The official app would probably be open source considering the Linode stands for "Linux Node" (Linux IS open source), but the question of if the version on Market uses the same code as the open source version would still stand, and it can hold true for any software -- even the packages in Debian, and any Linux user knows that they are fervently against proprietary software.

I would like an official open source app. I don't know if the one on Market is open source or not, I haven't looked into it, but I'd use it only if it is open source, and if it supported everything in Linode manager but arranged for a smart phone

If it was 4 points not 3 i would of defiantly said FreeBSD.

Doubtful. The official iPhone app provided by Linode isn't open source, at least I haven't seen mention of where one can download the source from.



No the problem with the version on the Android app market is that is it provided by a 3rd party individual. Not Linode. He may be trust worthy he may not. Unless I personally know him as either a close aquaintence or friend, I wouldn't use it. Unless an Android app is developed, released and supported by Linode I won't use it, open source or not.

I treat access to my Linode account like I do my bank accounts. I trust know one buy myself and the direct entity that I am doing business with.



We may get an app from Linode, but I doubt it'll be open source. I personally wouldn't care if it's open source or not, only that it's provided and supported by Linode.

The issue here isn't linux, it's the linode manager, which is NOT open source. There is an API for access, which the android app uses), but my understanding is that the iphone app does not.

1. I'll hop on the MORE STORAGE bandwagon. This isn't a HUGE deal, but it'd be nice to be able to store some more of the bulky files on the server itself (or close by), instead of having to offload to S3 or something.

2. Linode site reliability. No one has mentioned this, but every time I lose connection to my Linode (which is in Dallas) I immediately check linode.com, which is unavailable. I assume this is because it is also located in Dallas. I usually check status.linode.com but can't remember if that is down also or not. If this isn't actually an issue and just something weird on my end, ignore this.

3. More frequent blog posts? I know you all don't have "important" news often (mostly every few months) but maybe some more posts about what you're working on or that's coming up for Linode would be nice. I also understand the problems with doing this... Customers start to expect features that end up not working out, or are too time consuming, and your competition knows what you're up to.

4. More important than the above, DON'T SELL OUT!

I'm not ready to go public w/ it but I set up one for CentOS 6 / EPEL on my local linode - but x86_64 only, IPv6 only.

I'll be adding my private repo w/ my custom php builds to it (I keep up with php, I don't like to rely on back-ported patches to versions that go crusty with time), patched RPMs for CVE's not yet patched in upstream updates, and possibly custom ffmpeg (for transcoding between h.264 and theora or vp8 for robust html5 <video /> node that should work everywhere except IE < 9)

My intent is to use it for customers who buy the product I'm developing and want me to pay me to set them up a Linode to run it. When I'm ready, I suppose I wouldn't mind other Dallas users who want a geographically local server using it, but I'd want to manually allow from their IPv6 in the .htaccess - I don't want to be a public mirror.

But to be honest, if I was another user who didn't know me, I wouldn't trust me to have it synced with upstream updates in timely manner. My customers would be paying me to so they would have contractual recourse if I didn't, but not some random joe.

a) Cheap local and remote storage for backup
b) Monitoring Solution with email/sms alerts
c) Android App

I think it's something weird on your end. Or, more specifically, in the middle. (Although manager.linode.com usually is in Dallas, so the fate-sharing isn't surprising.)

Install mtr... the next time it happens, gather a --report and compare it to the normal state of affairs. Losing reachability to various places will occasionally happen (things break more than you want to know...), but it shouldn't happen consistently.

tl;dr: it's just you

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An option for cheap additional storage. We've gotten to the point where we're installing a VDSL2 connection to our new office to put our own file server there, because Linode's storage prices are way too high for us to host our documents on our linode.

If it's open source, you can look at his code, and even compile it yourself. Such is the beauty of open source





I personally stay away from anything that isn't open source (I'm actually more strict than that, I stick to Free(dom) Software). The only time I used the Linode manager was to attach my domains to my Linode and to deploy my VM. I do everything else directly on the VM via ssh and using F\OSS software.

If they do post an Android app, I will look for the source code first. It's not like they have to design it in a way to show personal data, they can use their own library to handle the encryption (encryption is the only exception to the F\OSS issue, as far as I'm concerned) as long as the rest of the app is F\OSS.

You are not getting this at all. The android app would be to perform linode manager tasks like rebooting your linode or deploying a new one. The linode manager is not open source, so an app doing more than the API allows (which apparently the iphone app does), would need some stuff that wouldn't be open source.

1> Ability to restore from snapshot on same linode.
2> Additional storage
3> Per day billing instead of monthly billing in case of moving to higher linode

3a> pagination in DNS manager

I have a similar issue.
If I ssh into my linode from home but leave the prompt for too long (5 minutes is often enough), the connection drops. Not drops as in I get a timeout message, drops as in the ssh session appears frozen. Happens regardless of which computer at home I am using.

When using same physical computer from my parents house (3 hours from my home) - I can leave a ssh connection idle for eons and the connection is still active.

Something somewhere between my home and Dallas drops the connection in a funny way if data isn't trickling between.

This is most likely a NAT timeout on your home router, rather than anything more central in the network. Try configuring your ssh client for keep-alives (e.g., "ServerAliveInterval" in your ~/.ssh/config) with a short interval, like 60s, and see if that helps.

-- David

Three wishes:

1) Storage

A lot of storage!
I won't use it for backups, I need it to store my customers data as video, documents, images, etc...

The perfect storage I need may be:
- 500GB mirrored
- networked, just need to mount it and use it. I don't want to reboot the VPS everytime I expand the disk space.
- fast enough to support data exchange through internet, so no need to be extremely fast
- reasonably priced


2) Offical Android App

An official one, not a third party app


3) You rocks, guys! I don't have a third wish