[laithshadeed]

For reference on the kernel part, here how to check if your kernel has all the needed features for Docker:

wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docker/docker/master/contr... -O - | bash

[laithshadeed]

Here simple sample to setup Ubuntu with Custom Kernel compiled with the needed modules to run Docker 1.12 https://github.com/laithshadeed/linode-stackscripts/blob/mas...

[mwpmaybe]

You don't need a custom kernel to run Docker on Linode. Just change the storage driver to overlay (as you do in this stack script) and you're good to go. Otherwise this is a very nice script. I typically install the vim-nox package (instead of vim) but I'm not sure it makes a difference.