Ubuntu Questions

[Ben M]

Hi All,

Can anyone recommend a VPS provider in NZ that supplies Ubuntu Server
hosts? My current provider does Debian NOT Ubuntu.

I would like to use MS Project on my Netbook so either I reformat this
system to Dual Boot Win/Ubuntu again or I install a Virtualisation
package. Anyone recommend a good Ubuntu-friendly package that can
provide a WinXP or 7 host?

TIA, Ben.

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[Robin Paulson]

Post by Ben M
Can anyone recommend a VPS provider in NZ that supplies Ubuntu Server
hosts? My current provider does Debian NOT Ubuntu.

sitehost.co.nz offers a choice of os - debian, ubuntu and some others
(perhaps centos?)

their support is pretty good, all queries i've made have been answered
within a few hours, usually in less than one.

they offer $30 a month for the basic vps, which i've been using for 12
months+. their service is good in my opinin, and only has the occasional
downtime - say an hour or two every 6 months.

for $30, you get 5GB disk, unlimited NZ internet, 10GB international
internet, 384MB RAM and an unknown slice of a cpu

Post by Ben M
I would like to use MS Project on my Netbook so either I reformat
this system to Dual Boot Win/Ubuntu again or I install a
Virtualisation package. Anyone recommend a good Ubuntu-friendly
package that can provide a WinXP or 7 host?

kvm/kvm-qemu + libvirt - i used this for a uni project that required
nvivo and ms sql server. it was very good, quite stable and easy to
setup/control

no faffing around with special kernels or complicated driver setup - it
worked straight out of the (natty) repositories

[Glenn Enright]

HI there

You could also check out http://rimuhosting.com (disclaimer /me works there).

Regards, Glenn

Post by Robin Paulson

Post by Ben M
Can anyone recommend a VPS provider in NZ that supplies Ubuntu Server
hosts? My current provider does Debian NOT Ubuntu.

sitehost.co.nz offers a choice of os - debian, ubuntu and some others
(perhaps centos?)
their support is pretty good, all queries i've made have been answered
within a few hours, usually in less than one.
they offer $30 a month for the basic vps, which i've been using for 12
months+. their service is good in my opinin, and only has the occasional
downtime - say an hour or two every 6 months.
for $30, you get 5GB disk, unlimited NZ internet, 10GB international
internet, 384MB RAM and an unknown slice of a cpu

Post by Ben M
I would like to use MS Project on my Netbook so either I reformat
this system to Dual Boot Win/Ubuntu again or I install a
Virtualisation package. Anyone recommend a good Ubuntu-friendly
package that can provide a WinXP or 7 host?

kvm/kvm-qemu + libvirt - i used this for a uni project that required nvivo
and ms sql server. it was very good, quite stable and easy to setup/control
no faffing around with special kernels or complicated driver setup - it
worked straight out of the (natty) repositories
--
robin
http://bumblepuppy.org/blog/?p=237 - government bill to remove basic human
rights in NZ
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[Peter Butler]

A second recommendation for Rimuhosting, I've hosted a couple of VPSes
with them and they're excellent. Quick turnaround on support issues and
very knowledgable staff.

For virtualisation - http://www.virtualbox.org/ It works well with WinXP
and Win7 on Ubuntu or the other way around.

Cheers

Peter

Post by Glenn Enright
HI there
You could also check out http://rimuhosting.com (disclaimer /me works there).
Regards, Glenn

Post by Robin Paulson

Post by Ben M
Can anyone recommend a VPS provider in NZ that supplies Ubuntu Server
hosts? My current provider does Debian NOT Ubuntu.

sitehost.co.nz offers a choice of os - debian, ubuntu and some others
(perhaps centos?)
their support is pretty good, all queries i've made have been answered
within a few hours, usually in less than one.
they offer $30 a month for the basic vps, which i've been using for 12
months+. their service is good in my opinin, and only has the occasional
downtime - say an hour or two every 6 months.
for $30, you get 5GB disk, unlimited NZ internet, 10GB international
internet, 384MB RAM and an unknown slice of a cpu

Post by Ben M
I would like to use MS Project on my Netbook so either I reformat
this system to Dual Boot Win/Ubuntu again or I install a
Virtualisation package. Anyone recommend a good Ubuntu-friendly
package that can provide a WinXP or 7 host?

kvm/kvm-qemu + libvirt - i used this for a uni project that required nvivo
and ms sql server. it was very good, quite stable and easy to setup/control
no faffing around with special kernels or complicated driver setup - it
worked straight out of the (natty) repositories
--
robin
http://bumblepuppy.org/blog/?p=237 - government bill to remove basic human
rights in NZ
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[Brett Davidson]

Post by Robin Paulson

Post by Ben M
Can anyone recommend a VPS provider in NZ that supplies Ubuntu Server
hosts? My current provider does Debian NOT Ubuntu.

sitehost.co.nz offers a choice of os - debian, ubuntu and some others
(perhaps centos?)

You could also try net24.co.nz

<disclaimer : I work there>

Cheers,
Brett.


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[Hadley Rich]

Post by Robin Paulson
sitehost.co.nz offers a choice of os - debian, ubuntu and some others
(perhaps centos?)

We use SiteHost (not VPS) and can vouch for their service as being top
notch.

hads

[Tim McNamara]

Post by Ben M
Hi All,
Can anyone recommend a VPS provider in NZ that supplies Ubuntu Server
hosts? My current provider does Debian NOT Ubuntu.

Do any NZ providers allow scripted provisioning of servers? One thing that I
quite like about EC2 is that I can use Fabric[0] to provision a new machine
when I want to roll out a new version. "Upgrading" the application then
means changing DNS records, so no down time.


[0] http://docs.fabfile.org/en/1.2.0/index.html
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[Robin Sheat]

Post by Tim McNamara
Do any NZ providers allow scripted provisioning of servers? One thing that
I quite like about EC2 is that I can use Fabric[0] to provision a new
machine when I want to roll out a new version. "Upgrading" the application
then means changing DNS records, so no down time.

I'm not sure about the scriptability, but Where's My Server do that kind of
thing I think.

Robin.

[Steve Holdoway]

Post by Ben M
Hi All,
Can anyone recommend a VPS provider in NZ that supplies Ubuntu Server
hosts? My current provider does Debian NOT Ubuntu.
I would like to use MS Project on my Netbook so either I reformat this
system to Dual Boot Win/Ubuntu again or I install a Virtualisation
package. Anyone recommend a good Ubuntu-friendly package that can
provide a WinXP or 7 host?
TIA, Ben.

Well, my first reaction to that is they're a sensible provider... in a
server environment, it's my seeling that Ubuntu has somewhat lost the
plot, and debian squeeze is newer than LTS anyway.

However, Brett has beaten me with his Net24 suggestion ( I don't work
there, but do seem to be looking after quite some number of VPSes at
their premises ). Prices still pretty keen too...

For virtualization on your netbook ( really a netbook? may not be
powerful enoughto run it? ), then the best desktop product is probably
virtualbox. Get a copy before it gets too Ellisoned...

Steve

[Nevyn]

Post by Steve Holdoway
For virtualization on your netbook ( really a netbook? may not be
powerful enoughto run it? ), then the best desktop product is probably

It always surprises me when people seem to dismiss a netbook. I played
half life almost all of the way through using Virtual Box on a
netbook. They're surprisingly powerful machines (with Linux)
considering that their emphasis seems to be cloud based services.

Regards,
Nevyn
http://nevsramblings.blogspot.com/

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[Ben M]

Hi Nevyn,

Hope all is well with you and yours. My Netbook salutes you and thanks
you for your support, with it's 94% of 1.66ghz and 80% of 2gb available
while running Conky, Gnome, FF (5 tabs), Thunderbird, Document Viewer
and Rythymbox!

Post by Nevyn
It always surprises me when people seem to dismiss a netbook. I played
half life almost all of the way through using Virtual Box on a
netbook. They're surprisingly powerful machines (with Linux)
considering that their emphasis seems to be cloud based services.
Regards,
Nevyn
http://nevsramblings.blogspot.com/

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[Stephen]

On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:28:12 +1200

Post by Nevyn

Post by Steve Holdoway
For virtualization on your netbook ( really a netbook? may not be
powerful enoughto run it? ), then the best desktop product is probably

It always surprises me when people seem to dismiss a netbook. I played
half life almost all of the way through using Virtual Box on a
netbook. They're surprisingly powerful machines (with Linux)

To second this: I recently bought an HP Mini with a dual core Intel
processor, and I put 2 GB of RAM in it, and as far as I'm concerned it
goes like stink. When I want a big screen, I plug it into a large
monitor, and otherwise it's just a tiny portable zippy workstation. It
certainly has the processing grunt to run a VM at an acceptable speed
while the host OS has a mail client and a browser going.

I'm running Linux Mint with Xmonad. It's a beautiful combination at
this point, the nice parts of Ubuntu's Gnome with a tiling window
manager. I haven't even logged out of this session in about a month.
That's how happy I am with this current setup.

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