BTW, you can find another provider of some services like mail or VPN.
Try out this list:
A/I :: Links and friends
http://www.autistici.org/en/links.html

As for free hosting, the byethost.org is quit fine, try it out (and let us know your experiences :))

MOR23: Hello, the "problem" with Tor is, that some losers block it :-(
And there is the point here why use an alternative VPN.
I know Whonix, as well as TAILS which is, imho, easier to use. Whonix could be a bit hard to use, esp. for newbies ;-)

And for the people who read this and are interested in Austici's free VPN, you can get it here: https://vpn.autistici.org/

HASHEM: I don't like to use someone else's VPN service anyway. I don't know who are the people behind it and for security / privacy i would rather use TOR on some decent OS.
Did you ever check QubesOS? Qubes + Whonix = the shiznit :)

As for Tor, it's true, bro.
As for VPN, unfortunately there are not many (af any at all) free VPNs. Just paid ones.
But the free onw from Autistici is thanks G-d good ;-)

HASHEM: To be honest i have only connected to it once, but what i like mostly about them is that their services for instance the XMPP and Mail servers can be reached through TOR.

MOR23: AFAIK, their VPN doesn't work (at all or correctly) :-(
Just one free and cool VPN I know is from autistici crew... ;-)