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Hello everyone. I just tried to create an account with linode and got the automated cancellation email due to fraud, which left a bad taste in my mouth about the company before I even had the chance to get started.

So I am looking for alternatives that won't break the bank, have linux options, and are fairly easy to use once you get up and running. I dont need to do anything complex, just host my small hobby projects that I'm hacking away at. I don't have anything ready now, but I thought that with new years and all that it might be a good time to snag some deals.

Do you guys know of anything that fits? Thanks!

Edit: Decided to go with Oracle's Always Free option, as at this time being a student (i.e. poor) and just wanting to mess around and learn I can't justify going with a non-free option when a free on is available. I am however stuck on the part where I need to create my instance. I'm getting the out of capacity error, which after reading up on means there aren't available resources for my selected region. I can either try again daily to see if at some point they will be available or select a different region (which as far as I can tell means closing and reopening the account which I want to avoid).

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[–] vluz@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I got cancelled too and chose Hetzner instead. Will not do business with a company that can't get their filters working decently.

[–] speq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I tried them, but got basically the same treatment as OP with Linode. They just closed my account.

[–] promitheas@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hetzner or linode closed your account?

[–] speq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, could have formulated it better. Hetzner did. I'm a happy customer of Linode. It seems they all have filters failing in different ways.

[–] promitheas@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 10 months ago

Yea i wonder why that is. It seems to be a standard

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