In Ubuntu, the Archive Manager (or file-roller) has make it easy for anyone to compress and zip up a file or folder, but if you have a large file, say 20Gb, and you want to back it up to the CD/DVD, you will find that no amount of compression can you reduce the file size [...]
Ubuntu 8.10 is the upcoming version of the Ubuntu operating system. The common name given to this release from the time of its early development was “Intrepid Ibex”.
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The users of a Linux Operating system computer, should always take care about security and if you are the admin of a Linux box with lots of users, you are responsible for the security of it, and maybe you should “force” the other users to change their passwords from time to time, to make this [...]
Once in a while, you may want to do some maintenance on your Ubuntu machine and clean up unnecessary files that are chunking up large storage space in your hard disk.
Here are 8 ways that you can use to clean up your Ubuntu:
1) Analyze your disk usage
The first thing that you need to do is [...]
So say that you are running out of resources and can’t buy a new Ethernet card for the system, or there’s not enough slots for another one. No problem, whatever the reason, we can assign two or more IP addresses to our linux box using only one NIC.
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openSUSE and SUSE Linux sets default values for some of the network related Kernel parameters. With Kernel 2.6 (default in recent releases of openSUSE & SuSE Linux), there are some fine tuning you can do to improve Network performance and get that extra out of your system.
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This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install
Images of xen on an Ubuntu Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04) server system
(i386). Linux distributions that can run as Xen guests out of the box,
obviating the need to create your own custom filesystems. The
filesystems on jailtime.org have already been tweaked to deal with
Xen’s idiosyncracies, and are also designed [...]
The Xbox Media Center (XBMC)
is a media center application for Linux, Mac, and Windows that allows
you to manage/watch/listen to/view your videos, music, and pictures. It
has a nice interface, can be controlled from the desktop or a remote
control or via its built-in web interface, and it can be extended by
custom scripts. This guide shows how you [...]
This tutorial shows how to set up a CentOS 4.7
server that offers all services needed by ISPs and web hosters: Apache
web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS,
BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP,
Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial is written for the 32-bit version
of CentOS 4.7, but should apply to [...]
Adobe AIR
is a technology that lets you run Internet applications on the desktop.
With AIR you do not need a browser to run such desktop applications.
This tutorial explains how you can install Adobe AIR 1.1 for Linux beta
on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop and how you can install AIR applications.
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Old hardware? Want a faster boot up? Need to free some system resources? Want snappier applications? This is for you. Note, I wouldn’t suggest doing anything within this if it doesn’t make sense to you.
Boot Process
1. Remove Network Manager if you do not need it “sudo apt-get remove network-manager”. If possible give yourself [...]
In these modern times of Linux glitz, and yes, even bling (shudder) we crusty old command-line commandos sometimes like to put down our stewed prunes, ascend the podium, and remind our newer Linux compadres that underneath the tinsel and glitter lies the all-powerful command line. On good days, when our arthritis isn’t flaring up too [...]
The other day I had to come up with a way to transfer a Solaris Express nv97 DVD 3G image to remote locations while not using the network. The reason for this is, I needed to perform a LiveUpgrade on over 700 boxes and each being at a different locations. So I said to myself [...]
This guide explains how to integrate APC
(Alternative PHP Cache) into PHP5 and lighttpd on a Fedora 9 system.
APC is a free and open PHP opcode cacher for caching and optimizing PHP
intermediate code. It’s similar to other PHP opcode cachers, such as eAccelerator and XCache.
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Zivios is an open source web based identity management application featuring single sign on,
certificate authority, user, group and computer provisioning with remote management of services.
Zivios is an n-tiered PHP-5 application and uses MySQL and OpenLDAP as it’s data store, with OpenLdap
being the primary back end for identity management and application integration and MySQL being
used for [...]