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Tutorial: Dual-boot fully encrypted Fedora 18 and Windows 7

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The dual-boot system will be on a single hard disk drive (HDD), GRUB will be installed in Fedora’s boot partition, and Truecrypt will be used to encrypt the Windows 7 end of the installation. read more...

permapage | score:9238 | -finid, February 28, 2013

Virtual Users and Domains with Postfix, Courier, MySQL, SquirrelMail (Fedora 18)

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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 (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), 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 so that emails will be scanned for spam and viruses. I will also show how to install SquirrelMail as a webmail interface so that users can read and send emails and change their passwords. read more...

mail this link | permapage | score:9191 | -falko, February 10, 2013

Install ROSA Launcher on Fedora 18 KDE

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This article shows how to install and use it in place of the Kickoff Menu, the default menu style on Fedora 18 KDE (Spherical Cow). read more...

permapage | score:9184 | -finid, January 23, 2013

Integrate DropBox Into Thunar (Fedora 18/XFCE)

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Thunar is the default file manager for XFCE desktops. While it is easy to integrate DropBox into Nautilus, the default file manager for GNOME, it is not so trivial for Thunar. This guide explains how to use DropBox with the Thunar file manager on a Fedora 18 XFCE desktop. read more...

permapage | score:9119 | -falko, February 14, 2013

Virtual Hosting with PureFTPd and MySQL on Fedora 18

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This document describes how to install a PureFTPd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota and upload/download bandwidth limits with this setup. Passwords will be stored encrypted as MD5 strings in the database. read more...

permapage | score:9118 | -falko, February 5, 2013

Quick Install: Screenlets in Fedora 15

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Screenlets provides a huge variety of desktop widgets, including support for Superkaramba themes and Google Gedgets (through a converter). The project supplies a convenient package for Ubuntu users, but it appears that there is no RPM for Fedora users. But, with a few simple commands, it is possible to get screenlets up and running in Fedora 15. read more...

permapage | score:9112 | -mcasperson, July 8, 2011

Tutorial: Serve CGI Scripts with Nginx on Fedora 18

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This tutorial shows how you can serve CGI scripts (Perl scripts) with nginx on Fedora 18. While nginx itself does not serve CGI, there are several ways to work around this. I will outline two solutions: the first is to proxy requests for CGI scripts to Thttpd, a small web server that has CGI support, while the second solution uses a CGI wrapper to serve CGI scripts. read more...

permapage | score:9101 | -falko, March 29, 2013

Fedora 15 LXDE

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Fedora 15 LXDE is a Fedora 15 Spin, an alternate edition of Fedora, “tailored for various types of users via hand-picked application sets and other customizations.” Presently, seven Spins have been released. These are, in order of popularity about the time I hit the Publish button, the KDE, LXDE, Xfce, Security, Games, Electronic-Lab, and Design-Suite Spins.

The Xfce Spin has already been reviewed here. This article presents a review of the LXDE spin, the first for it on this website. read more...

permapage | score:9096 | -finid, June 2, 2011

Install Cinnamon 1.4 on Fedora 17

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For those set of users, suitable alternatives are: Modify the interface with extensions, as I showed how to do here, or install Cinnamon desktop, a project from the developers of Linux Mint. Cinnamon appeals to many because it offers the familiar look and feel of the type of desktop environment they are used to.

This article shows the simple steps required to install and use Cinnamon on Fedora 17. read more...

permapage | score:9089 | -finid, June 2, 2012

Tutorial: Manage Headless VirtualBox with phpvirtualbox (Fedora 17)

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phpvirtualbox is a web-based VirtualBox front-end written in PHP that allows you to access and control remote VirtualBox instances. It tries to resemble the VirtualBox GUI as much as possible to make work with it as easy as possible. It is a nice replacement for the VirtualBox GUI if you run VirtualBox on headless servers. This tutorial explains how to install phpvirtualbox on a Fedora 17 server to manage a locally installed, headless VirtualBox. read more...

permapage | score:9065 | -falko, August 17, 2012

Using PHP5-FPM with Apache 2.4 on Fedora 18

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This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache 2.4 webserver on a Fedora 18 server with PHP5 (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support. PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for sites of any size, especially busier sites. On Apache 2.4, we need Apache's mod_proxy_fcgi module to make it work. read more...

permapage | score:9054 | -falko, January 30, 2013

Tutorial: Install Lighttpd, PHP5, MySQL on Fedora 18

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Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on a Fedora 18 server with PHP5 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support. PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for sites of any size, especially busier sites. I use PHP-FPM in this tutorial instead of Lighttpd's spawn-fcgi. read more...

permapage | score:9053 | -falko, February 22, 2013

Fedora 15 Xfce review

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Fedora 15 Xfce is a Fedora 15 Spin. In Fedoraland, a Spin is an alternate edition of Fedora, “tailored for various types of users via hand-picked application sets and other customizations.” Presently, five Spins have been released. These are, in order of popularity, the KDE, Xfce, LXDE, Security and Games Spins.

This article presents a review of the Xfce spin, and it is the first for this edition of Fedora on this site. Fedora 15 sports several new features. Some are not particularly relevant to a desktop user, but others are. Those will be noted in the appropriate sections of this review. read more...

mail this link | permapage | score:9051 | -finid, May 29, 2011

Tutorial: Replace Windows with Fedora 11 Linux and GNOME

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This tutorial shows how you can set up a Fedora 11 desktop (GNOME) 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...

permapage | score:9049 | -falko, June 20, 2009

How to fix firewall configuration on Fedora 18

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On Fedora 18, the new firewall application is called FirewallD. It has its own command-line and graphical utility, but the graphical firewall tool installed belongs to the old firewall application which it replaced. read more...

permapage | score:9018 | -finid, January 22, 2013

Install Cinnamon on Fedora 18

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The Cinnamon desktop is one of those aspects that you can run on your system right now. But keep in mind that because there is no separate installation image for Cinnamon, the only way you can run it is by installing its packages from an existing installation of Fedora. read more...

permapage | score:9011 | -finid, December 2, 2012

Fedora full disk encryption

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Disk encryption in one of the most overlooked and underused security tools in computing. When most people think about securing a computer or the operating system that powers it, a firewall, anti-virus, and other anti-malware software comes to mind. Those are all good and necessary tools, but they are only concerned with network security. What about physical security? What happens if someone gains unauthorized, physical access to your computer? Even with all the fancy firewall and other network security tools running, If the disk is not encrypted, check mate! Your data is now shared. read more...

mail this link | permapage | score:9007 | -finid, February 4, 2010

Semi-manual LVM disk partitioning guide for Fedora 18

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Semi-manual LVM disk partitioning guide for Fedora 18 provides a step-by-step guide on how to customize the disk space allocated to the root logical volume, so that it gets just enough disk space required for the life of the installation. read more...

permapage | score:8992 | -finid, February 11, 2013

Fedora 14 installation guide

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Fedora 14 is the latest update to the Red Hat-sponsored, Linux distribution. It is one of a handful of Linux distributions that use LVM, the Linux Logical Volume Manager, as the default disk partitioning scheme. The installer creates three logical volumes by default, besides the non-LVM /boot partition.

The problem with the default installation is that all available disk space is allocated to the logical volumes, living none for future use when it might be needed to grow a partition, or create a new logical volume. This installation guide takes you through the process of editing each logical volume to free up disk space. At the end, I will show an example of how to resize a logical volumes, a basic LVM management task. read more...

mail this link | permapage | score:8947 | -finid, November 3, 2010

Configure PureFTPd for TLS Sessions on Fedora 18

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FTP is a very insecure protocol because all passwords and all data are transferred in clear text. By using TLS, the whole communication can be encrypted, thus making FTP much more secure. This article explains how to configure PureFTPd to accept TLS sessions on a Fedora 18 server. read more...

permapage | score:8946 | -falko, February 8, 2013

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