What would you recommend for an programming aprentice?
Dedicated server (DS) or shared hosting(SH)?
A DS is more expensive, but i could learn much more in Ops. Shared hosting is cheaper (and i already have a virtual one with access to root, but no sudo)...
- Greetings from switzerland.
PS i only choose swiss hoster ;)

Why not roll your own?

What are you trying to do? :)

@RustyCookie because dont want to touch my (working) network at home to configure an open port.
IaaS is (in my opinion) good for companies, but i want to learn some Basic stuff.

Mainly for php, java and nodejs applications. Just to play around...

@d4rkmindz and i dont have the hardware for that...

I say get one of those unmanaged vps, you can find some cheap ones with good specs.

You have root access, and can do whatever you want with it.

But, it's bare. You have a minimal control panel (reboot, wipe and reinstall the os), the rest is left to you.

But, it's great for learning. You screw something up, wipe, reinstall, and in 5 min you're ready to try again.

You dont have access to sudo, but you have root access??

What

Also, get an Raspberry PI.