[skrebbel]

I assume you also complain about the availability of microwave meals? That'll only become a problem when you can't buy raw fruits and vegetables anymore, but I didn't see that happen. Likewise, you mention more customizable VPS options in your post.

There's a market for everything. You don't understand my use case. My use case is "I want to click a button and then I want to be able to `apt-get install what-i-want` and then it should work. I don't even care whether it's Debian or Ubuntu, as long as it has apt-get because that's all I understand.

Granted, maybe I shouldn't be running VPSes at all but hey, it works, and I bet DO has many customers like me.

[ownagefool]

Part of his point is DO will ignore apt-get where kernels are involved. Sure, it'll look like you're running the latest, but unless you undertake additional steps, it'll be booting their kernel, not yours.

[skrebbel]

So? My whole point is that my Rails app will run on every kernel DO will ever care to support.

If you want to do such low-level things as upgrade kernels, then maybe DO's one-click-and-poof-you're-running is less important to you than some other features and DO isn't the best option for you.

[mrkipling]

Also, it's $5/mo. I'm sold (and have been for a year now). No complaints.

[RaleyField]

> I assume you also complain about the availability of microwave meals?

DO is well know, judging by the fact that I know of it and I don't know a lot about VPS business. The fact that you and many of their customers want easy to configure VPS doesn't preclude them from offering a more configurable option for other users where you are able to install whatever kernel you want. Use more imagination and less microwaves.