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BlogLinuxGentoo 2008.0 x86_64 and Slackware 12.2

Gentoo 2008.0 x86_64 and Slackware 12.2

Linode The Linode Security Team April 4, 2009

Tonight we release two new images for the distro wizard:

Gentoo 2008.0 x86_64
This is the same build as the x86 image, but for 64-bit

Slackware 12.2
Basically the same as the 12.0 build with updated packages

Enjoy them!

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Comments (4)

  1. David Steele

    When will we expect to have CentOS 5.3 available for install through the “distro” manager?

    Reply
  2. Installing Gentoo 2008.0 amd64 on a Linode VPS | Brandon's Blog

    […] a fresh Gentoo 2008.0 amd64 image on my new Linode! Update: On April 4 2009, Linode released a Gentoo 2008.0 x86_64 image, which somewhat obsoletes this post. I haven’t tried it, but if your looking to try […]

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  3. peter

    nice! i’ll use this for my slack 12.2 installs

    Reply
  4. Jay

    Awesome, looking forward to seeing BSD in action as well.

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