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Editing Images With Pinta

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 21:12:49 +0200

Editing Images With Pinta

This article is about how to use the Pinta graphical editor to edit pictures and covers some of its most important features. Pinta is a lightweight image editor for Linux and is far more easier to handle than Gimp but still has a large variety of tools and features to use. It can be used for quick editing like resizing images or adjusting the colours of photographs, but also for more professional tasks which depend on layered images and more. It is a good mixture between MS Paint and professional image editing tools and is recommendable for most purposes of image-editing-everyday-use.

Install Tomcat And Deploy Web Applications With Rex

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:38:04 +0200

Install Tomcat And Deploy Web Applications With Rex

In this tutorial I will show you how to manage your Tomcat installations and how to deploy Webapps in a repeatable way with Rex. In this tutorial I will use Debian Squeeze, but Rex is also available for other distributions.

How To Set Up Apache2 With mod_fcgid And PHP5 On Mandriva 2010.1 Spring

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:29:49 +0100

How To Set Up Apache2 With mod_fcgid And PHP5 On Mandriva 2010.1 Spring

This tutorial describes how you can install Apache2 with mod_fcgid and PHP5 on Mandriva 2010.1 Spring. mod_fcgid is a compatible alternative to the older mod_fastcgi. It lets you execute PHP scripts with the permissions of their owners instead of the Apache user.

Setting Up An NFS Server And Client On Mandriva 2010.1 Spring

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 19:19:25 +0100

Setting Up An NFS Server And Client On Mandriva 2010.1 Spring

This guide explains how to set up an NFS server and an NFS client on Mandriva 2010.1 Spring. NFS stands for Network File System; through NFS, a client can access (read, write) a remote share on an NFS server as if it was on the local hard disk.

How To Set Up WebDAV With Apache2 On Mandriva 2010.1 Spring

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 19:29:14 +0100

How To Set Up WebDAV With Apache2 On Mandriva 2010.1 Spring

This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with Apache2 on a Mandriva 2010.1 Spring server. WebDAV stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning and is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that allow users to directly edit files on the Apache server so that they do not need to be downloaded/uploaded via FTP. Of course, WebDAV can also be used to upload and download files.

Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Mandriva 2010.1 Spring (LAMP)

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 17:11:35 +0200

Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Mandriva 2010.1 Spring (LAMP)

LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on a Mandriva 2010.1 Spring server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.

Mandriva 2010.1 Spring Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:16:29 +0200

Mandriva 2010.1 Spring Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend

This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on Mandriva 2010.1 Spring and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol and all users have a shared directory with read-/write access.

The Perfect Desktop - Mandriva One 2010.1 Spring With GNOME

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:22:37 +0200

The Perfect Desktop - Mandriva One 2010.1 Spring With GNOME

This tutorial shows how you can set up a Mandriva One 2010.1 Spring desktop (with the GNOME desktop environment) 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.

The Perfect Server - Mandriva 2010.1 (Spring) Free (x86_64) [ISPConfig 2]

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:36:58 +0200

The Perfect Server - Mandriva 2010.1 (Spring) Free (x86_64) [ISPConfig 2]

This tutorial shows how to set up a Mandriva 2010.1 (Spring) Free (x86_64) server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. In the end you should have a system that works reliably, and if you like you can install the free webhosting control panel ISPConfig 2 (i.e., ISPConfig runs on it out of the box). This tutorial is written for the 64-bit version of Mandriva 2010.1.

How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Mandriva 2010.0

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:44:27 +0200

How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Mandriva 2010.0

This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on a Mandriva 2010.0 system. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through PureFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it if it is malware.

Striping Across Four Storage Nodes With GlusterFS On Mandriva 2010.0

Sun, 16 May 2010 21:34:05 +0200

Striping Across Four Storage Nodes With GlusterFS On Mandriva 2010.0

This tutorial shows how to do data striping (segmentation of logically sequential data, such as a single file, so that segments can be assigned to multiple physical devices in a round-robin fashion and thus written concurrently) across four single storage servers (running Mandriva 2010.0) with GlusterFS. The client system (Mandriva 2010.0 as well) 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.

High-Availability Storage With GlusterFS On Mandriva 2010.0 - Automatic File Replication Across Two Storage Servers

Sun, 09 May 2010 17:13:18 +0200

High-Availability Storage With GlusterFS On Mandriva 2010.0 - Automatic File Replication (Mirror) Across Two Storage Servers

This tutorial shows how to set up a high-availability storage with two storage servers (Mandriva 2010.0) that use GlusterFS. Each storage server will be a mirror of the other storage server, and files will be replicated automatically across both storage servers. The client system (Mandriva 2010.0 as well) 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.

Distributed Storage Across Four Storage Nodes With GlusterFS On Mandriva 2010.0

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:44:17 +0200

Distributed Storage Across Four Storage Nodes With GlusterFS On Mandriva 2010.0

This tutorial shows how to combine four single storage servers (running Mandriva 2010.0) to one large storage server (distributed storage) with GlusterFS. The client system (Mandriva 2010.0 as well) 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.

Distributed Replicated Storage Across Four Storage Nodes With GlusterFS On Mandriva 2010.0

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:24:53 +0200

Distributed Replicated Storage Across Four Storage Nodes With GlusterFS On Mandriva 2010.0

This tutorial shows how to combine four single storage servers (running Mandriva 2010.0) to a distributed replicated storage with GlusterFS. Nodes 1 and 2 (replication1) as well as 3 and 4 (replication2) will mirror each other, and replication1 and replication2 will be combined to one larger storage server (distribution). Basically, this is RAID10 over network. If you lose one server from replication1 and one from replication2, the distributed volume continues to work. The client system (Mandriva 2010.0 as well) 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.

Creating An NFS-Like Standalone Storage Server With GlusterFS On Mandriva 2010.0

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:22:13 +0200

Creating An NFS-Like Standalone Storage Server With GlusterFS On Mandriva 2010.0

This tutorial shows how to set up a standalone storage server on Mandriva 2010.0. 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.