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Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 5.7 (LAMP)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: apache, centos, mysql, php, web server •
Comments: 0 Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 5.7 (LAMP) LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on a CentOS 5.7 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.
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Mounting Remote Directories With SSHFS On Ubuntu 11.10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: storage, ubuntu •
Comments: 7 Mounting Remote Directories With SSHFS On Ubuntu 11.10 This tutorial explains how you can mount a directory from a remote server on the local server securely using SSHFS. SSHFS (Secure SHell FileSystem) is a filesystem that serves files/directories securely over SSH, and local users can use them just as if the were local files/directories. On the local computer, the remote share is mounted via FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace). I will use Ubuntu 11.10 for both the local and the remote server.
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Simple Bash Script To Work As A Daemon
Author: shayne.alone •
Tags: linux •
Comments: 4 Simple Bash Script To Work As A Daemon If you need some snippets or codes to run for ever, but not more that one instance, you need to rapidly check the code, or script and if it has died! It's the time to run it again. To be sure of this function, just add the following lock handler at the top of your script
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Creating Your Own Distributable Ubuntu DVD
Author: CSch •
Tags: ubuntu, desktop •
Comments: 2 Creating Your Own Distributable Ubuntu DVD This article is about how to create a DVD image of the Ubuntu distribution on your machine with the exact same software included on the disk. This can be done using a software called Remastersys. Remastersys allows you to either create iso-backups of your whole system, including the home folder, or just backups of the installed software, leaving the home folder aside.
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Enabling Compiz On Xubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 6 Enabling Compiz On Xubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz on a Xubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce 8200 here). Xubuntu uses the Xfce desktop environment which is a fast and stable alternative for those that are not happy with Unity or Gnome 3. With Compiz you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on your desktop.
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The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 12 (Lisa)
Author: CSch •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 0 The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 12 (Lisa) This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 12 (Lisa) 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. Linux Mint 12 is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that has lots of packages in its repositories (like multimedia codecs, Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader, Skype, Google Earth, etc.) that are relatively hard to install on other distributions; it therefore provides a user-friendly desktop experience even for Linux newbies.
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The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 12.1 x86_64 With Nginx [ISPConfig 3]
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: suse, control panels, ispconfig, web server, nginx •
Comments: 2 The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 12.1 x86_64 With Nginx [ISPConfig 3] This tutorial shows how to prepare an OpenSUSE 12.1 64bit (x86_64) server with nginx for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. Since version 3.0.4, ISPConfig comes with full support for the nginx web server in addition to Apache, and this tutorial covers the setup of a server that uses nginx instead of Apache. ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: nginx and Apache web server, Postfix mail server, MySQL, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, BIND or MyDNS nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more.
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Indicate Mail Accounts On Your Desktop (Ubuntu)
Author: CSch •
Tags: desktop, email, ubuntu •
Comments: 1 Indicate Mail Accounts On Your Desktop (Ubuntu) This article is about how to get informed about new mails without actually opening your mail client using a handy indication tool called popper. Popper is silently running in the background and gives you a notice when a new mail arrives at your mail account, containing the mail's sender, subject and the time it arrived. Popper does not actually display the mail's content - it only gives you the information mentioned above. I have tested it on Linux Mint 11, but it should work fine with all other Ubuntu derivatives.
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The Perfect Desktop - OpenSUSE 12.1 (GNOME)
Author: CSch •
Tags: desktop, suse •
Comments: 3 The Perfect Desktop - OpenSUSE 12.1 (GNOME) This tutorial shows how you can set up an OpenSUSE 12.1 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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How To Use pfSense To Load Balance Your Web Servers
Author: neofire •
Tags: freebsd, high-availability, web server •
Comments: 8 How To Use pfSense To Load Balance Your Web Servers In this HowTo I will show you how to configure pfSense 2.0 as a load balancer for your web servers. This HowTo assumes that you already have a pfSense box and at least 2 Apache servers installed and running on your network, and that you have some pfSense knowledge.
