Home linux to hosted linux -the decision

For some time now I'm hosting my own personal home Linux server ,how surprisingly,at home .
Using a ADSL of 2.5 MB/256 KB line.

For the last 10 years it served me well ,mainly for the reason it was almost only a personal unlimited space mail server (well disk space limited.just a quick reminder :Before Gmail 1 giga space ,mail used to have a very low quota)

It all started when my picasa space run out , and i thought "ooh ,I'm having a web server with only disk space limitation why should i pay picasa for a few extra gigs ?" So I've renewed my word press installation on my home Linux ,had a couple of plug ins for the gallery and there i had my own picasa.

It could have been great if my upload link could have support this amount of media .
So i set down and did some calculations :
ADSL + fix IP cost me about 33 us $ ( about 130 ILS , 20 GBP ).
VPS that could hold a small home Linux server is 10-15 US $ .
Since my work is paying for my home internet ( My ADSL line was extra for the server ,but even if i had payed for the ADSL without fix IP and this upload i could cut down my fees by half )

So for the same price or less i could have a small VPS near the backbone .
After some reasearch i decided that it is time to go on a new advanture

My very own personal VPS




I will try to add one of my favorite pictures ( One of my hobbies is photography ) at every post. This picture is of an Oak tree fruit closeup

Why did i choose to write this blog in English

Well ....
I best express my self in Hebrew .
I was born and raised in Israel.
I live in Israel . It is my language (It is not my mother tongue in a manner of speaking ,which is Portuguese :-) ) . I prefer using Hebrew

Despite it , i will try to handle this blog in English for the following reasons :

• I believe that using Linux is universal and no politics ( of any kind) should stop people from sharing knowledge
• In the internet it is best to share knowledge by using the English language
  
• I hate to stumble upon the exact problem that i encounter and can't read the solution which is published in a language which i don't understand
  
• Having that said , i love helping others solving their Linux problems and will try to that in any language which we can communicate ( For me it's Hebrew ,English , Portugase ,spanish , a bit of French ,Java and C# ) please feel free to mail me .