Tag: OS

KernelCare Retirement

Posted on March 3, 2021 by David Singer | Updated: August 16, 2023

Category: Tutorials | Tags: CloudLinux, CloudLinux OS, Environment, Hosting, Hosts, Isolation, Kernel, Kernel Module, Kernel Versions, KernelCare, Kernels, lightweight, Linux, Linux Distribution, Linux Server, LVE, OpenVZ, OS, Resource, Resource Usage, Security, Server, Shared Hosting, Stability, Uptime, virtual, web hosts

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The KernelCare Linux kernel patching service is a system offered by CloudLinux. This product provides ongoing security patches for many Linux kernel versions. Updates are installed live without requiring a system reboot, which is a tremendous incentive when running an active server. Because CloudLinux offers a free symlink (symbolic link) protection patch for servers running CentOS 6 and 7, Liquid Web is replacing existing versions of KernelCare with this free version.

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CentOS 8 to CentOS Stream

Posted on December 28, 2020 by David Singer | Updated: August 16, 2023

Category: Tutorials | Tags: Alternative, Alternatives, CentOS, CentOS 6, CentOS 7, CentOS 8, CentOS Stream, Configuration, High Availability, Operating System, OS, Service, Systemctl, Systemd

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CentOS Options

With the recent announcement by CentOS 8 regarding the switch from CentOS 8 to CentOS Stream, this commonly used Linux distribution is being relegated to a mid-stage development version of RHEL. In essence, CentOS 8 becomes an early rolling-release distro for RHEL. As CentOS moves from being a follow-up distribution to the stable version of RedHat, to be, in effect, a prerelease version of RHEL, many users are looking for alternatives to replace their current operating systems with a long-term stable platform apart from RHEL and IBM who owns RedHat.

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CloudLinux Pricing Change

Posted on December 18, 2020 by David Singer | Updated: August 28, 2023

Category: Tutorials | Tags: CloudLinux, CloudLinux OS, Environment, Hosting, Hosts, Isolation, Kernel, lightweight, Linux Distribution, LVE, OpenVZ, OS, Resource, Resource Usage, Security, Shared Hosting, Stability, Uptime, virtual, web hosts

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CloudLinux Pricing Increase

Liquid Web was recently informed that the licensing cost for CloudLinux will be increasing at the beginning of the new year and will take effect on January 1st, 2021. All CloudLinux license types (both standalone and those bundled with cPanel) will increase by $2.00 per month with no variance on license type.

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