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Christopher Aker

Gentoo 2006.1

Dec 24, 2006
by Christopher Aker
I’ve just deployed a Gentoo 2006.1 template filesystem. Available now through the Distro Wizard. Enjoy! -Chris
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Linode.com welcomes Tom Asaro

Nov 5, 2006
by Christopher Aker
I’m very pleased to announce that Tom Asaro has joined Linode’s team. Tom has spent the past 8 years as the IT Manager for one of the two largest framing contractors in the United States and its subsidiary, a tourism firm that furnishes high end trips throughout Asia. Part of his responsibilities included building and […]
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Ubuntu 6.06

Jun 18, 2006
by Christopher Aker
Ubuntu 6.06 now available through the Distro Wizard. [url=http://www.ubuntulinux.org/][img]https://www.linode.com/images/logos/ubuntu_logo.png[/img][/url] Installed pacakges… [code]adduser apt apt-utils aptitude base-files base-passwd bash belocs-locales-bin bind9-host bsdmainutils bsdutils busybox-initramfs 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 fdutils file findutils ftp gcc-3.3-base gcc-4.0-base […]
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CPU Usage Graphs

Jun 17, 2006
by The Linode Security Team
CPU usage 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. Like the network traffic graphs, these graphs are generated in real time but the data they are based on is updated every five minutes. Endless refreshing won’t increase […]
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Linode Three Year Anniversary and 25% additional RAM

Jun 16, 2006
by Christopher Aker
Dear Linode.com Members, This past Friday (2006-06-16) marked Linode’s three year anniversary, and I just wanted to say, on behalf of Mike and myself, a big old THANKS to all of you for your business and continued support. As such, I feel the time is right to upgrade the plans to include an additional 25% […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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