specialized Linux hosting question

[Rich Lafferty]

Zbigniew Koziol wrote:
> You can do there whatever you want. Except of... certain things. Like
> for instance expect technical support from them.  They care that
> hardware is running but not for what you mess up with installation or
> configuration. But there is however open forum for discussions there
> where one can get support from users. 

 From what I've seen on the official IRC support channel, #linode on 
irc.freenode.net, the entire staff (and a bunch of happy customers) 
offer some impressive handholding. I can only imagine the same holds 
true for actual support tickets.

I won't *guarantee* they'll help you, and you do need to be able to get 
around with root on a Linux box, but I would say that they encourage you 
to learn system administration while you get your Linode going.

Basically, it's a tiny company where all the staff, including the owner, 
are ridiculously accessible, and they want you to be able to do the 
things you need to do on your server. But you still start out with a 
brand-new install of your distribution of choice.

> You can not also send spam using the domain name registered there. And 
 > can not host pornography or that sort of stuff.

You're right about spam, but there's no restriction on the type of 
content you serve. If you want to put a (legal) porn site on a Linode, 
that's fine. The full terms of service are available here:

   http://www.linode.com/tos.cfm

(Not that this matters directly in this case, but I wouldn't want people 
to think that Linode has some sort of speech restrictions outside of 
illegal or network-abusive behavior, because they don't have those 
restrictions.)

   -Rich

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