From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 6 23:18:49 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 107901065765 for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2010 23:18:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gautham@lisphacker.org) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C90858FC0A for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2010 23:18:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 5so43118qwi.7 for ; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:18:46 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.229.192.201 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Apr 2010 16:18:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <7BB44832-271A-457B-A088-93D3F7C3370B@shockergroup.com> <20100406133139.GA74437@orion.hsd1.pa.comcast.net> Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 04:48:45 +0530 Received: by 10.229.224.149 with SMTP id io21mr3040928qcb.64.1270595925908; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 16:18:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: From: Gautham Ganapathy To: Tom Ierna Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: RootBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 23:18:49 -0000 On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Tom Ierna wrote: > > On Apr 6, 2010, at 9:31 AM, Glen Barber wrote: > >> Hi Tom, >> >> Tom Ierna wrote: >>> Anyone have any experience with RootBSD.net? >>> >> >> I've been using RootBSD for a few months now, and would give you nothing >> but positive feedback - however, your question isn't exactly specific. >> >> Is there anything in particular you need to know? > > > I was non-specific on purpose; I'm looking for any stories. > > Also, if anyone has any other FreeBSD-friendly VPS companies they can recommend, that would be great. > > I've looked on this page: > http://www.freebsd.org/commercial/isp.html > > Linux VPS vendors are a dime-a-dozen and I'm using a great one (Linode) for several servers that I don't need on FreeBSD. > > Basically, I'm looking for a FreeBSD VPS vendor that's as highly regarded as Linode. > > Thanks for your thoughts. > You could also take a look at jvds.com. It's based on freebsd jail though, not xen, so there is a slight loss in flexibility -- Gautham Ganapathy