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GlusterFS 3.0 Tutorial: Create an NFS-Like Storage Server on Debian 6 |
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| This tutorial shows how to set up a standalone storage server on Debian Squeeze. Instead of NFS, I will use GlusterFS here. The client system will be able to access the storage as if it was a local filesystem. GlusterFS is a clustered file-system capable of scaling to several peta-bytes. It aggregates various storage bricks over Infiniband RDMA or TCP/IP interconnect into one large parallel network file system. Storage bricks can be made of any commodity hardware such as x86_64 servers with SATA-II RAID and Infiniband HBA. read more... |
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| | mail this link | permapage | score:9991 | -falko, May 16, 2012 |
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LAMP Tutorial: Apache2, PHP5, MySQL on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
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| LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9979 | -falko, May 14, 2012 |
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Tutorial: Replace Windows with Xubuntu 12.04 |
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| This tutorial shows how you can set up a Xubuntu 12.04 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9979 | -falko, May 15, 2012 |
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Back up MySQL Databases with mylvmbackup on Debian 6 |
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| mylvmbackup is a Perl script for quickly creating MySQL backups. It uses LVM's snapshot feature to do so. To perform a backup, mylvmbackup obtains a read lock on all tables and flushes all server caches to disk, creates a snapshot of the volume containing the MySQL data directory, and unlocks the tables again. This article shows how to use it on a Debian Squeeze server. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9956 | -falko, May 11, 2012 |
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Virtual Users, Domains with Postfix, Courier, MySQL, SquirrelMail (Ubuntu 12.04) |
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| This document describes how to install a Postfix mail server that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I'll also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier, so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database Postfix uses. The resulting Postfix server is capable of SMTP-AUTH and TLS and quota. Passwords are stored in encrypted form in the database. In addition to that, this tutorial covers the installation of Amavisd, SpamAssassin and ClamAV. I will also show how to install SquirrelMail as a webmail interface. read more... |
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| | mail this link | permapage | score:9950 | -falko, May 10, 2012 |
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Apache OpenOffice 3.4 |
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| Apache OpenOffice 3.4, the first (stable) release of the free software office suite since its development was handed over to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), has been released. The announcement was made earlier today. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9950 | -finid, May 10, 2012 |
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Tutorial: Filesystem Encryption with EncFS (Debian 6/Ubuntu 11.10) |
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| EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs without any special permissions and uses the FUSE library and Linux kernel module to provide the filesystem interface. It is a pass-through filesystem, not an encrypted block device, which means it is created on top of an existing filesystem. This tutorial shows how you can use EncFS on Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10 to encrypt your data. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9941 | -falko, May 9, 2012 |
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Updating Chakra 2012.04 |
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| Unlike other Linux distributions that feature a graphical package manager, Chakra’s tend to have issues handling major updates, so a decision was made not to ship a graphical package in the April ISO image. Which meant that installing and updating applications (and the system) on a default installation of Chakra Archimedes 2012.04 could only be accomplished from the command line. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9940 | -finid, May 8, 2012 |
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Tutorial: Build an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server |
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| This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) server (with nginx, BIND, Dovecot) for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: Apache or nginx web server, Postfix mail server, Courier or Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server, MySQL, BIND or MyDNS nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more. This setup covers nginx (instead of Apache), BIND (instead of MyDNS), and Dovecot (instead of Courier). read more... |
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| | mail this link | permapage | score:9937 | -falko, May 8, 2012 |
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Proxmox 2 With Software Raid |
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| Proxmox Virtual Environment is an easy to use Open Source virtualization platform for running Virtual Appliances and Virtual Machines. Proxmox does not officially support software raid but I have found software raid to be very stable and in some cases have had better luck with it than hardware raid. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9934 | -falko, May 5, 2012 |
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Tutorial: Replace Windows with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
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| This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9934 | -falko, May 4, 2012 |
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Build a Mail Server on CentOS 6 with Postfix, Dovecot, PostgreSQL |
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| We're going to set up a free, full-featured mail server on CentOS 6.2, all mail service related components are free and open source, and you have control over your own data. The installation process is extremly easy and smooth. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9932 | -falko, April 29, 2012 |
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Linux Mint Debian 201204 Xfce review |
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| The very latest edition, Linux Mint Debian 201204, was released on April 24. Installation images for 32- and 64-bit platforms for the Xfce and MATE/Cinnamon desktop environments were released. The MATE/Cinnamon edition has already being reviewed. This article is a review of the Xfce edition, read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9930 | -finid, May 3, 2012 |
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Do this after installing Linux Mint Debian 201204 |
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| While both editions just work out of the box, they leave a very important feature disabled by default. That feature, is the firewall. The really bad thing about this distribution is not just that the firewall is not configured, but that there are open ports that leave your computer wide open for Black Hats to mess with. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9930 | -finid, May 4, 2012 |
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Howto: Unity with Dodge Windows behavior in Ubuntu 12.04 |
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| If you are running ubuntu 12.04(precise) and one thing you might have noticed from your unity is missing Dodge Windows behavior. Another feature users really like is the ability to be able to click a program’s icon on the Launcher and minimize/unminimize that window. Jonathan French (ojno), the developer behind this patch, has not only made this a reality, but also got this to work in conjunction with the ‘Spread Windows’ functionality. He’s even set up a PPA which contains the latest Unity and his patch to make it easier for end-users to get it. read more... |
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| | mail this link | permapage | score:9927 | -gg234, April 30, 2012 |
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PC-BSD 9.1 installer preview |
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One of the most important aspects of a distribution (there goes that word, again) or an operating system, is the installer or installation program. PC-BSD’s installer, aside from Anaconda, the Fedora system installer, is one of the most frequently updated installers on any distribution that I have used or reviewed on this website.
And it is a pretty good, point-and-click installation program, though, not without its faults. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9917 | -finid, May 9, 2012 |
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CentOS 6.2: Install mod_spdy with Apache 2 |
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| SPDY (Speedy) is an experiment with protocols for the web. Its goal is to reduce the latency of web pages. mod_spdy is an open-source Apache module which supports the use of SPDY protocol to the Apache HTTPD server. This allows for faster page loading and more efficient bandwidth utilization when loading https URLs in SPDY-enabled browsers. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9915 | -falko, April 26, 2012 |
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AVG Antivirus for Linux/FreeBSD plus Qmail |
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| This document describes how to deploy AVG Antivirus for Linux/FreeBSD to the Qmail mail server. It is usable for AVG version 8.5, 10 and 2012. By using AVG Antivirus with your Qmail mail server, you can ensure virus-free inboxes. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9914 | -falko, April 30, 2012 |
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Linux Mint Debian 201204 MATE/Cinnamon review |
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Linux Mint Debian 201204 MATE/Cinnamon is the latest edition of Linux Mint Debian, a desktop distribution based on Debian. It offers a choice of two GNOME-based desktop environments – MATE and Cinnamon.
The MATE/Cinnamon edition was released at the same time as the Xfce edition. This article is a review of the MATE/Cinnamon edition. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9912 | -finid, April 29, 2012 |
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Using Git for Source Control |
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| GIT is the source control tool, a distributed version control system (dvcs) which is written in C. This provides a history of the files that are maintained by it. In distributed version control each user has a complete copy of the code so there is no central code repository. In this scenario an administrator makes changes, adds them to the index (called staging) and then adds them to the repository (called commit). Git will take this information and maintain a version history that users can track. This is all performed locally but could be synchronized with a remote repository. read more... |
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| | mail this link | permapage | score:9911 | -aweber, May 5, 2012 |
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