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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How To Convert Songs From An Audio CD Into MP3/Ogg Files With K3b
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, linux • Comments: 1How To Convert Songs From An Audio CD Into MP3/Ogg Files With K3b This guide describes how you can use the CD/DVD burning application K3b to convert songs from an audio CD into MP3 or Ogg files that you can use on your MP3 player, for example (if you choose the Ogg format, your MP3 player must support it).
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How To Manage An iPod From A Linux Desktop With gtkpod
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: linux, desktop • Comments: 3How To Manage An iPod From A Linux Desktop With gtkpod This article shows how you can use an iPod on a Linux desktop with gtkpod (a graphical user interface for Apple's iPod). It covers how you can upload MP3 files from your desktop to your iPod, download MP3 files from your iPod to your desktop, how you can delete files on the iPod, and how you can create and modify playlists. Normally, Apple's iTunes software is needed to manage an iPod, but iTunes is not available for Linux. Fortunately, there are Linux alternatives such as gtkpod that can handle the task.
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The Perfect Desktop - PCLinuxOS 2007
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, pclinuxos • Comments: 13The Perfect Desktop - PCLinuxOS 2007 This tutorial shows how you can set up a PCLinuxOS 2007 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. I found that PCLinuxOS is really easy to install and use, and it's a real alternative.
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Installing Google Desktop On PCLinuxOS 2007 And Ubuntu Feisty Fawn
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, pclinuxos, ubuntu • Comments: 2Installing Google Desktop On PCLinuxOS 2007 And Ubuntu Feisty Fawn This article shows how you can install the Linux version of Google Desktop on a PCLinuxOS 2007 desktop and an Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (Ubuntu 7.04) desktop. Although the program is still marked as beta, Linux users can already search for text inside documents, local email messages, their Web history, and their Gmail accounts.
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Enabling Beryl On A PCLinuxOS 2007 Desktop
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, pclinuxos • Comments: 2Enabling Beryl On A PCLinuxOS 2007 Desktop This tutorial shows how you can enable Beryl on a PCLinuxOS 2007 desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card). With Beryl you can make your desktop use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube.
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How To Harden PHP5 With Suhosin On CentOS 5.0
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: centos, php, security • Comments: 3How To Harden PHP5 With Suhosin On CentOS 5.0 This tutorial shows how to harden PHP5 with Suhosin on a CentOS 5.0 server. From the Suhosin project page: "Suhosin is an advanced protection system for PHP installations that was designed to protect servers and users from known and unknown flaws in PHP applications and the PHP core. Suhosin comes in two independent parts, that can be used separately or in combination. The first part is a small patch against the PHP core, that implements a few low-level protections against bufferoverflows or format string vulnerabilities and the second part is a powerful PHP extension that implements all the other protections."
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Email Classification (Incl. Spam Classification) With POPFile On Ubuntu Feisty Fawn
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: antivirus, desktop, ubuntu • Comments: 0Email Classification (Incl. Spam Classification) With POPFile On Ubuntu Feisty Fawn This article shows how you can install and use POPFile to classify incoming emails on an Ubuntu Feisty Fawn desktop. It is a POP3 proxy that fetches your mails from your mail server, classifies them and passes them on to your email client. Of course, POPFile must be trained to properly classify emails.
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How To Manage An iPod From A Linux Desktop With Rhythmbox
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: linux, desktop • Comments: 6How To Manage An iPod From A Linux Desktop With Rhythmbox This article shows how you can use an iPod on a Linux desktop with the Rhythmbox audio player. It covers how you can upload MP3 files from your desktop to your iPod and delete files on the iPod. Normally, Apple's iTunes software is needed to manage an iPod, but iTunes is not available for Linux. Fortunately, there are Linux alternatives such as Rhythmbox that can handle the task.
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How To Manage An iPod From A Linux Desktop With Amarok
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: linux, desktop • Comments: 1How To Manage An iPod From A Linux Desktop With Amarok This article shows how you can use an iPod on a Linux desktop with Amarok. It covers how you can upload MP3 files from your desktop to your iPod, download MP3 files from your iPod to your desktop, and how you can delete files on the iPod. Normally, Apple's iTunes software is needed to manage an iPod, but iTunes is not available for Linux. Fortunately, there are Linux alternatives such as Amarok that can handle the task.
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How To Harden PHP5 With Suhosin On Fedora 7
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: fedora, php, security • Comments: 0How To Harden PHP5 With Suhosin On Fedora 7 This tutorial shows how to harden PHP5 with Suhosin on a Fedora 7 server. From the Suhosin project page: "Suhosin is an advanced protection system for PHP installations that was designed to protect servers and users from known and unknown flaws in PHP applications and the PHP core. Suhosin comes in two independent parts, that can be used separately or in combination. The first part is a small patch against the PHP core, that implements a few low-level protections against bufferoverflows or format string vulnerabilities and the second part is a powerful PHP extension that implements all the other protections."
