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Linode Blog > Linux

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Linode

Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)

Oct 30, 2009
by The Linode Security Team
We're pleased to announce support for Ubuntu 9.10 server images on Linodes. As the newest release in the Ubuntu family of Linux operating systems, this version offers many new features. You may deploy Ubuntu 9.10 from the Linode Manager dashboard.
Linux
Christopher Aker

New kernels, fixed vulnerabilities

Aug 17, 2009
by Christopher Aker
We’ve released five new kernels which contain the fix for the recently announced Linux kernel local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2009-2692).  The following kernels are NOT vulnerable: 2.6.18.8-linode19 (Latest 2.6 Stable) 2.6.30.5-linode20 2.6.18.8-x86_64-linode7 (Latest 2.6 Stable – x86_64) 2.6.30.5-x86_64-linode8 2.6.23.17-linode44 (for UML) Please check the output of “uname -r” from within your Linode.  If you’re not […]
Linux
Linode

Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)

Apr 23, 2009
by The Linode Security Team
We’ve cooked up Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty templates fresh from the folks over at the Ubuntu project.  Available now from the Distribution Wizard for both i386 and x86_64.  Enjoy!
Linux
Linode

Gentoo 2008.0 x86_64 and Slackware 12.2

Apr 4, 2009
by The Linode Security Team
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!
Linux
Linode

Gentoo 2008.0

Mar 20, 2009
by The Linode Security Team
Gentoo 2008.0 is now available for installation via the distro wizard for i386. Enjoy!
Linux
Linode

Debian 5.0 (Lenny)

Feb 20, 2009
by The Linode Security Team
Debian 5.0 (codenamed “Lenny”) is now available for installation via the distro wizard for both i386 and x86_64. If you’ve got a previous version of Debian installed, you can check the Debian documentation to find out how to upgrade.
Linux
Christopher Aker

Custom kernels with pv-grub

Dec 23, 2008
by Christopher Aker
It’s now possible to boot custom kernels and even alternate operating systems under your Linode instance by the use of pv-grub — a port of the GRUB bootloader into the Xen mini-os kernel.  Essentially, your Linode boots into the pv-grub kernel, looks for your menu.lst and associated kernel files, and then executes your kernel. Although […]
Linux
Linode

Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

Apr 24, 2008
by The Linode Security Team
Ubuntu version 8.04 Hardy Heron is now available for installation via the distro wizard. Existing installs can, of course, upgrade.
Linux
Linode

Fedora Core 8

Nov 9, 2007
by The Linode Security Team
Fedora Core 8 is available for install from the distro wizard. I’m not a Fedora user so feel free to point out any deficiencies in the template
Linux
Linode

Arch Linux 2007.08

Oct 30, 2007
by The Linode Security Team
Arch Linux 2007.08 is available for install from the distro wizard. I’m not an Arch user so feel free to point out any deficiencies in the template 😉
Linux
Linode

OpenSUSE 10.3

Oct 30, 2007
by The Linode Security Team
OpenSUSE 10.3 is available for install from the distro wizard. I’m not an OpenSUSE user so feel free to point out any deficiencies in the template 😉
Linux