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Jun 21, 2018 Archive

New and Improved...

b"Well, not much has changed really... the site is still here. It is running on SSL though, so you should see the green lock in your browser.\r\n\r\nAlso, we've moved back to apache from nginx, managed not to break anything (we hope) and we're screaming along right now with some other under the hood optimizations.\r\n…
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Jun 21, 2018 Archive

On to SSL!

b"If you've visited the site in the past 24 hours you may have experienced some downtime. This is a result of us trying to get SSL working with Nginx and Fastcgi-php. Which it still isn't (we can serve regular HTML pages via ssl just fine).\r\n\r\nWe're going to be switching back to the tried and true apache today tho…
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Apr 3, 2018 Archive

Back to the Grind

b'Well, you might have noticed (if you\'ve just visited us or refreshed the page) ads are back and the nagging "mine for us" feature is gone. While it was a fun experiment, it wasn\'t as profitable in the long run for the site as we had originally hoped. So we turned it off and we turned back on the google ads which h…
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Jan 18, 2018 Archive

Mining away in to the New Year!

b"Well, as the Southern United States is busy freezing (its been warmer in Alaska then it has in our home of Georgia so far this 2018 ), we're continuing to heat things up with Linux Distributions!\r\n\r\nSince the beginning of 2018, we've seen a ton of new additions to the distribution list we have available here at …
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Nov 24, 2017 Archive

Happy Thanks Giving!

b"We want to wish you all a happy Thanksgiving. Here at Linuxtracker, we're thankful for everyone who has allowed us to keep this site running for the past 12 years! We couldn't have become one of the largest repositories for Linux torrents without you all.\r\n\r\nIf you hadn't visited the site in a while you might be…
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Oct 26, 2017 Archive

The End of a year is drawing near...

b"Thats right, 2017 is quickly coming to an end (we're two months away from Christmas!) and we're moving forward here.\r\n\r\nYou may notice a new ad pop up here or there, we're looking for ways to help cover the expense of keeping the site on. If possible, please help us out when you can by donating or by viewing the…
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Nov 4, 2016 Archive

Server Updates

b"We've updated the server to the latest kernels and made sure things are patched. We're rockin our way to 2017! Its hard to believe that we're going on 12 years of tracking Linux torrents and we don't plan on stopping!!\r\n\r\nIf there's anything you'd like to see let us know!\r\n\r\nMark"
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Sep 10, 2016 Archive

Transmission 2.92 on OS X infected with

b'Transmission 2.92 for OS X has been infected with malware. The following information is taken directly from https://transmissionbt.com/keydnap_qa/\r\nWe recommend that every OS X user who installed Transmission recently follow the described steps to check for infection.\r\n\r\n
Transmission\r\nQ. What happened?\r\nA.…
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Aug 3, 2016 Archive

Recent Unwanted Uploads

b'Recently we\'ve seen the number of "unwanted" uploads increase here at Linuxtracker.\r\n\r\nAs such, we\'ve removed them and banned the users responsible (and in some cases, banned their IP addresses as well).\r\n\r\nPlease note that items that ARE NOT OPEN SOURCE or are not Linux related are not ALLOWED on the trac…
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Jul 12, 2016 Archive

Halfway...

b"Wow. We're half way through 2016 and we just keep on moving along! I'm another year older (I wouldn't say wiser) and the site just keeps adding more and more content. \r\n\r\nWe're looking for people to upload your favorite Linux Distributions (or even those you kind of just tolerate) and to help out around the site…
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