Hacker News Reader

Comment by amirmc | Hacker News Reader

I'd very much like to own my own space on the web. Particulary to run core things that really matter to me like device-sync, backup, basic sharing etc. I'm sure I could set something up using EC2/S3 but I don't want the hassle of maintenance (or to reinvent the wheel).

Edit: I'm kind of asking for an app-store-for-the-cloud but with a place that I own into which I 'install' the apps.

View on HN

I am using cheap VPS for that, with debian (so it even has "apps" in aptitude :))

I cannot recommend it highly enough... it's great for doing quick perl experiments and even coding from phone/tablet through power of vi and screen, it's great for hosting personal projects that almost noone will visit

what I miss the most on my cheap vps is the ability to run java virtual machine, since it has smallish memory and is on openvz (so no swapping)

What VPS are you using? Is "cheap VPS" ~$20/month?

See http://www.lowendbox.com/ for < $10/m.

Look around, you'll find them. I found a Minecraft server host that actually gives me root access to a VPS with MC preinstalled. I disabled MC and now have a VPS with which to do what I please.

I don't know if it's the best deal out there because I haven't looked in a while, but the host I'm on is http://redstonehost.com/ if you're curious.

I am in Czech Republic, so it will probably be no use to you

I pay the equivalent of 7.39 USD/month

http://www.bezobav.cz/vps-virtualni-server.html

You could check out http://owncloud.org/

Reply on news.ycombinator.com