pay subscription
>> fees
>> or whether he would need to find a free one, or maybe he can get started
>> with a
>> digitalocean free giftcard if someone has one.
>>
>
> Tell him to keep an eye on https://lowendbox.com/ for deals.
>
> There was recently a $1.25 per month VPS but it's all sold out now. I've
> seen $10 per year before as well.
>
>
> -- 
> marc/juul
>