Cheap Linux web hosting

[Gary Thornock]

--- Ross Werner <rosswerner at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for some cheap web hosting, and wondering what
> you guys recommend. I have a cheap 1and1 account, but I want
> something in between that and a linode--basically something
> I can shell into and run programs and have a crontab and the
> like, but I don't necessarily need root or my own customizable
> OS like a linode (although it's tempting). Are there any good
> (or cheap) hosts in this category?

I get shell access and crontab on my cheap hostforweb.com
account.  I don't have root access, of course, and I don't have
access to a C compiler, but I can run Perl, shell scripts and
what have you.