[tlug] Linux Web hosting recommendations

[Charles Muller <acmuller@example.com>]

I am beginning to get fed up with the web host I am using to run my 
web dictionaries (InMotion), an outfit that is apparently utterly 
incapable of stopping itself from overwriting all of our basic 
configuration files every time they do a security upgrade for their 
cPanel setup (even though we have disconnected from cPanel!).

I am looking for a Linux-based VPS that allows about 40 GB 
(preferably something in the Debian/Ubuntu family). Location can be 
here in Japan, as well as in North America or Europe, hopefully in 
the range of less than $50 a month.

Most importantly, what we ideally want is a provider that offers a 
barebones Linux install as an option. We want to be able to install 
our own Apache, Perl, rsync, ssl and BDB, never hit these issues 
with cpanel or any similar junk and get to run only what we want, 
how we want.

Regards,

Chuck
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A. Charles Muller

University of Tokyo
Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Faculty of Letters
Center for Evolving Humanities
7-3-1 Hongō, Bunkyō-ku
Tokyo 113-8654, Japan

Office: 03-5841-3735

Web Site: Resources for East Asian Language and Thought
http://www.acmuller.net

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