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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

The Big Announcement: Double the Resources![/size] [b]100% Resource Increase![/b] As hinted at in various threads, the big announcement is here: We’ve doubled the resources on all our Linode plans! That’s double the RAM, double the disk space, double the transfer, and double the value! 🙂 [b]Standard plans now include:[/b] Linode 128 becomes [b]Linode 256 – […]

Check it out by logging in with this URL: https://www.linode.com/members/index.cfm?redirect=/members/dashboard.cfm No more jumping around to create/edit/delete images and config profiles. Thoughts? -Chris

Podcast: The Return of User-Mode Linux [url=http://www.virtual-strategy.com/]Virtual Strategy Magazine[/url] speaks with Jeff Dike, author and maintainer of User-Mode Linux and Christopher Aker, president of Linode, a hosting company that offers virtual machines running on UML. Article: http://www.virtual-strategy.com/article/articleview/1874/1/64/ MP3: http://virtual-strategy.com/podcasts/2007-02-13_UML_Linode.mp3 I’ll provide a transcript in the next few days for those that requested it. -Chris

I’m pleased to announce that in addition to Fremont, CA and Dallas, TX datacenters, we now have machines located in Atlanta, GA. There are a few more details on the “[url=https://www.linode.com/products/network.cfm]Our Network[/url]” page. For latency comparison, you can ping 64.22.71.1 . Please open a support ticket if you’re interested in migrating to that datacenter. -Chris

Dear Linode.com Members, We’re planning some big upgrades in the very near future, but here’s something to hold you over until then — an 28% RAM increase! Stay tuned for the big announcement! In the meantime: Linode 100 becomes [b]Linode 128[/b] Linode 150 becomes [b]Linode 192[/b] Linode 200 becomes [b]Linode 256[/b] Linode 300 becomes [b]Linode […]

33% Disk Space added to all Plans, Reduced Disk Space Cost[/size] [b]Disk Space Cost reduced[/b] We’ve lowered the price of extra hard disk space to $2/month per GiB. [b]Standard plans now include:[/b] Linode 100 w/ 4096 MB (4 GB) Linode 150 w/ 6144 MB (6 GB) Linode 200 w/ 8192 MB (8 GB) Linode 300 […]

I’ve just deployed a Gentoo 2006.1 template filesystem. Available now through the Distro Wizard. Enjoy! -Chris

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]