Articles by Falko Timme
About Falko Timme
Falko Timme is an experienced Linux administrator and founder of Timme Hosting, a leading nginx business hosting company in Germany. He is one of the most active authors on HowtoForge since 2005 and one of the core developers of ISPConfig since 2000. He has also contributed to the O'Reilly book "Linux System Administration".
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The Perfect Desktop - Fedora 10 (GNOME)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, fedora •
Comments: 34 The Perfect Desktop - Fedora 10 (GNOME) This tutorial shows how you can set up a Fedora 10 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.
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Running Windows Programs On Ubuntu 8.10 With CrossOver Linux Pro 7.1.0
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: ubuntu • Comments: 43Running Windows Programs On Ubuntu 8.10 With CrossOver Linux Pro 7.1.0 This guide shows how you can use CrossOver Linux Pro 7.1.0 to run Windows applications on Ubuntu 8.10. CrossOver is based on Wine. It is not available for free, but maybe you are one of the lucky guys that grabbed a CrossOver copy for free a few days ago; otherwise you can install a 30-day trial version to test it.
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How To Upgrade From Fedora 9 To Fedora 10 (Desktop & Server)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: fedora •
Comments: 3 How To Upgrade From Fedora 9 To Fedora 10 (Desktop & Server) This article describes how you can upgrade your Fedora 9 system to Fedora 10 (which was released yesterday - November 25, 2008). The upgrade procedure works for both desktop and server installations.
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Back Up/Restore Hard Drives And Partitions With CloneZilla Live
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: backup • Comments: 6Back Up/Restore Hard Drives And Partitions With CloneZilla Live This tutorial shows how you can back up and restore hard drives and partitions with CloneZilla Live. CloneZilla Live is a Linux Live-CD that you insert into your computer; it contains hard disk and partition imaging and cloning tools similar to Norton Ghost. The created images are compressed and can be transferred to a Samba-, SSH-, or NFS server or to a local hard drive or USB drive.
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The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu Studio 8.10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 26 This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu Studio 8.10 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.
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The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 45 The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) 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.
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Setting Up Master-Master Replication On Four Nodes With MySQL 5 On Debian Etch
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: mysql, debian, high-availability •
Comments: 15 Setting Up Master-Master Replication On Four Nodes With MySQL 5 On Debian Etch This tutorial explains how you can set up MySQL master-master replication on four MySQL nodes (running on Debian Etch). The difference to a two node master-master replication is that if you have more than two nodes, the replication goes in a circle, i.e., with four nodes, the replication goes from node1 to node2, from node2 to node3, from node3 to node4, and from node4 to node1.
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Keeping An Eye On Your Internet Speed With Netspeed (GNOME/Ubuntu 8.04)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 6 Keeping An Eye On Your Internet Speed With Netspeed (GNOME/Ubuntu 8.04) Netspeed is a GNOME applet that shows the current down- and upload bandwidth of a network device. You can use it to keep an eye on your Internet speed, for example. This guide shows how to install it on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop.
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Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: ftp, security, ubuntu •
Comments: 3 Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) 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 set up ProFTPd with TLS on an Ubuntu 8.10 server.
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Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Ubuntu 8.10)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: antivirus, postfix, ubuntu •
Comments: 27 This document describes how to install a mail server based on Postfix 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 (quota is not built into Postfix by default, I'll show how to patch your Postfix appropriately). Passwords are stored in encrypted form in the database (most documents I found were dealing with plain text passwords which is a security risk). 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.
