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Experimental project

This is a sandbox project, which contains experimental code for developer use only.

This sandbox project represents the git repository and issue queue for the Linode StackScript that installs Mercury.

Wow, that's a big phrase. Let's define those terms:

  • Linode: Provider of Linux-based VPS's, perfect for running Drupal on. I'm a huge fan.
  • StackScript: StackScripts are "Custom recipes for your Linode". They are essentially a shell script that take arguments from an HTML form and ran upon the first boot of a Linode instance.
  • Mercury: Mercury is an open source stack that when combined together, offers blazing fast Drupal. There is a group dedicated to the stack at http://groups.drupal.org/mercury.

Thanks go to Pantheon Systems, for making the "how to" of Mercury publicly available. Pantheon Systems also offers hosted Mercury instances frontended by a wonderful web-interface for a hassle-free high performance Drupal experience.

If you're more of a do-it-yourself kind of person, and love Linode like I do, then by all means go use the StackScript!

The links to the StackScript above contain referral codes that will give me a $20 credit to my Linode account if you sign up and stay a member for more than 90 days. Thanks in advance for helping me pay for my Linode!

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