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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Installing Nginx With PHP5 (And PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 10.10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: nginx, ubuntu •
Comments: 1 Installing Nginx With PHP5 (And PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 10.10 Nginx (pronounced "engine x") is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server. Nginx is known for its stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption. This tutorial shows how you can install Nginx on an Ubuntu 10.10 server with PHP5 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support.
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The Perfect Server - Fedora 14 x86_64 [ISPConfig 3]
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: fedora, ispconfig •
Comments: 4 The Perfect Server - Fedora 14 x86_64 [ISPConfig 3] This tutorial shows how to prepare a Fedora 14 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 13 To Fedora 14 (Desktop & Server)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, fedora •
Comments: 6 How To Upgrade From Fedora 13 To Fedora 14 (Desktop & Server) This article describes how you can upgrade your Fedora 13 system to Fedora 14. The upgrade procedure works for both desktop and server installations.
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The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint Debian 201009
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: debian, desktop •
Comments: 6 The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint Debian 201009 This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint Debian 201009 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. While the "normal" Linux Mint editions are based on Ubuntu, Linux Mint Debian 201009 is a Linux distribution based on Debian Squeeze (testing); its aim is to look identical to the main edition and to provide the same functionality while using Debian as a base.
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Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: ftp, security, ubuntu •
Comments: 3 Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) 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 10.04 server.
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Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 10.10 (LAMP)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: apache, mysql, php, ubuntu, web server •
Comments: 40 Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 10.10 (LAMP) LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an Ubuntu 10.10 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.
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The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu Studio 10.10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 2 This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu Studio 10.10 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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OpenSUSE 11.3 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: samba, storage, suse •
Comments: 0 OpenSUSE 11.3 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on OpenSUSE 11.3 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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How To Integrate ClamAV (Through mod_clamav) Into ProFTPd For Virus Scanning On Ubuntu 10.04
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: ftp, security, ubuntu •
Comments: 0 This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into ProFTPd for virus scanning on an Ubuntu 10.04 system. This is achieved through mod_clamav. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through ProFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it if it is malware.
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How To Make An Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop Resemble A Mac (With Elementary, Docky & Gloobus-Preview)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 7 How To Make An Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop Resemble A Mac (With Elementary, Docky & Gloobus-Preview) This article shows how you can change the appearance of your Ubuntu 10.10 desktop so that it resembles a Mac. This can be achieved with the help of Elementary, Docky, and Gloobus-Preview. Elementary is a project that provides a popular icon set and GTK theme; Docky is an interactive dock (like the one you know from a Mac) that provides easy access to some of the files, folders, and applications on your computer, and more; and Gloobus-Preview is an extension for the Gnome Desktop Environment designed to enable a full screen preview of any kind of file or directory.
