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The Perfect Desktop - Fedora 16 i686 (GNOME)
Author: CSch •
Tags: desktop, fedora •
Comments: 7 The Perfect Desktop - Fedora 16 i686 (GNOME) This tutorial shows how you can set up a Fedora 16 desktop (GNOME) 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 Upgrade From Fedora 15 To Fedora 16 (Desktop & Server)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, fedora •
Comments: 6 How To Upgrade From Fedora 15 To Fedora 16 (Desktop & Server) This article describes how you can upgrade your Fedora 15 system to Fedora 16. The upgrade procedure works for both desktop and server installations.
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The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 11.10 With Nginx [ISPConfig 3]
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: ubuntu, control panels, ispconfig, web server, nginx •
Comments: 4 The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 11.10 With Nginx [ISPConfig 3] This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) 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, BIND or MyDNS nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more.
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Installing LedgerSMB 1.3 Series (Open Source Accounting/ERP Application) On Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)
Author: star39 •
Tags: ubuntu •
Comments: 2 Installing LedgerSMB 1.3 Series (Open Source Accounting/ERP Application) On Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) This tutorial explains how to install LedgerSMB 1.3 on an Ubuntu 11.10 system. LedgerSMB is an open source financial accounting and ERP program. As of 1.3, it offers solid AR, AP, and GL tracking as well as inventory control and fixed assets handling.
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Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Ubuntu 11.10)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: antivirus, email, postfix, ubuntu •
Comments: 7 Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Ubuntu 11.10) 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'll also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database Postfix uses. The resulting Postfix server is capable of SMTP-AUTH and TLS and quota. Passwords are stored in encrypted form in the database. In addition to that, this tutorial covers the installation of Amavisd, SpamAssassin and ClamAV. 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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Ubuntu 11.10 + saslauthd: SASL PLAIN authentication failed: no mechanism available
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: errors •
Comments: 12 Error: Ubuntu 11.10 + saslauthd: SASL PLAIN authentication failed: no mechanism available You have installed Postfix with saslauthd on Ubuntu 11.10 and get the following error in /var/log/mail.log when you try to send an email: server1 postfix/smtpd[7868]: warning: unknown[1.2.3.4]: SASL PLAIN authentication failed: no mechanism available
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Serving CGI Scripts With Nginx On Fedora 15
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: fedora, nginx, web server •
Comments: 1 Serving CGI Scripts With Nginx On Fedora 15 This tutorial shows how you can serve CGI scripts (Perl scripts) with nginx on Fedora 15. While nginx itself does not serve CGI, there are several ways to work around this. I will outline two solutions: the first is to proxy requests for CGI scripts to Thttpd, a small web server that has CGI support, while the second solution uses a CGI wrapper to serve CGI scripts.
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Installing And Using OpenVZ On CentOS 5.7
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: centos, openvz, virtualization •
Comments: 0 Installing And Using OpenVZ On CentOS 5.7 In this HowTo I will describe how to prepare a CentOS 5.7 server for OpenVZ. With OpenVZ you can create multiple Virtual Private Servers (VPS) on the same hardware, similar to Xen and the Linux Vserver project. OpenVZ is the open-source branch of Virtuozzo, a commercial virtualization solution used by many providers that offer virtual servers. The OpenVZ kernel patch is licensed under the GPL license, and the user-level tools are under the QPL license.
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How To Let Your Wallpapers Rotate With Webilder (Linux Mint 11)
Author: CSch •
Tags: ubuntu, desktop •
Comments: 2 How To Let Your Wallpapers Rotate With Webilder (Linux Mint 11) This article is about how to automatically change your desktop wallpaper on prespecified intervals with a software called Webilder that also downloads new wallpapers from flickr and webshots every few hours. This is also the software used for rotating wallpapers in the Ubuntu derivative Pinguy OS. I have installed and tried Webilder on Linux Mint 11, however it should also work on all other Debian and Ubuntu based distributions.
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How To Install ImageMagick (And Imagick) With jp2 Support On CentOS (6.0)
Author: ShadowElf2 •
Tags: php, centos •
Comments: 1 How To Install ImageMagick (And Imagick) With jp2 Support On CentOS (6.0) This tutorial describes how to install ImageMagick and imagik with jp2 support on CentOS 6.0.
