Linode Blog » distros http://blog.linode.com Announcements, news, and musings from your pals at Linode.com Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:37:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Ubuntu 11.10 – Oneiric Ocelot http://blog.linode.com/2011/10/14/ubuntu-11-10-oneiric-ocelot/ http://blog.linode.com/2011/10/14/ubuntu-11-10-oneiric-ocelot/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:34:57 +0000 Jed Smith http://blog.linode.com/?p=1689

Ubuntu 11.10 “Oneiric Ocelot” (release notes) is now available for deployment in the Linode Manager. For help getting started with deploying a distribution, we’ve written a deployment guide that will prove useful. If you wish to upgrade from an older distribution, we’ve written a guide for that process as well.

Canonical, as always, will support Ubuntu 11.10 for only 18 months. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS remains available in the Linode Manager, which will be supported by the developers until April 2015.

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Enjoy!

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Please note that Canonical will only be providing support for this version for 18 months – after which you’ll either have to upgrade or reinstall. There is always Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Long Term Support) which carries updates for five years for servers.

Enjoy!

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To get started with openSUSE 11.4, simply follow the instructions in our deployment guide. Users of older versions may wish to review the openSUSE upgrade instructions. Enjoy!

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If you’re interested in upgrading a Debian 5 (Lenny) system to this release, please review our Debian 6 upgrade guide in the Linode Library.

Enjoy!

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Please keep in mind Canonical will only be providing support for this version for 18 months – after which you’ll either have to upgrade or reinstall. There is always Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Long Term Support) which carries updates for five years for servers.

Enjoy!

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Fedora 13 - Fedora’s release notes are available here.

Slackware 13.1 - Slackware’s release notes are here.

We’ve provided both 32 & 64 bit images for these distros and they’re available now through our deployment wizard.

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If upgrading from a prior version of Ubuntu, you need to make sure you’re running the “Latest Paravirt” kernel (2.6.32.12-linode25 or 2.6.32.12-x86_64-linode12). You’ll also need to edit your /etc/fstab file and add the following line:

    dev  /dev  devtmpfs  rw  0  0

We’ve also been hard at work updating our Linode Library documentation to support Ubuntu 10.04, and will frequently release new VPS guides for this version. There’s also a Lucid upgrade article which explains the full upgrade process.

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Please note: If you’re performing a do-release-upgrade from an earlier release, be sure to edit your Linode’s configuration profile and select our Latest 2.6 Paravirt kernel. If you are running a 64-bit deployment, don’t forget to ensure that you’ve selected the 64 bit flavor. A word of caution: it’s a good idea to be sure you’ve got a good backup of your current configuration before performing an upgrade between releases.

As always, we value all feedback and suggestions for improvement. Have fun!

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2.6.18.8-linode19 (Latest 2.6 Stable)
2.6.30.5-linode20
2.6.18.8-x86_64-linode7 (Latest 2.6 Stable – x86_64)
2.6.30.5-x86_64-linode8
2.6.23.17-linode44 (for UML)

Please check the output of “uname -r” from within your Linode.  If you’re not running one of the kernels above (or later) then your Linode may be vulnerable.  In that case, we strongly recommend you choose “Latest 2.6 Stable” (or the non-vulnerable kernel of your choice) in your Linode’s Configuration Profile and reboot the Linode to acquire the change.  Verify you picked up the new kernel by running “uname -r” again after rebooting.

Exploits exist, affecting all versions of the Linux kernel up to and including 2.6.30.4, that allow a normal local user to gain root privileges.  We had mixed results in our testing, but the exploit definitely worked without modification on a couple of our kernels.  We strongly recommend you make sure you’re running one of the kernels listed above (or later).  We also maintain this list of available kernels.

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