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How To Set Up A Terminal Server In Linux Using Ubuntu 9.10 And FreeNX
Author: emgee •
Tags: ubuntu •
Comments: 7 How To Set Up A Terminal Server In Linux Using Ubuntu 9.10 And FreeNX FreeNX is an open source implementation of NoMachine's NX Server. It is a bit more akin to Microsoft's RDP protocol that the usual VNC, so while keeping bandwidth to a minimum, it maintains good visual quality and responsiveness.
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Building Kernel Modules With Module-Assistant On Debian Lenny
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: kernel, debian •
Comments: 0 Building Kernel Modules With Module-Assistant On Debian Lenny module-assistant is a tool for building Debian kernel modules from source, without having to rebuild the whole kernel. It fetches module-source packages that have been prepared for the Debian distribution via apt and produces .deb packages. This tutorial shows how to use module-assistant in command-line mode and in interactive mode.
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Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 5.4
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: centos, lighttpd, mysql, php •
Comments: 2 Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 5.4 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 5.4 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.
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How To Set Up A USB-Over-IP Server And Client With Debian Lenny
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: debian •
Comments: 10 How To Set Up A USB-Over-IP Server And Client With Debian Lenny This tutorial shows how to set up a USB-over-IP server with Debian Lenny as well as a USB-over-IP client (also running Debian Lenny). The USB/IP Project aims to develop a general USB device sharing system over IP network. To share USB devices between computers with their full functionality, USB/IP encapsulates "USB I/O messages" into TCP/IP payloads and transmits them between computers. USB-over-IP can be useful for virtual machines, for example, that don't have access to the host system's hardware - USB-over-IP allows virtual machines to use remote USB devices.
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How To Install Ailurus 10.01.5 On Fedora
Author: homer.xing •
Tags: desktop, fedora •
Comments: 0 How To Install Ailurus 10.01.5 On Fedora This document describes how to install Ailurus on Fedora 10, 11 or 12. Ailurus is an application which aims at making Linux easier to use. It provides these features: install some software which is not provided in official repository; enable/disable some third-party repositories; change some system settings; help you study Linux skills.
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How To Install Fedora 12 KDE
Author: vadi01 •
Tags: desktop, fedora •
Comments: 1 How To Install Fedora 12 KDE This is a very brief howto on installing Fedora 12 KDE on 64 bit machines. I installed it on my laptop, tweaked it and still tweaking. So here goes.....
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Set Up Hudson For Continuous Integration Under Linux
Author: hieuletrung • Tags: linux • Comments: 2Set Up Hudson For Continuous Integration Under Linux Hudson monitors executions of repeated jobs, such as building a software project or jobs run by cron. This article explains how you can set it up on Linux.
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Installing And Configuring Asterisk 1.6 + PostgreSQL To Manage CDR & RealTime Config On Debian
Author: Coto •
Tags: debian •
Comments: 5 Installing And Configuring Asterisk 1.6 + PostgreSQL To Manage CDR & RealTime Config On Debian In this tutorial, I will describe how to install and configure Asterisk 1.6 on a Debian system to work with PostgreSQL in order to manage CDR (Call Detail Records) and real-time configuration. For this we will use a clean and up-to-date Debian Etch/Lenny system.
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How To Set Up An SSL Vhost Under Apache2 On Ubuntu 9.10/Debian Lenny
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: apache, security, debian, ubuntu •
Comments: 4 How To Set Up An SSL Vhost Under Apache2 On Ubuntu 9.10/Debian Lenny This article explains how you can set up an SSL vhost under Apache2 on Ubuntu 9.10 and Debian Lenny so that you can access the vhost over HTTPS (port 443). SSL is short for Secure Sockets Layer and is a cryptographic protocol that provides security for communications over networks by encrypting segments of network connections at the transport layer end-to-end. We use the mod_ssl Apache module here to provide strong cryptography for Apache2 via SSL by the help of the Open Source SSL toolkit OpenSSL.
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Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: ftp, security, ubuntu •
Comments: 2 Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) FTP is a very 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. This article explains how to set up ProFTPd with TLS on an Ubuntu 9.10 server.
