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".

• Integrating APC (Alternative PHP Cache) Into PHP5 (Debian Etch & Apache2)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: apache, debian, php • Comments: 8

  Integrating APC (Alternative PHP Cache) Into PHP5 (Debian Etch & Apache2) This guide explains how to integrate APC (Alternative PHP Cache) into PHP5 on a Debian Etch system (with Apache2). 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 Rocket G 2.0 (GNOME)

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

  The Perfect Desktop - gOS Rocket G 2.0 (GNOME) This tutorial shows how you can set up a gOS Rocket G 2.0 (GNOME) 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 7.10, that comes with Google Apps and some other Web 2.0 applications; gOS Rocket G 2.0 uses the GNOME desktop.

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• Checking Hard Disk Sanity With Smartmontools (Debian & Ubuntu)

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

  Checking Hard Disk Sanity With Smartmontools (Debian & Ubuntu) This guide shows how to install and use the smartmontools package on Debian Etch and Ubuntu 7.10. The smartmontools package provides utilities to check hard disks for disk degradation and failure, using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI hard disks.

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• Virtual Hosting With PureFTPd And MySQL (Incl. Quota And Bandwidth Management) On Mandriva 2008 Spring

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: ftp, mandriva • Comments: 0

  Virtual Hosting With PureFTPd And MySQL (Incl. Quota And Bandwidth Management) On Mandriva 2008 Spring This document describes how to install a PureFTPd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota and upload/download bandwidth limits with this setup. Passwords will be stored encrypted as MD5 strings in the database.

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• Integrating APC (Alternative PHP Cache) Into PHP5 (Fedora 8 & Apache2)

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

  Integrating APC (Alternative PHP Cache) Into PHP5 (Fedora 8 & Apache2) This guide explains how to integrate APC (Alternative PHP Cache) into PHP5 on a Fedora 8 system (with Apache2). 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 - Mandriva One 2008 Spring (Mandriva 2008.1) With KDE

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

  The Perfect Desktop - Mandriva One 2008 Spring (Mandriva 2008.1) With KDE This tutorial shows how you can set up a Mandriva One 2008 Spring (Mandriva 2008.1) desktop (with the KDE desktop environment) 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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• Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Mandriva 2008.1)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: antivirus, mandriva, postfix • Comments: 1

  Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Mandriva 2008.1) This document describes how to install a Postfix mail server that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I will also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database Postfix uses. In addition to that, this tutorial covers the installation of Amavisd, SpamAssassin and ClamAV so that emails will be scanned for spam and viruses. I will also show how to install SquirrelMail as a webmail interface so that users can read and send emails and change their passwords.

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• Virtual Hosting With PureFTPd And MySQL (Incl. Quota And Bandwidth Management) On Mandriva 2007 Spring

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: ftp, mandriva • Comments: 0

  Virtual Hosting With PureFTPd And MySQL (Incl. Quota And Bandwidth Management) On Mandriva 2007 Spring This document describes how to install a PureFTPd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota and upload/download bandwidth limits with this setup. Passwords will be stored encrypted as MD5 strings in the database.

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• Integrating XCache Into PHP5 (OpenSUSE 10.3 & Apache2)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: apache, php, suse • Comments: 2

  Integrating XCache Into PHP5 (OpenSUSE 10.3 & Apache2) This guide explains how to integrate XCache into PHP5 on an OpenSUSE 10.3 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 (Fedora 8/CentOS 5.1 & Apache2)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: apache, centos, fedora, php • Comments: 0

  Integrating XCache Into PHP5 (Fedora 8/CentOS 5.1 & Apache2) This guide explains how to integrate XCache into PHP5 on a Fedora 8 or CentOS 5.1 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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