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How to maintain a “clean” Ubuntu
Author: Bill Toulas •
Tags: linux, ubuntu •
Comments: 13 Ubuntu is the most popular GNU/Linux distribution, as it has been the easiest to use for many years now, making it an obvious choice for every newcomer. As most new users don't know if and how they are supposed to maintain they distribution, and since Ubuntu doesn't offer any tools for this job by default, I will provide an overview on the matter through this quick guide.
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Create a desktop/online office on Ubuntu with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors
Author: Daria •
Tags: desktop, linux, ubuntu •
Comments: 0 This tutorial explains how to install ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors and connect them to your web-office account to get a desktop/online office suite on your Ubuntu machine. ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors comprise viewers and editors for text documents, spreadsheets and presentations that allow to work with your documents offline and easily switch to the online to co-edit, review, comment or discuss them with others.
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How to Test Mir and Unity 8 on Ubuntu 16.04
Author: Bill Toulas •
Tags: desktop, linux, ubuntu •
Comments: 8 So, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is finally here and many of us are already getting our hands dirty with the final version of the most popular distribution that is using the X window system. While this long-term support release does look good, the upcoming major changes planned for Ubuntu 16.10 have generated great excitement.
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) overview
Author: Himanshu Arora •
Tags: linux, ubuntu •
Comments: 0 Canonical released the latest Ubuntu LTS version (Ubuntu 16.04) on April 21, 2016, and we’ve been using the OS from the initial days of its availability. Given the fact that LTS releases (that are supported for 5 years - more about them here) are generally more popular compared to other regular Ubuntu releases, we thought it would be useful to come up with an overview of the new OS.
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How to install Lighttpd with PHP-FPM and MariaDB on CentOS 7
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: centos, lighttpd, linux, web server •
Comments: 0 Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on a Centos 7 server with PHP support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support. PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for sites of any size, especially busier sites. I use PHP-FPM in this tutorial instead of Lighttpd's spawn-fcgi.
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Replicating a master database using MariaDB 10 on Debian 8
Author: Neil Golden •
Tags: debian, linux, mysql, server •
Comments: 1 Replicating databases creates redundancy which can protect against data loss, and permit optimized performance for applications. This tutorial will cover the basics of replicating an existing MariaDB 10.0 master database to one or more slaves. In the following examples, the host operating system is Debian 8.
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Virtual Hosting with vsftpd + TLS encryption and MySQL on Ubuntu 15.10
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: ftp, linux, ubuntu •
Comments: 4 Vsftpd is one of the most secure and fastest FTP servers for Linux. Usually vsftpd is configured to work with system users. This document describes how to install a vsftpd 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.
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How to speed up apache with mod_pagespeed and Memcached on Ubuntu 15.10
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: apache, ubuntu •
Comments: 1 This tutorial shows how to improve the page load times of your website by using the Google mod_pagespeed module for Apache in conjunction with the fast in-memory cache Memcached. Pagespeed is an Apache 2 module that optimizes and caches the content of a website before it gets delivered to the browser, the result is that the page loads faster, the system load on your server gets lower and the server will be able to deliver more pages per second.
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How to run commands on File or Directory changes with Incron on Ubuntu
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: ubuntu •
Comments: 0 This tutorial shows you how you can use incron on an Ubuntu system to run commands when a file or Directory is changed. The incron daemon is similar to cron, but instead of running commands based on time, it can trigger commands when a file or directory event occurs (e.g. a file modification, changes of permissions, etc.).
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How to configure PureFTPd to use TLS sessions on CentOS 7
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: centos, ftp, linux, security •
Comments: 0 This article explains how to configure PureFTPd to use TLS sessions on a CentOS 7 server. Plain FTP is an 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.
