marioxcc0 wrote: > I'm looking for a VPS provider which is compatible with the free > software philosophy. If you know of a VPS provider which actively > supports the FS philosophy (like ThinkPenguin does) or a provider > which at least offers VPS packages for which I wouldn't be founding > proprietary software please let me know.
I use Cinfu which accepts Bitcoin and uses "Linux" (GNU/Linux). There are many others as well. The kernel that they use is a Linux kernel which presumably runs non-free firmware, and some (most?) of the images are set to use the non-free repositories by default. I'm not familiar with many that specifically support the GNU Project ideals, but I haven't done a lot of searching on the subject either. One possible provider is Ninthfloor.org. They provide shell accounts, email and web hosting, but not a full VPS. They are also funded by donations. Keep in mind that, no matter what the ideals of the provider are, you can't really rely on a provider to protect your freedom anyway, because the software is not running on your own computer. Saying that, I think avoiding paying a company that funds proprietary software (e.g. Windows) is a good idea. Hope that helps. Andrew
