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Hillary Wilmoth

Akamai Linode Cloud Now Supporting Kali Linux

Jul 6, 2022
by Hillary Wilmoth
Kali Linux, an industry-standard open source security research platform, is available as a distribution on Linode and via Linode Marketplace.
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Docs Roundup: Deep Learning Frameworks, New Linux Utility Guides, and More

Feb 17, 2022
by Linode
Catch up on our latest technical docs and guides, including deep learning frameworks, new Linux utility guides, and more.
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Docs Roundup: Available Linux Distribution Updates, nftables, and More

Aug 4, 2021
by Linode
Catch up on the latest technical guides from Linode.
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CentOS 8 End-of-Life Notice And Next Steps for Linode Users

Apr 8, 2021
by Linode Support
Updates for Linode users regarding the CentOS 8 End-of-Life at the end of 2021.
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Bradley LaBoon

Release Day: Automating the Linux Distro (featuring Ubuntu 20.04)

Apr 23, 2020
by Bradley LaBoon
Today marks an eventful day in the Linux world with the release of Ubuntu 20.04, the next LTS (long-term support) version of one of the most popular distributions. As with Ubuntu 18.04 two years ago, we are expecting that this will become our most widely-deployed image, which is already available to all Linode customers.
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Introducing Fedora 24

Jun 22, 2016
by Linode Support
Today we are pleased to offer Fedora Server 24 for deployment on your Linode. The Fedora Project aims to provide the latest stable packages and approximately 13 months of support. What’s New? Fedora Server 24 installs lighter than previous versions due to the Fedora Project removing some packages they felt were unnecessary for their server […]
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Arch Linux Network Configuration Update

Jun 13, 2016
by Linode Support
We are happy to announce that we have just pushed a new Arch image, updating it to the 2016.06.01 “release”. This image disables the predictable network interface naming convention using the suggested udev mask, so the default ethernet name is returned to eth0. If you currently rely on predictable interface naming for any of your […]
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Christopher Aker

KVM Update

Mar 15, 2016
by Christopher Aker
How’s KVM going? KVM became the default hypervisor for new Linode customers six months ago, and it’s been going great. Since KVM’s introduction last summer, customers have created over 500,000 KVM Linodes with over 3 million launches. It’s been very stable, it’s been very fast. Our service has improved reliability and uptime because it’s running a simpler […]
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Fedora 22

May 28, 2015
by Linode Support
Fedora 22 was released publicly Tuesday, and is now available for deployment in the Linode Manager! Fedora 22 boasts several improvements over the previous version including: – Improved built-in Docker and Vagrant support – Python 3 as  the default implementation – Django 1.8, now available from the repositories – Ruby 2.2 and Rails 4.2 – DNF […]
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Ubuntu 12.10 – Quantal Quetzal

Nov 6, 2012
by The Linode Security Team
We’re happy to announce that Ubuntu 12.10 “Quantal Quetzal” (release notes) is available for deployment from within the Linode Manager. This release of Ubuntu is supported by Canonical until April of 2014. If you require a longer-term support, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is still available within the Linode Manager and is supported until April of 2017. […]
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Arch Linux Template Updated

Jul 18, 2012
by The Linode Security Team
We’re pleased to announce that an updated Arch Linux (Arch Linux 2012.07) distribution template is available for immediate deployment from within the Linode Manager. The new template has the most recent system updates installed, which includes the changing of ‘/lib’ to a symlink. If you would like more information about deploying a distribution from within the […]
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