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Setting Up Unison File Synchronization Between Two Servers On Ubuntu 11.10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: storage, ubuntu •
Comments: 2 Setting Up Unison File Synchronization Between Two Servers On Ubuntu 11.10 This tutorial shows how to set up file synchronization between two Ubuntu 11.10 servers with Unison. Unison is a file-synchronization tool similar to rsync, but the big difference is that it tracks/synchronizes changes in both directions, i.e., files changed on server1 will be replicated to server2 and vice versa.
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Enabling Compiz On Linux Mint 12 (GNOME Classic)
Author: CSch •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 10 Enabling Compiz On Linux Mint 12 (GNOME Classic) This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz on a Linux Mint 12 Lisa desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce 8200 here). With Compiz you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on your desktop. Compiz is not supported on GNOME 3 yet, that's why this how-to is applicable only for the classic GNOME desktop.
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Finding Out Package Dependencies With apt-rdepends On Debian/Ubuntu
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: debian, ubuntu •
Comments: 2 Finding Out Package Dependencies With apt-rdepends On Debian/Ubuntu Sometimes you need to find out all the dependencies of a package. This tutorial explains how to use apt-rdepends to recursively list all dependencies of a Debian/Ubuntu package.
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PDNSD HowTo - A DNS Caching Personal Server (Fedora 16)
Author: sudhagud •
Tags: dns, fedora •
Comments: 7 PDNSD HowTo - A DNS Caching Personal Server (Fedora 16) PDNSD is a non authoritative caching DNS server. It maintains a disk cache of the queries that your system performs and subsequent queries will be faster from the cache. It is safe enough to be used on a personal Unix/Linux system as a home Desktop or a Laptop.
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Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 6.0
Author: CSch •
Tags: centos, lighttpd, web server •
Comments: 4 Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 6.0 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 6.0 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.
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Install GNOME 3 (With Mint GNOME Shell Extensions) Or Mate On Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)
Author: CSch •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 1 Install GNOME 3 (With Mint GNOME Shell Extensions) Or Mate On Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) This tutorial shows you how you can install the GNOME 3 desktop on Ubuntu 11.10 with the shell extensions that are used in the Linux Mint 12 release (Lisa) (these shell extensions are called Mint GNOME Shell Extensions - mgse). These shell extensions give GNOME 3 the look and feel of GNOME 2. For those who prefer GNOME 2 this tutorial shows how to install Mate from the Linux Mint repositories on Ubuntu 11.10. Mate is a GNOME 2 fork.
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The Perfect Desktop - Pinguy OS 11.10 (Beta)
Author: CSch •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 7 The Perfect Desktop - Pinguy OS 11.10 (Beta) This tutorial shows how you can set up a Pinguy OS 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. The Pinguy OS developer has stated that there propably will not be any further release of Pinguy 11.10 due to some instabilities of the components used. This Perfect Desktop tutorial therefore refers to the currently released beta version of Pinguy OS 11.10.
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vsftpd: Local And Virtual Users With Bash Scripts For User Maintainance (CentOS 6.0)
Author: sudhagud •
Tags: ftp, centos •
Comments: 3 vsftpd: Local And Virtual Users With Bash Scripts For User Maintainance (CentOS 6.0) vsftpd is the most popular FTP server in the Linux world and is secure and fast. Recently I had to configure a FTP server quickly onto a CentOS server setup built using the minimal ISO and the server was up and running in a snap.
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How To Encrypt Mails With SSL Certificates (S/MIME)
Author: CSch • Tags: linux, security, desktop, email • Comments: 7How To Encrypt Mails With SSL Certificates (S/MIME) This article is about how to use the S/MIME encryption function of common e-mail clients to sign and/or encrypt your mails safely. S/MIME uses SSL certificates which you can either create yourself or let a trusted certificate authority (CA) create one for you.
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Installing Maia Mailguard On Debian Squeeze (Virtual Users/Domains With Postfix/MySQL)
Author: Terrible Monster •
Tags: antivirus, debian, email, postfix •
Comments: 0 Installing Maia Mailguard On Debian Squeeze (Virtual Users/Domains With Postfix/MySQL) This guide explains how to install Maia Mailguard, a spam and virus management system, on a Debian Squeeze mailserver. Maia Mailguard is a web-based interface and management system based on the popular amavisd-new email scanner and SpamAssassin. Written in Perl and PHP, Maia Mailguard gives end-users control over how their mail is processed by virus scanners and spam filters, while giving mail administrators the power to configure site-wide defaults and limits.
