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 - Linux Mint 11 (Katya)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 3 The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 11 (Katya) This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 11 (Katya) 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. Linux Mint 11 is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 11.04 that has lots of packages in its repositories (like multimedia codecs, Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader, Skype, Google Earth, etc.) that are relatively hard to install on other distributions; it therefore provides a user-friendly desktop experience even for Linux newbies.
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The Perfect Server - Fedora 15 x86_64 [ISPConfig 3]
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: apache, postfix, fedora, control panels, email, ispconfig, web server •
Comments: 5 The Perfect Server - Fedora 15 x86_64 [ISPConfig 3] This tutorial shows how to prepare a Fedora 15 server (x86_64) for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: Apache web server, Postfix mail server, MySQL, BIND nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more.
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How To Upgrade From Fedora 14 To Fedora 15 (Desktop & Server)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, fedora •
Comments: 4 How To Upgrade From Fedora 14 To Fedora 15 (Desktop & Server) This article describes how you can upgrade your Fedora 14 system to Fedora 15. The upgrade procedure works for both desktop and server installations.
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Paravirtualization With Xen On CentOS 5.6 (x86_64)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: centos, virtualization, xen •
Comments: 4 Paravirtualization With Xen On CentOS 5.6 (x86_64) This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Xen (version 3.0.3) on a CentOS 5.6 (x86_64) system. Xen lets you create guest operating systems (*nix operating systems like Linux and FreeBSD), so called "virtual machines" or domUs, under a host operating system (dom0). Using Xen you can separate your applications into different virtual machines that are totally independent from each other (e.g. a virtual machine for a mail server, a virtual machine for a high-traffic web site, another virtual machine that serves your customers' web sites, a virtual machine for DNS, etc.), but still use the same hardware. This saves money, and what is even more important, it's more secure. If the virtual machine of your DNS server gets hacked, it has no effect on your other virtual machines. Plus, you can move virtual machines from one Xen server to the next one.
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Fedora 14 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: fedora, samba, storage •
Comments: 0 Fedora 14 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on Fedora 14 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.
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VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 4.0 On A Headless Ubuntu 11.04 Server
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: ubuntu, virtualbox, virtualization •
Comments: 3 VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 4.0 On A Headless Ubuntu 11.04 Server This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with VirtualBox 4.0 on a headless Ubuntu 11.04 server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop environment. Fortunately, VirtualBox comes with a tool called VBoxHeadless that allows you to connect to the virtual machines over a remote desktop connection, so there's no need for the VirtualBox GUI.
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The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu Studio 11.04
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 3 This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu Studio 11.04 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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Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 11.04 (LAMP)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: apache, mysql, php, ubuntu, web server •
Comments: 36 Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 11.04 (LAMP) LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an Ubuntu 11.04 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.
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How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Fedora 14
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: fedora, ftp, security •
Comments: 0 How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Fedora 14 This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on a Fedora 14 system. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through PureFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it if it is malware.
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The Perfect Desktop - Kubuntu 11.04
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 12 The Perfect Desktop - Kubuntu 11.04 This tutorial shows how you can set up a Kubuntu 11.04 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. Kubuntu 11.04 is derived from Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) and uses the KDE desktop instead of the GNOME desktop.
