On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Thomas Bächler <thomas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am 18.03.2010 18:00, schrieb Aaron Griffin: >>> or you can try Linode which is my personnel fav provider for Unmanaged VPS >> >> Additionally, Slicehost is still good, but I think spec-wise, the >> above 3 are better > > Linode has the nice advantage that > a) it has pv-grub, so you can easily use kernel26-ARCH instead of a > kernel provided by the hoster > b) you get direct access to the Xen console, so you can watch the > machine boot and fix stuff > > Point b) is seldom possible with dedicated servers (unless you pay > extra), and also rare for a VPS. Point a) is usually not available on VPS. Slicehost has (b), but you are stuck using their custom kernel