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How To Use a Linux Virtual Private Server

Posted by samzenpus on from the listen-up dept.

Nerval's Lobster writes "Game developer David Bolton writes: 'For my development of Web games, I've hit a point where I need a Virtual Private Server. (For more on this see My Search for Game Hosting Begins.) I initially chose a Windows VPS because I know Windows best. A VPS is just an Internet-connected computer. "Virtual" means it may not be an actual physical computer, but a virtualized host, one of many, each running as if it were a real computer. Recently, though, I've run into a dead end, as it turns out that Couchbase doesn't support PHP on Windows. So I switched to a Linux VPS running Ubuntu server LTS 12-04. Since my main desktop PC runs Windows 7, the options to access the VPS are initially quite limited, and there's no remote desktop with a Linux server. My VPS is specified as 2 GB of ram, 2 CPUs and 80 GB of disk storage. The main problem with a VPS is that you have to self-manage it. It's maybe 90% set up for you, but you need the remaining 10%. You may have to install some software, edit a config file or two and occasionally bounce (stop then restart) daemons (Linux services), after editing their config files.'"

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  1. Wow, just wow. by VortexCortex · · Score: 5, Funny

    and there's no remote desktop with a Linux server.

    HAHAHAHAHA. Oh? You're serious? ALLOW ME TO LAUGH HARDER!

  2. Re:Am I at the right website? by Revotron · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry, the DNS lines must have gotten crossed. This is actually Yahoo! Answers.

  3. Re:30 posts by Revotron · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is akin to someone writing into Car & Driver asking,

    "HOW TO DRIVE CAR???? PLZ HELP!!"

  4. Thanks for the information by lsolano · · Score: 5, Funny

    A VPS is just an Internet-connected computer. "Virtual" means it may not be an actual physical computer, but a virtualized host, one of many, each running as if it were a real computer.

    I did not know that and I bet, almost no one here on /. either.

  5. Re:Apt-get install clue by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I have to disagree with this. GUIs are not the end-all-be-all of computing by any means, but they have their uses. I would be loathe to edit graphics using a CLI, for example, other than the most routine rotation, scaling, etc.

  6. My Solution by NEDHead · · Score: 4, Funny

    When faced with Virtual Management issues, I hire a Virtual Manager! They never show up for work, but they never complain either.