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".

• Managing The GRUB Bootloader With QGRUBEditor On Ubuntu 7.10

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, ubuntu • Comments: 0

  Managing The GRUB Bootloader With QGRUBEditor On Ubuntu 7.10 QGRUBEditor is a graphical frontend for managing the GRUB bootloader. By using QGRUBEditor, you do not have to mess around with the GRUB configuration in /boot/grub/menu.lst anymore. This article shows how to install and use QGRUBEditor on Ubuntu 7.10.

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• Integrating XCache Into PHP5 (Debian Etch & Apache2)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: apache, debian, php • Comments: 5

  Integrating XCache Into PHP5 (Debian Etch & Apache2) This guide explains how to integrate XCache into PHP5 on a Debian Etch system (with Apache2). From the XCache project page: "XCache is a fast, stable PHP opcode cacher that has been tested and is now running on production servers under high load." It's similar to other PHP opcode cachers, such as eAccelerator and APC.

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• Integrating XCache Into PHP5 (Mandriva 2008.0 & Apache2)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: apache, mandriva, php • Comments: 0

  Integrating XCache Into PHP5 (Mandriva 2008.0 & Apache2) This guide explains how to integrate XCache into PHP5 on a Mandriva 2008.0 system (with Apache2). From the XCache project page: "XCache is a fast, stable PHP opcode cacher that has been tested and is now running on production servers under high load." It's similar to other PHP opcode cachers, such as eAccelerator and APC.

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• Virus Protection With avast! Linux Home Edition On Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: security, ubuntu, desktop • Comments: 13

  Virus Protection With avast! Linux Home Edition On Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon This tutorial shows how you can install and use avast! Linux Home Edition on an Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon desktop. Although there aren't many Linux viruses out there, this can be useful if you often exchange files with Windows users - it can help you to not pass on any Windows viruses (that don't do any harm to Linux systems) to Windows users. avast! Linux Home Edition is free for private and non-commercial use.

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• Installing mod_geoip for Apache2 On Debian Etch

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: apache, debian • Comments: 2

  Installing mod_geoip for Apache2 On Debian Etch This guide explains how to set up mod_geoip with Apache2 on a Debian Etch system. mod_geoip looks up the IP address of the client end user. This allows you to redirect or block users based on their country. You can also use this technology for your OpenX (formerly known as OpenAds or phpAdsNew) ad server to allow geo targeting.

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• Installing The Amazon MP3 Downloader On Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, ubuntu • Comments: 0

  Installing The Amazon MP3 Downloader On Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon This short guide explains how to install the Amazon MP3 Downloader on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). The Amazon MP3 Downloader is required for album purchases on Amazon.com, and makes downloading songs fast and easy.

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• How To Reset A Forgotten Root Password With Knoppix

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: linux • Comments: 0

  How To Reset A Forgotten Root Password With Knoppix This guide explains how you can reset a forgotten root password with the help of the Knoppix Linux Live-CD. Afterwards you can log in to your system as root again.

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• Creating Snapshot-Backups with BackerUpper On Ubuntu 7.10

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: backup, desktop, ubuntu • Comments: 0

  Creating Snapshot-Backups with BackerUpper On Ubuntu 7.10 BackerUpper is a tool similar to Apple's TimeMachine. It is intended to create snapshot-backups of selected directories or even your full hard drive. From the BackerUpper project page: "Backerupper is a simple program for backing up selected directories over a local network. Its main intended purpose is backing up a user's personal data." This article shows how to install and use BackerUpper on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon).

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• Monitoring Multiple Systems With munin (Debian Etch)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: debian, monitoring • Comments: 4

  Monitoring Multiple Systems With munin (Debian Etch) In this article I will describe how you can monitor multiple systems with munin. munin produces nifty little graphics about nearly every aspect of your server (load average, memory usage, CPU usage, MySQL throughput, eth0 traffic, etc.) without much configuration. I will install the munin client on all systems that are to be monitored (including the munin server itself); the munin clients will then report to the munin server.

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• Chrooting Apache2 With mod_chroot On Debian Etch

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: apache, debian, security • Comments: 5

  Chrooting Apache2 With mod_chroot On Debian Etch This guide explains how to set up mod_chroot with Apache2 on a Debian Etch system. With mod_chroot, you can run Apache2 in a secure chroot environment and make your server less vulnerable to break-in attempts that try to exploit vulnerabilities in Apache2 or your installed web applications.

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