Tag Archives: SimHost

Thu, Jul 21 2011
SimHost

SimHost

SimHost: Hosting starts at $150 a month, on OSGrid or other open grid, or as a separate world, with $99 setup fee, for up to 16 regions. Reputation for good customer service, high performance, and custom... 

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Sun, Apr 17 2011
OpenSim 102: Running your own sims

OpenSim 102: Running your own sims

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There are plenty of reasons to run OpenSim on your own computers. If you’re a content creator, you can have as many regions as you want, for free, and load them up when you need to work on them.... 

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Tue, Mar 29 2011
When do cloud-based sims make sense?

When do cloud-based sims make sense?

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With Kitely‘s bill-per-minute, cloud-based OpenSim hosting service now available, non-technically inclined folks now have a real choice in what kind of hosting they’d like to have. Here is... 

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Wed, Nov 3 2010
Survey: 84% of OpenSim users would recommend platform

Survey: 84% of OpenSim users would recommend platform

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OpenSim users overwhelmingly said that they would “absolutely” recommend the platform to others. Out of 114 people who responded to our survey this week and answered this question, 84 percent... 

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Tue, Oct 5 2010
How to choose an OpenSim hosting company

How to choose an OpenSim hosting company

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Yes, you can run OpenSim for free on your own computer -  you can even run it on a USB stick. But do you want to? Here’s a question — would you run your own Apache Web server for your website,... 

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Mon, Oct 4 2010
Advice to educators

Advice to educators

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Today, Linden Lab announced that the price of land for educators and non-profits will double in January. As a result, the price differential between Second Life land and OpenSim becomes even more significant. You... 

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Wed, Apr 28 2010
Server crash, backup failure destroys Aesthetica build

Server crash, backup failure destroys Aesthetica build

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The owner of the Aesthetica sim — a rich and detailed artistic build created over the course of several months — learned on Monday that his region was gone for good. And five months of scheduled... 

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Fri, Dec 18 2009
Top OpenSim Hosts of 2009

Top OpenSim Hosts of 2009

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The choice of OpenSim hosting companies has grown a bit but is still very limited, due to the fact that the OpenSim platform has only become stable — and grids hyperlinked — at the start of this year. If... 

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Fri, Nov 20 2009
Over 300 grids running OpenSim

Over 300 grids running OpenSim

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Over 300 grids run on the OpenSim open source virtual world platform today, a dramatic increase over the last few weeks, mostly due to the release of Crista Lopes’ Diva Distribution of OpenSim, and... 

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