Grafana announced a transition to their own repository at packages.grafana.com to simplify access to debian and rpm packages, replacing the previous service at packagecloud, which ceased functioning on January 7, 2019. This move enables users, including those running Grafana on Raspberry Pi or other ARM-based devices, to download packages directly, with support for armv7 and arm64 architectures. Users are instructed to update their configurations for continued access to updates, and detailed guidance is available in the documentation for Ubuntu/Debian and Centos/Redhat systems.