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Need a lowendbox for a trial period.
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It was a joke kinda
I'm aware of that. Did it appear I was being serious?
Don't forgot to throw a few $ to @rds100 on the way out for my coffee machine. I've already got one of those Dolce Gusto machines so I'd like a Keurig if possible, ta.
You are investing in your own education and knowledge.
Many lessons come free. That includes the ones you are learning in this thread.
Others cost money: Paying 2-3 euro for an IPv6 VPS gets you the knowledge that comes from your planned tests. If you find out that you cannot use the VPS, then that is valuable knowledge too. It seems like a very reasonable cost to figure out what you want to know.
If the knowledge is not worth the 2-3 euro to you, then don't spend it and live with not knowing.
By now, it should be clear that your request is impertinent.
Someone who's demanding a free vps to test some IRC daemon, and don't want to spend 3$ for this, probably is not someone who doesn't have the money to do it, but someone that do not want to reveal his real id by providing payment details.
So, requests like OP's, smell fishy to me...
Well, you are a death hawk holding a shotgun...
Seriously, you could pick 3 euro up of the street if you went in your town centre for an hour.
You could get more than that in my city (Madrid) but there are countries where 3€ aren't exactly spare change.
I believe the correct way of saying it is "much wow" if it's a doge reference :P
When I buy my cheeseburgers man, that's an investment. And if I don't like the cheeseburger I may even chargeback.
lel. But didn't have to bring back the thread. :<
I believe you invest for your knowledge to confirm it's usable or useless. Why would you get the providers to pay for your knowledge?
Ah, sorry if you got the wrong idea. You are right, but I wouldn't mind paying, but I thought I wasn't asking much especially since I mentioned "trial". I mean companies do that all the time, right?
Also, I try to save every penny I can, 'cause I'm still a 3rd year student, that too for Bachelor's degree.
It's all about how you use it. I got a BudgetVZ 1024 VPS for 10 Euros per year, and its been an excellent and reliable learning tool. I've learned so much about Linux in general, shell scripting, and network configuration. Sure it's a waste if you just let it sit, so use it and make the investment work for you, even if it's "just" for education.
No, companies don;t do it all the time. Some companies run promos for new products or increase sales, when there is a profit margin.
LES is not profitable, nor the companies who run it are willing to gain profits from it. It is more something like a give-back to the community, so, you are asking much. I do not believe that "a 3rd year student who's saving... every penny for his bachelor" cannot afford to give 3$ for a whole year to gain access to a box for learning stuff.
And why a company give you a trial of a box that costs 3$ per year? To... earn a 3$ client if he gets satisfied with the product?
Your whole post is pathetic...
I believe that when i see certified numbers. Until then what Anthony, Oliver etc. tell is simply BS.
If you are a student, you should apply for the GitHub student pack. It gives you enough credits for hosting on Digital Ocean. As others have indicated, you can also get trials on Amazon EC2 and Vultr.
You can always disable your IPv4 address, if you want to test out something on pure IPv6.
If only you could wrap your brain around "I wouldn't mind paying" part.
Ah yes, cheeseburger chargeback. I think I stepped in it.
Do it in the university lab then.
That's $4 worth of abuse for being cheap. Guess the obvious option is just to part with some cash, now.
https://kloud51.com
The free trial 256mb.
Also need one, if anyone provide trial for 12 month, please let me know.
There's a bunch of providers who don't care about the customer's identity, so that's not likely to be the issue.
I guess it's perhaps less about what the providers care about, more like money leaves a trail that can lead to revealing the identity
^^ This
I actually agree with this. The initial passive aggression feels quite unnecessary, regardless of the amount of money involved.
I'd be happy to have the OP have a go at a LES VPS given that I know he won't abuse it under my name.
No, not necessarily. These same providers typically accept any of Bitcoin, UKash, PaySafeCard, or cash-in-mail. All of which can be nicely anonymous with a bit of effort.
That's kind of you @mpkossen, but I ended up buying a VPS from VDS6 for 2$, I have just been ignoring the thread actually.
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