My first Linode shared CPU server was last year. I kept it for about 6 months before I created a local Linux server on a Raspberry Pi. It was a little $5 a month single CPU, 1GB ram, 25GB SSD storage Nanode... a portmanteau of 'Nano' and 'Linode as Linode puts it. It was quite convenient to play with from anywhere. Not that it's important for my experimental needs, but 40GB/1GB network speed and 1TB of monthly transfer is pretty damn good. And I suppose that the server being in Newark, NJ, only 85 miles up the turnpike makes it more reliable? Doubtful it matters much. I re-upped again today with Linode and pulled another Nanode up for the same low low price of $5 a month. And I did so because I think it's getting risky to port forward a home server and expose it to the Internet...and I need to have one available from outside of my home domain for the things I like to do. Why is it getting risky? Its because of old home routers, home routers that haven't been ...