Linux Tutorials on the topic “fedora”
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Installing Beryl Or Compiz Fusion On A Fedora 7 Desktop
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, fedora • Comments: 3Installing Beryl Or Compiz Fusion On A Fedora 7 Desktop This tutorial shows how you can install and use Beryl or Compiz Fusion on a Fedora 7 desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card). With both Beryl and Compiz Fusion, you can make your desktop use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube.
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The Perfect Desktop - Fedora 7
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, fedora • Comments: 6
The Perfect Desktop - Fedora 7 This tutorial shows how you can set up a Fedora 7 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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Secure Websites Using SSL And Certificates
Author: punk0mi • Tags: apache, fedora, security • Comments: 8Secure Websites Using SSL And Certificates This how-to will guide you through the entire process of setting up a secure website using SSL and digital certificates. This guide assumes that you have already a fully functional (and configured) server running Apache, BIND, and OpenSSL. Just as a side note, this guide was written based on a Fedora Core 6 distribution, but should be the same for most other distros out there.
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The Perfect Desktop - Part 1: Fedora Core 6
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, fedora • Comments: 1
The Perfect Desktop - Part 1: Fedora Core 6 With the release of Microsoft's new Windows operating system (Vista), more and more people are looking for alternatives to Windows for various reasons. This tutorial is the first of a series of articles where I will show people who are willing to switch to Linux how they can set up a Linux desktop (Fedora Core 6 in this article) that fully replaces their Windows desktop, i.e. that has all 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, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
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How To Set Up An IRC Server And Anope IRC Services
Author: zcworld • Tags: other, fedora, suse • Comments: 1How To Set Up An IRC Server And Anope IRC Services This tutorial describes how to set up and run an UnrealIRCD server on OpenSuSE 10.2 and Fedora Core 6. It also shows how to install Anope IRC services. Anope is a set of Services for IRC networks that allows users to manage their nicks and channels in a secure and efficient way, and administrators to manage their network with powerful tools.
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Installing A LAMP System With Fedora Core 6
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: fedora • Comments: 10
Installing A LAMP System With Fedora Core 6 This is a detailed description about how to set up a Fedora Core 6 based server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, DNS server, FTP server, MySQL server, POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial is written for the 32-bit version of Fedora Core 6, but should apply to the 64-bit version with very little modifications as well.
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How To Compile A Kernel - The Fedora Way
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: kernel, fedora • Comments: 18How To Compile A Kernel - The Fedora Way Each distribution has some specific tools to build a custom kernel from the sources. This article is about compiling a kernel on Fedora systems. It describes how to build a custom kernel using the latest unmodified kernel sources from www.kernel.org (vanilla kernel) so that you are independent from the kernels supplied by your distribution. It also shows how to patch the kernel sources if you need features that are not in there.
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Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier And MySQL (Fedora Core 5)
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: antivirus, fedora, postfix • Comments: 10
Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier And MySQL (Fedora Core 5) This document describes how to install a mail server based on Postfix 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. In addition to that, this tutorial covers the installation of Amavisd, SpamAssassin and ClamAV so that emails will be scanned for spam and viruses.