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The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 7 (Gloria)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 20 The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 7 (Gloria) This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 7 (Gloria) 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 7 is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 9.04 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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How To Compile virt-df, virt-top, virt-mem & virt-ctrl On Debian Lenny
Author: jahil •
Tags: debian, virtualization •
Comments: 0 How To Compile virt-df, virt-top, virt-mem & virt-ctrl On Debian Lenny This short guide explains how you can build virt-df, virt-top, virt-mem and virt-ctrl from the sources on a Debian Lenny system. These tools are currently available for Fedora in binary format.
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How To Harden PHP5 With Suhosin On CentOS 5.3
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: centos, php •
Comments: 3 How To Harden PHP5 With Suhosin On CentOS 5.3 This tutorial shows how to harden PHP5 with Suhosin on a CentOS 5.3 server. From the Suhosin project page: "Suhosin is an advanced protection system for PHP installations that was designed to protect servers and users from known and unknown flaws in PHP applications and the PHP core. Suhosin comes in two independent parts, that can be used separately or in combination. The first part is a small patch against the PHP core, that implements a few low-level protections against bufferoverflows or format string vulnerabilities and the second part is a powerful PHP extension that implements all the other protections."
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Integrating eAccelerator Into PHP5 And Lighttpd (Debian Lenny)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: debian, lighttpd, php •
Comments: 3 Integrating eAccelerator Into PHP5 And Lighttpd (Debian Lenny) This guide explains how to integrate eAccelerator into PHP5 and lighttpd on a Debian Lenny system. From the eAccelerator project page: "eAccelerator is a free open-source PHP accelerator, optimizer, and dynamic content cache. It increases the performance of PHP scripts by caching them in their compiled state, so that the overhead of compiling is almost completely eliminated. It also optimizes scripts to speed up their execution. eAccelerator typically reduces server load and increases the speed of your PHP code by 1-10 times."
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Using Firewall Object In Firewall Builder
Author: vkfwb • Tags: desktop, security • Comments: 0Using Firewall Object In Firewall Builder Firewall Builder supports variety of object types, both simple such as address, network, host, or IP, TCP, UDP and ICMP services, as well as more sophisticated such as Firewall, Host, Address table, DNS name, User service. Firewall object is central to the program and is in the focus of this article.
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Setting Up A PXE Install Server For Multiple Linux Distributions On Debian Lenny
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: debian •
Comments: 5 Setting Up A PXE Install Server For Multiple Linux Distributions On Debian Lenny This tutorial shows how to set up a PXE (short for preboot execution environment) install server on Debian Lenny. A PXE install server allows your client computers to boot and install a Linux distribution over the network, without the need of burning Linux iso images onto a CD/DVD, boot floppy images, etc. This is handy if your client computers don't have CD or floppy drives, or if you want to set up multiple computers at the same time (e.g. in a large enterprise), or simply because you want to save the money for the CDs/DVDs. In this article I show how to configure a PXE server that allows you to boot multiple distributions (i386 and x86_64): Debian Lenny, Ubuntu 9.04, Fedora 10, CentOS 5.3, OpenSuSE 11.1, and Mandriva 2009.1.
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Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 9.04
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: lighttpd, php, ubuntu •
Comments: 1 Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 9.04 Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on an Ubuntu 9.04 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.
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Enabling Compiz Fusion On An Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 5 Enabling Compiz Fusion On An Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200) This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on an Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 here). With Compiz Fusion you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on your desktop.
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Management Of Backups With DAT Devices
Author: ginocic • Tags: linux, backup • Comments: 1Management Of Backups With DAT Devices I had the chance to use a DAT device (an old HP SuperStore DAT24) to make copy on tapes. I didn't want to install any new software to manage that task. This guide can be considered a first step to know how the thing can work. Then, everybody can customize it according to the personal needs.
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Two-Factor Authentication For Google Apps For Your Domain Using SSO/SAML And WiKID Strong Authentication Server
Author: nowen • Tags: security • Comments: 0Two-Factor Authentication For Google Apps For Your Domain Using SSO/SAML And WiKID Strong Authentication Server Everybody loves GMail. With Google Apps for you Domain, you can use GMail with your own domain, allowing organizations to outsource their email - and the requisite anti-spam filtering to Google. Webmail is very convenient, but for frequent travelers and those who use public wifi, it can be quite dangerous. Logging in from a kiosk or shared computer is a sure way to get your username and password stolen by a keystroke logger. While cloud services are great, maintaining security is tough. In this document, we will add two-factor authentication to Google Apps for Your Domain using their SSO/SAML protocol and the open-source version of the WiKID Strong Authentication server.
