Articles by Falko Timme

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".

  • Running Linux Live-CDs On Windows With MobaLiveCD

    tux Author: Falko Timme • Tags: , • Comments: 8

    Running Linux Live-CDs On Windows With MobaLiveCD This article is a short introduction to running Linux Live-CDs with MobaLiveCD. MobaLiveCD is a standalone Windows application (i.e., you do not have to install it - it runs by clicking on the executable) that uses the Qemu emulator to run Linux Live-CDs on your Windows desktop.

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  • Running The Chromium Browser On Ubuntu 8.04 With CrossOver Chromium

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

    Running The Chromium Browser On Ubuntu 8.04 With CrossOver Chromium Chromium is an open-source browser project that is the basis for Google's Chrome browser. Right now, Chromium doesn't support Linux natively, but Codeweavers has created a Linux port called CrossOver Chromium that can be installed free of charge. This guide shows how to install CrossOver Chromium on Ubuntu 8.04.

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  • Installing Xbox Media Center (XBMC) On Ubuntu 8.04

    ubuntu Author: Falko Timme • Tags: , • Comments: 3

    Installing Xbox Media Center (XBMC) On Ubuntu 8.04 The Xbox Media Center (XBMC) is a media center application for Linux, Mac, and Windows that allows you to manage/watch/listen to/view your videos, music, and pictures. It has a nice interface, can be controlled from the desktop or a remote control or via its built-in web interface, and it can be extended by custom scripts. This guide shows how you can install XBMC on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop.

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  • Installing Adobe AIR 1.1 For Linux Beta On Ubuntu 8.04

    ubuntu Author: Falko Timme • Tags: , • Comments: 9

    Installing Adobe AIR 1.1 For Linux Beta On Ubuntu 8.04 Adobe AIR is a technology that lets you run Internet applications on the desktop. With AIR you do not need a browser to run such desktop applications. This tutorial explains how you can install Adobe AIR 1.1 for Linux beta on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop and how you can install AIR applications.

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  • Integrating APC (Alternative PHP Cache) Into PHP5 And Lighttpd (Fedora 9)

    lighttpd Author: Falko Timme • Tags: , , • Comments: 2

    Integrating APC (Alternative PHP Cache) Into PHP5 And Lighttpd (Fedora 9) This guide explains how to integrate APC (Alternative PHP Cache) into PHP5 and lighttpd on a Fedora 9 system. APC is a free and open PHP opcode cacher for caching and optimizing PHP intermediate code. It's similar to other PHP opcode cachers, such as eAccelerator and XCache.

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  • The Perfect Desktop - gOS 3.0 Gadgets

    linux Author: Falko Timme • Tags: , • Comments: 5

    The Perfect Desktop - gOS 3.0 Gadgets This tutorial shows how you can set up a gOS 3.0 Gadgets 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. gOS is a lightweight Linux distribution, based on Ubuntu 8.04, that comes with Google Apps and some other Web 2.0 applications; gOS 3.0 Gadgets uses the GNOME desktop.

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  • Setting Up A High-Availability Load Balancer (With Failover and Session Support) With Pound/Keepalived On Debian Etch

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

    Setting Up A High-Availability Load Balancer (With Failover and Session Support) With Pound/Keepalived On Debian Etch This article explains how to set up a two-node load balancer in an active/passive configuration with Pound and keepalived on Debian Etch. The load balancer sits between the user and two (or more) backend Apache web servers that hold the same content. Not only does the load balancer distribute the requests to the two backend Apache servers, it also checks the health of the backend servers. If one of them is down, all requests will automatically be redirected to the remaining backend server. In addition to that, the two load balancer nodes monitor each other using keepalived, and if the master fails, the slave becomes the master, which means the users will not notice any disruption of the service. Pound is session-aware, which means you can use it with any web application that makes use of sessions (such as forums, shopping carts, etc.).

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  • Mounting ISO Images With Furius ISO Mount On Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop

    ubuntu Author: Falko Timme • Tags: , • Comments: 6

    Mounting ISO Images With Furius ISO Mount On Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop Furius ISO Mount is a tool that lets you mount and unmount ISO images on your desktop, calculate the checksums (MD5 and SHA1) of the ISO images, and burn them onto a CD or DVD (using external programs like Brasero or Nautilus). It comes with a graphical user interface and is extremely easy to use. This guide shows how to install it on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop.

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  • Integrating eAccelerator Into PHP5 And Lighttpd (Fedora 9)

    fedora Author: Falko Timme • Tags: , , • Comments: 0

    Integrating eAccelerator Into PHP5 And Lighttpd (Fedora 9) This guide explains how to integrate eAccelerator into PHP5 and lighttpd on a Fedora 9 system. From the eAccelerator project page: "eAccelerator is a free open-source PHP accelerator, optimizer, and dynamic content cache. It increases the performance of PHP scripts by caching them in their compiled state, so that the overhead of compiling is almost completely eliminated. It also optimizes scripts to speed up their execution. eAccelerator typically reduces server load and increases the speed of your PHP code by 1-10 times."

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  • Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 11

    opensuse Author: Falko Timme • Tags: , • Comments: 2

    Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 11 Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on an OpenSUSE 11 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.

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