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Setup your private VPN in less than 5 minutes with Wireguard

Setup your private VPN in less than 5 minutes with Wireguard

Setup your private VPN in less than 5 minutes with Wireguard

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Zenbleed: How to quickly and easily fix AMD CPU 0-day Exploit

[UPDATE 7/26/2023]: Debian (sid) has added amd64-microcode update. This would be a slightly better fix than using the chicken bit in the below methods as it has a little less of a performance hit. To install it, make sure you have the security repo added and then run

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Unraveling the Power of a GPU Dedicated Server

In the world of advanced computing, the term "dedicated GPU server" is becoming increasingly popular. But what exactly is a dedicated GPU server? To understand this, we first need to break down its components. A Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) is a powerful processor designed specifically for rendering high-quality graphics efficiently.

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Understanding NVMe VPS Hosting: A New Era in VPS Hosting

What is NVMe VPS Hosting? In the ever-evolving world of technology, speed and efficiency are paramount. As businesses and individuals alike seek faster, more reliable solutions for their hosting needs, a new player has emerged on the scene - NVMe VPS hosting. This blog post aims to shed light on

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Big Storage VPS at the Most Affordable Rates: A Comparison

Introduction In the digital age where data is everything, finding reliable and affordable big storage solutions can be challenging. Are you a business seeking a high-performing, cost-effective solution that offers abundant storage space without compromising speed? Our Virtual Private Server (VPS) solution is here to elevate your data storage needs

Vanilla Forums Self-Hosted: An Introduction and Review

Vanilla Forums Self-Hosted: An Introduction and Review

For many businesses, online forums have become a crucial part of their customer engagement strategy. They provide a space for customers to interact with each other, ask questions, and share their experiences. Vanilla Forums is among the most popular forum software, with a self-hosted option that gives businesses full control

Self-Hosting Your Email: An Introduction to Mail-in-a-Box

Self-Hosting Your Email: An Introduction to Mail-in-a-Box

What is Mail-in-a-box? Mail-in-a-Box is open-source software that makes it easy to set up and manage your own email server. It offers a simple, step-by-step setup process that automates much of the underlying server configuration and management, allowing users with limited technical skills to run their own secure and private

Getting an A+ score at Mozilla Observatory

Getting an A+ score at Mozilla Observatory

What is Mozilla Observatory? The Mozilla Foundation's Mozilla Observatory is a free online tool for assessing a website's security and privacy settings. Its goal is to make finding security and privacy problems on websites easier. The Observatory is an automatic tool that performs scans of websites and generates a report

Why Self-Hosting is the Future of the Internet: An Overview of Free and Open-Source Options

Why Self-Hosting is the Future of the Internet: An Overview of Free and Open-Source Options

Self-hosting is becoming a more popular choice among individuals and businesses that want to have control over their online presence and protect their data from surveillance and censorship. You are the one in charge of your data when you host your website, email, and other services. You don't have to

[TUTORIAL] How to install Nextcloud on Ubuntu 22.04

[TUTORIAL] How to install Nextcloud on Ubuntu 22.04

Warning! Make sure to change the domain name crunchbits.net to your own domain! This step-by-step guide is for a full manual installation on Ubuntu 22.04 (and will be similar for other Ubuntu/Debian installations) as root user. This is for a vanilla setup by downloading Nextcloud directly from

Why You Should Be Self-Hosting Your Own Cloud Storage with Nextcloud

Why You Should Be Self-Hosting Your Own Cloud Storage with Nextcloud

What is Nextcloud? When it comes to cloud storage and collaboration, there are many options to choose from. While proprietary cloud services like Google Cloud and Microsoft OneDrive are popular choices, many users are turning to Nextcloud as a more secure and customizable alternative. Nextcloud is an open-source, self-hosted file

Why Rent Servers in Spokane and Coeur d'Alene?

Why Rent Servers in Spokane and Coeur d'Alene?

Renting servers or VPSes in a secondary market like Spokane, WA or Coeur d'Alene, ID can offer a number of benefits for businesses and individuals. These areas would traditionally be considered "secondary markets" when referring to internet hubs or data center markets. As the domestic (and international) fiber networks continue

NVMe vs SSD: Does it matter for your VPS?

NVMe vs SSD: Does it matter for your VPS?

When looking for a virtual private server (VPS), you’ll likely come across two main types: NVMe VPS and SSD VPS. While both offer great performance and reliability (especially compared to HDDs), they have their own unique advantages and disadvantages. Here, we’ll compare NVMe VPS and SSD VPS, and

VDS vs Bare Metal Dedicated Servers: What's the difference?

VDS vs Bare Metal Dedicated Servers: What's the difference?

A virtual dedicated server and a regular dedicated server are different in several ways, each offering its own pros and cons. With a virtual dedicated server, or VDS, you get your own operating system running on a physical host computer (hypervisor) that can be administered remotely and efficiently. It's similar

Welcome to the (new) Crunchbits blog

Welcome to the (new) Crunchbits blog

After finally getting through a large hardware upgrade, data center location expansion (well, 1 of 2 completed), and a billing system migration we've finally found the time to start the blog again. Unfortunately, a lot of the content from the old blog is either no longer applicable or is a