Linode Distribution Customizations/Configuration
Hi-
Is there a straightforward way to determine what customizations/configuration changes are made to a Linode-supplied distribution compared to a stock installation of the distribution (in my case openSUSE)?
I didn't see anything in the documentation, but I'm also not sure if I searched for the correct terms.
Thank you!
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I don’t know specifically but my guess would be in the kernel configuration only:
you don’t need every i/o driver known to man in a VPS environment (that super-duper 50 Gpixel Radeon gaming display doesn’t exist in a virtual environment);
maybe some tweaks for Linode’s networking infrastructure (esp for IPv6);
maybe a special driver to support block storage.
When I build kernels for my FreeBSD Linode, I do the first thing — basically virtual disc & virtual networking only. I don’t do either of the other two.
— sw