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I need to hire a linux dev server so that I have a consistent setup although I might need to use multiple machines for my personal project - I know there is plenty cloud solution like Digital Ocean but I am concern about whether their spec is being too low - it should really faster than my Macbook. is there any affordable but efficient solution out there? thanks

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Turing_Machine
I assume you've looked at Amazon EC2? They offer VMs at a wide variety of price/performance points.

There are cheaper options, but they all involve a lot more work, IMO (especially if you may need to deploy and remove servers regularly, as it sounds like you might).

Edit: they have a free tier, which may be enough to get you started.

pixiez
ideally I want to keep it running forever - so it need to be cheap enough
steve_taylor
Don't overlook DigitalOcean too soon. They charge by the hour, so you can snapshot and destroy your server when you're not using it.
pixiez
this is a good point, although does not provide large hard drive with cheaper price - I might need to mix it with other solution.
selckin
The "cloud" ones are very expensive, some cheaper alternatives are like hetzner.de ovh.com online.net soyoustart.com but they may not come with the same level of support/uptime.