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  • CPU Frequency Scaling In Ubuntu

    Author: leftcaseTags: Comments: 3

    CPU Frequency Scaling In Ubuntu So, you have an irritatingly loud CPU fan which is making you consider whether or not launching your laptop through the nearest window is a good idea. Well, before you do that, why not give CPU frequency scaling a go.

  • How To Use NTFS Write Support (ntfs-3g) On Fedora 7

    Author: Falko TimmeTags: , Comments: 0

    How To Use NTFS Write Support (ntfs-3g) On Fedora 7 Normally Linux systems can only read from Windows NTFS partitions, but not write to them which can be very annoying if you have to work with Linux and Windows systems. This is where ntfs-3g comes into play. ntfs-3g is an open source, freely available NTFS driver for Linux with read and write support. This tutorial shows how to use ntfs-3g on a Fedora 7 desktop to read from and write to Windows NTFS drives and partitions.

  • Installing Simple Invoices On Debian Etch

    VMWare Image Download Author: Falko TimmeTags: , Comments: 2

    Installing Simple Invoices On Debian Etch This tutorial describes how to install Simple Invoices on a Debian Etch server. Simple Invoices is a web-based, basic invoicing system that lets you create and manage your invoices, export them as PDF or Excel files, email them to your customers, etc. It is intended for small businesses/organizations and home users.

  • Logitech MX Revolution's Special Buttons On Fedora 7

    Author: o.meyerTags: , Comments: 1

    Logitech MX Revolution's Special Buttons On Fedora 7 This document describes how to enable and configure the Logitech MX Revolution's special buttons on Fedora 7.

  • How To Install Sun Java SE 6 JDK and NetBeans 5.5.1 on Fedora 7

    Author: tpop2005Tags: Comments: 5

    How To Install Sun Java SE 6 JDK and NetBeans 5.5.1 - Fedora 7 This tutorial shows how to install Sun Java JDK and NetBeans IDE on the fresh Fedora 7 installation. The readers I had in mind when assembling this are the people who are anxious to start using NetBEans and Sun's Java SE on their newly installed Fedora systems. Some of the bits and pieces on the topics I found on the Internet are assembled into this tutorial in order to make it as comprehensive as possible. I tried to follow the HowToForge document format. I have not tried this on the x64 architecture, but it should be very similar. I would welcome any feedback on that.

  • LAMP Installation On Ubuntu 6.06 For Linux Noobs

    Author: chrisfayTags: Comments: 30

    LAMP On Ubuntu 6.06 For Noobs  I, like many others, made the decision to attempt an install of Ubuntu 6.06 server with the preconfigured LAMP option without having ever attempted using Linux before. My goal was to build a setup that I could host my personal web site from. [...] Hence, I am writing this as a partial documentation of my trials and tribulations with hopes of aiding all Linux noobs on the steps necessary to create a basic Linux, Apache2, MySQL5 and PHP5 system with FTP.

  • How To Install A PLONE CMS On Debian

    Author: freeminTags: , Comments: 0

    How To Install A PLONE CMS On Debian This tutorial shows how to install and use Plone with Python on Debian.

  • How To Implement SPF In Postfix

    Author: Falko TimmeTags: , Comments: 18

    How To Implement SPF In Postfix This tutorial shows how to implement SPF (Sender Policy Framework) in a Postfix 2.x installation. The Sender Policy Framework is an open standard specifying a technical method to prevent sender address forgery. There are lots of SPF extensions and patches available for Postfix, but most require that you recompile Postfix. Therefore we will install the postfix-policyd-spf-perl package from openspf.org which is a Perl package and can be implemented in existing Postfix installations (no Postfix compilation required).

  • DSPAM With Embedded ClamAV Integrated Into Postfix With Virtual Users And Domains

    VMWare Image Download Author: o.meyerTags: , , Comments: 1

    DSPAM With Embedded ClamAV Integrated Into Postfix With Virtual Users And Domains This document describes how to integrate DSPAM with embedded ClamAV into a mail server based on Postfix featuring virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. It rests upon parts of the howto Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier And MySQL (Debian Etch) from Falko Timme.

  • How To Harden PHP5 With Suhosin On OpenSuSE 10.2

    Author: Falko TimmeTags: , , Comments: 0

    How To Harden PHP5 With Suhosin On OpenSuSE 10.2 This tutorial shows how to harden PHP5 with Suhosin on an OpenSuSE 10.2 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 buffer overflows or format string vulnerabilities and the second part is a powerful PHP extension that implements all the other protections."