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Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon

Oct 23, 2007
by The Linode Security Team
Ubuntu version 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon is now available for installation via the distro wizard. Existing installs can, of course, upgrade.
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Tom Asaro

For Sale: Retired Linode Host Servers

Oct 12, 2007
by Tom Asaro
As you know, we’ve replaced all of our hosts over the last few months. We’re in talks with a “technology asset recovery” firm about acquiring them, but thought we’d offer them to customers first. All hard drives have been removed, rails and power cord are included. Here is the build list. If you are interested, […]
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Christopher Aker

Gentoo 2007.0

Sep 3, 2007
by Christopher Aker
Gentoo 2007.0 disk image is up — available now through the Distro Wizard… Enjoy! -Chris
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Christopher Aker

More RAM, Double XFER, no Setup fees

Sep 1, 2007
by Christopher Aker
You didn’t ask for it, but you’re getting it anyway! I’ve thrown caution to the wind, boarded the crazy train, lost my marbles, and: ➡ Increased the RAM ➡ Doubled the XFER ➡ Eliminated setup fees for new signups Linode 256 becomes [b]Linode 300[/b] with 200GiB XFER Linode 384 becomes [b]Linode 450[/b] with 300GiB XFER […]
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Tom Asaro

Rails Rumble

Aug 10, 2007
by Tom Asaro
Linode.com is proud to be sponsoring the first annual Rails Rumble Championship! With competition officially slated for September 8th to 9th, assemble your team and head on over to their site to register. [quote]The concept is simple: you get 48 hours to design, develop, and deploy a web application from scratch. After those 48 hours […]
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Christopher Aker

Multiple Account Management

May 30, 2007
by Christopher Aker
[b]Multiple Account Management[/b] You can now have [url=https://www.linode.com/members/profile.cfm]multiple Linodes[/url] under one account, either by [url=https://www.linode.com/signup/?extrasMode=2]adding a Linode[/url] to your existing account or, if you already have multiple Linodes you can [url=https://www.linode.com/members/customer_merge.cfm]merge them together[/url]. [b]Multiple Accounts Features[/b] ➡ Can switch from one Linode to another inside the LPM without logging out/in. ➡ All-in-one billing. All your […]
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CentOS 5.0

May 1, 2007
by The Linode Security Team
CentOS 5.0 is now available for installation via the distro-wizard.
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Debian 4.0 and Ubuntu 7.04

Apr 26, 2007
by The Linode Security Team
Debian 4.0 Etch and Ubuntu 7.04 Fiesty Fawn are now available for installation via the distro wizard. Existing installs can, of course, be upgraded via apt.
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Christopher Aker

Dallas Upgrades now available!

Apr 24, 2007
by Christopher Aker
[b]Dallas Upgrades now available![/size][/b] We’ve [url=https://www.linode.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2634]doubled your resources[/url], and finally have the brand new, faster hardware up and running for you to receive them. To migrate to this new hardware, please utilize the [url=https://www.linode.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2658]Migration Queue[/url] tool located here: https://www.linode.com/members/migrate/ Come and get em! Enjoy! -Chris
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Christopher Aker

[RFT] MigrationQueue, for host9-host26 Linoders

Mar 15, 2007
by Christopher Aker
I would like for a few of you waiting for the upgrades on hosts 9-26 to test a self-serve migration feature in the LPM before releasing it to the masses. Once you accept (by clicking a button) your Linode will enter a "Migration Queue". The queue limits the number of concurrent migrations of Linodes per […]
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Christopher Aker

Fedora Core 6 (FC6)

Mar 14, 2007
by Christopher Aker
I’ve updated our Fedora distro to FC6. I’m pretty sure this distro requires a 2.6 kernel (which new deployments now default to). Let me know how it goes. Thanks, -Chris
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