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Christopher Aker

Arch Linux 0.7.1

Apr 27, 2006
by Christopher Aker
Arch Linux 0.7.1 is now available through your local distribution wizard. [img]http://www.archlinux.org/logos/sml-archstar.jpg[/img] http://www.archlinux.org/ Enjoy, -Chris
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Christopher Aker

Finnix 87.0

Mar 31, 2006
by Christopher Aker
Ryan Finnie has updated Finnix to version 87.0. I’ve updated all the hosts’ [url=https://www.linode.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1971]Finnix Recovery Distributions[/url] to this latest version. [b]How to utilize Finnix in our environment[/b] 1) Create an empty Configuration Profile (Configurations sub-tab, click “Create a new Configuration Profile”) 2) Select “Recovery – Finnix (kernel)” for the kernel 3) Select “Recovery – Finnix […]
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Christopher Aker

Ubuntu 5.10 now available

Mar 5, 2006
by Christopher Aker
Ubuntu 5.10 now available through the Distro Wizard. [url=http://www.ubuntulinux.org/][img]https://www.linode.com/images/logos/ubuntu_logo.png[/img][/url] [code]adduser alsa-base apt apt-utils aptitude base-config base-files base-passwd bash bind9-host bsdmainutils bsdutils bzip2 console-common console-data console-tools coreutils cpio cramfsprogs cron dash debconf debconf-i18n debianutils dhcp3-client dhcp3-common diff discover1 discover1-data dmsetup dnsutils dosfstools dpkg dselect e2fslibs e2fsprogs ed eject evms evms-ncurses fdutils file findutils ftp gcc-3.3-base gcc-4.0-base […]
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Christopher Aker

Finnix LiveCD Recovery Distribution Support

Nov 23, 2005
by Christopher Aker
I’ve added support to the LPM that allows you to utilize Finnix as a recovery/rescue/bootstrap distribution. It occupies none of your disk space, autoconfigures your network interface and swap files, and contains enough admin utilities to get just about anything done. To quote the Finnix website: Finnix is a self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution (“LiveCD”) […]
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Linode

Network Traffic Graphs

Oct 23, 2005
by The Linode Security Team
Network traffic graphs are now availible from the Member’s site. Two graphs are displayed, one covering the last 24 hours and another covering the last 30 days. In the near future we will add the ability to view graphs for prior months. Longer term, we hope to add graphs for additional datapoints to help users […]
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Christopher Aker

25% Additional RAM now Standard on all Packages

Sep 28, 2005
by Christopher Aker
[b]25% Additional RAM now Standard on all Packages[/b] I’ve just completed the upgrade of all existing, and new plans to include an additional 25% more RAM. Linode 64 becomes [b]Linode 80[/b] Linode 96 becomes [b]Linode 120[/b] Linode 128 becomes [b]Linode 160[/b] Linode 192 becomes [b]Linode 240[/b] Linode 256 becomes [b]Linode 320[/b] Check the [url=https://www.linode.com/products/linodes.cfm]products[/url] page […]
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Christopher Aker

Double the Network Transit now Standard on all Packages

Jun 16, 2005
by Christopher Aker
[b]Double Network Transit now Standard on all Packages [/b] Standard plans now include: Linode 64 – 50 GiB/xfer Linode 96 – 76 GiB/xfer Linode 128 – 100 GiB/xfer Linode 192 – 150 GiB/xfer Linode 256 – 200 GiB/xfer Check the [url=https://www.linode.com/products/linodes.cfm]products[/url] page for more information. [b]Retro-active to all Existing Customers NOW[/b] Existing customers should notice […]
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Christopher Aker

Linode Two Year Anniversary and Status Update

Jun 16, 2005
by Christopher Aker
Dear Linode.com Members, Today, June 16th, 2005, is Linode.com’s two year anniversary. This past year has been very successful – Linode subscriptions and the number of hosts online have doubled since this time last year. I hired Linode’s first employee. We’ve continued to improve the service that we offer. Here’s some insight into what we […]
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Christopher Aker

Updated Debian Filesystem to Sarge

Jun 7, 2005
by Christopher Aker
Updated the Debian Distribution to latest stable (Sarge). -Chris
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Linode

Planet Linode – RSS Aggregator

May 7, 2005
by The Linode Security Team
In the spirit of the various Planet based RSS aggregators comes [url=https://www.linode.com/planet/]Planet Linode[/url]. For an example of some other Planet sites, check out [url=http://planet.debian.org/]Planet Debian[/url], [url=http://planet.gnome.org]Planet Gnome[/url], and [url=http://planet.ubuntulinux.org/]Planet Ubuntu[/url]. Any Linode customer is welcome to have their blog added to the [url=https://www.linode.com/planet/]Planet Linode[/url] site. To have your blog listed, please open a Support Ticket […]
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Christopher Aker

Filesystem Helpers

Apr 22, 2005
by Christopher Aker
New feature in the LPM: Filesystem Helpers [b]What is it?[/b] Currently, the only helper that’s been implemented is “Disable updatedb”, which disables any cron jobs that run the updatedb command. This should help, if not eliminate, the high nightly load averages experienced on the hosts when a number of Linodes run updatedb at the same […]
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