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Christopher Aker

New Linode Manager released

May 15, 2008
by Christopher Aker
We’ve released a new version of the Linode Manager with many goodies.  Besides a reorganization of the code (which makes us devs happy), the locations of many pre-existing features have been reorganized as well. But, the real news is this has enabled us to implement some cool features… Single Sign On Multiple Linodes can now […]
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Christopher Aker

Linode 2880 now available

May 13, 2008
by Christopher Aker
We’ve had a few requests for larger Linodes.   So, a new plan has just been created — the Linode 2880.  Enjoy!
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Christopher Aker

James Barrett joins Linode

May 13, 2008
by Christopher Aker
James Barrett (aka jadoba), of PLUG fame, has joined the Linode team effective today.  Jim maintains the Debiosk, which is a system for quickly building Debian based kiosks.  Welcome aboard Jim!
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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.
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Christopher Aker

Linodes in Xen

Mar 28, 2008
by Christopher Aker
It’s official — Xen is now live at Linode. It’s been a long road, almost four years in fact, but, with the help of our community, the most recent beta program has finally proven Xen to be ready for action. What does Xen mean for you? Xen has less overhead compared to UML. Xen Linodes […]
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Christopher Aker

Linode is hiring!

Mar 19, 2008
by Christopher Aker
Linode, LLC is seeking software developers in the Atlantic County, NJ area. The ideal candidate would have experience with several of the following items, and a passion to learn the rest: ColdFusion, Perl, PHP, Ruby (on rails), XHTML, CSS Object Oriented Design MVC frameworks Relational Database Design and SQL System Administration User Mode Linux, Xen, […]
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Linode now accepts Discover Card

Mar 19, 2008
by Tom Asaro
Linode is now accepting Discover card for payment, in addition to Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. There have been a few requests for this, so while we were tweaking our merchant account we made sure to add it. Now you can start accumulating your cashback bonus points while paying for your Linode subscription. Also, charges […]
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Private Back-End Network Support

Mar 14, 2008
by The Linode Security Team
We’ve created a private Local Area Network (LAN), in each datacenter, upon which Linodes can join, without having to worry about the transfer counting against their monthly network quota. This feature allows for some interesting possibilities. For instance, creating sets of front-end webserver Linodes and back-end database server Linodes which communicate over this private network. […]
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Alert Notifications

Jan 29, 2008
by The Linode Security Team
Alert Notifications You can now get notified via email when your Linode crosses a specific threshold, for several statistics. Alerts are checked once per hour. Currently, the available parameters are: CPU usage (two hour average) Disk IO-ops/sec (two hour average) Network traffic rate in (two hour average) Network traffic rate out (two hour average) Monthly […]
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Christopher Aker

20% Additional RAM

Dec 23, 2007
by Christopher Aker
Tis the season and all, and since it feels good to give I just couldn’t resist. We’ve increased the RAM on all plans by 20%, for new and existing customers! Linode 300 becomes [b]Linode 360[/b] Linode 450 becomes [b]Linode 540[/b] Linode 600 becomes [b]Linode 720[/b] Linode 900 becomes [b]Linode 1080[/b] Linode 1200 becomes [b]Linode 1440[/b] […]
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Lots of Great Stuff

Dec 6, 2007
by The Linode Security Team
I’ve been busy lately and have got some great new stuff for you: [b]Ajax Job Queue Updates[/b] – If you’ve got JavaScript enabled, your browser will check for changes in job progress more frequently, updating the job queue when there are changes. When a job finishes, the other elements on the page are updated as […]
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