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 - Mandriva 2008 Free (Mandriva 2008.0)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, mandriva •
Comments: 2 The Perfect Desktop - Mandriva 2008 Free (Mandriva 2008.0) This tutorial shows how you can set up a Mandriva 2008 Free (Mandriva 2008.0) 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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Preventing Brute Force Attacks With Fail2ban On OpenSUSE 10.3
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: security, suse • Comments: 4Preventing Brute Force Attacks With Fail2ban On OpenSUSE 10.3 In this article I will show how to install and configure fail2ban on an OpenSUSE 10.3 system. Fail2ban is a tool that observes login attempts to various services, e.g. SSH, FTP, SMTP, Apache, etc., and if it finds failed login attempts again and again from the same IP address or host, fail2ban stops further login attempts from that IP address/host by blocking it with an iptables firewall rule.
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Installing LedgerSMB (Open Source Accounting Application) On Debian Etch
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: debian • Comments: 1Installing LedgerSMB (Open Source Accounting Application) On Debian Etch LedgerSMB is a free (licensed under the GPL), web based double entry accounting system written in Perl which uses PostgreSQL for data storage. It is intended for small and medium businesses (SMB), and it can be used easily through a regular web browser like Firefox. This tutorial explains how to install LedgerSMB on a Debian Etch system.
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Installing GNOME On PCLinuxOS 2007
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, pclinuxos • Comments: 4Installing GNOME On PCLinuxOS 2007 The default desktop environment on PCLinuxOS 2007 is KDE, and during the installation you have no choice to install another desktop environment. This guide shows how you can install GNOME from the PCLinuxOS 2007 KDE desktop.
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The Perfect Desktop - OpenSUSE 10.3 (GNOME)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, suse •
Comments: 6 The Perfect Desktop - OpenSUSE 10.3 (GNOME) This tutorial shows how you can set up an OpenSUSE 10.3 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 Ubuntu Or Fedora From A Windows Or Linux System With UNetbootin
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, fedora, ubuntu • Comments: 6Installing Ubuntu Or Fedora From A Windows Or Linux System With UNetbootin UNetbootin is a tool that allows you to install various Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva, OpenSuSE, Debian, ArchLinux) from a Windows or a Linux desktop over the internet (i.e., you don't need to burn the Ubuntu, Fedora, ... CDs). Unlike the Ubuntu installation with Wubi, real partitions are created during the installation. In the end, you have a dual-boot system (Linux/Windows or Linux/Linux).
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Watching Your Power Consumption With Powertop On Fedora 7
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: fedora • Comments: 0Watching Your Power Consumption With Powertop On Fedora 7 Powertop is a command-line tool released by Intel that shows you the power consumption of the applications running on your system. It works best on notebooks with Intel mobile processors and can help you find out the programs that put a strain on your notebook battery. It requires kernel 2.6.21 or newer with tickless idle enabled (CONFIG_NO_HZ) (which is currently available for 32-bit kernels only). Fedora 7 comes with a 2.6.21 kernel by default, so we can use Powertop on it.
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Preventing Brute Force Attacks With BlockHosts On Debian Etch
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: debian, security • Comments: 6Preventing Brute Force Attacks With BlockHosts On Debian Etch In this article I will show how to install and configure BlockHosts on a Debian Etch system. BlockHosts is a Python tool that observes login attempts to various services, e.g. SSH, FTP, etc., and if it finds failed login attempts again and again from the same IP address or host, it stops further login attempts from that IP address/host. By default, BlockHosts supports services that use TCP_WRAPPERS, such as SSH, i.e. services, that use /etc/hosts.allow or /etc/hosts.deny, but it can also block other services using iproute or iptables.
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Installing Debian Etch From A Windows System With "Debian-Installer Loader"
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: debian • Comments: 3Installing Debian Etch From A Windows System With "Debian-Installer Loader" Debian-Installer Loader is a Debian Etch installer for Windows which adds an entry to the boot menu that allows you to start the Debian installation. Unlike the Ubuntu installation with Wubi, real Debian partitions are created during the installation. In the end, you have a dual-boot system (Windows/Debian).
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Integrating eAccelerator Into PHP5 (Debian Etch)
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: debian, php • Comments: 9Integrating eAccelerator Into PHP5 (Debian Etch) This guide explains how to integrate eAccelerator into PHP5 on a Debian Etch 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."
