1.Install mod_perl, and the DBI, MySQL, and Digest (SHA1) Perl modules.

$ apt-get install libapache-dbi-perl libapache2-mod-perl2 libdbd-

2. Copy Redmine.pm to the relevant Perl location.

$ cd /path/to/redmine
$ mkdir -p /usr/lib/perl5/Apache/Authn
$ cp extra/svn/Redmine.pm /usr/lib/perl5/Apache/Authn/

3. Maybe I’m not using Redmine’s projects/members/permissions right, but I had to patch Redmine.pm to get it to function for me. I simplified the SQL statement used to auth a user. There’s no sense of permissions; it’s pretty much a yes/no for authed users.

--- Redmine.pm  2011-11-12 17:33:10.000000000 -0700
+++ Redmine.richardkmiller.pm   2011-11-12 17:37:26.000000000 -0700
@@ -148,16 +148,11 @@
   my ($self, $parms, $arg) = @_;
   $self->{RedmineDSN} = $arg;
   my $query = "SELECT
-                 hashed_password, salt, auth_source_id, permissions
-              FROM members, projects, users, roles, member_roles
+                 hashed_password, salt
+              FROM users
               WHERE
-                projects.id=members.project_id
-                AND member_roles.member_id=members.id
-                AND users.id=members.user_id
-                AND roles.id=member_roles.role_id
-                AND users.status=1
-                AND login=?
-                AND identifier=? ";
+                    users.status=1
+                AND login=?";
   $self->{RedmineQuery} = trim($query);
 }

@@ -336,11 +331,12 @@
   }
   my $query = $cfg->{RedmineQuery};
   my $sth = $dbh->prepare($query);
-  $sth->execute($redmine_user, $project_id);
+  $sth->execute($redmine_user);

   my $ret;
-  while (my ($hashed_password, $salt, $auth_source_id, $permissions) = $sth->fetchrow_array) {
-
+  while (my ($hashed_password, $salt) = $sth->fetchrow_array) {
+      my $permissions = ":commit_access";
+      my $auth_source_id = 0;
       unless ($auth_source_id) {
                my $method = $r->method;
           my $salted_password = Digest::SHA1::sha1_hex($salt.$pass_digest);

4. Configure and restart Apache.

    ServerName example.com
    DocumentRoot "/var/www/sites/example.com/public"
    RailsEnv production

    PerlLoadModule Apache::Authn::Redmine

        AuthType basic
        AuthName "Private Area"
        Require valid-user
        PerlAccessHandler Apache::Authn::Redmine::access_handler
        PerlAuthenHandler Apache::Authn::Redmine::authen_handler
        RedmineDSN "DBI:mysql:database=my_database;host=localhost"
        RedmineDbUser my_db_user
        RedmineDbPass my_db_password

Also note that, I’m running Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric), Apache 2.2, MySQL 5.1, and Redmine 1.2.2.

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Before most of us start there may be a few things that you’ll need:

10GB connected with free space with your drive
This Linux Mint DISC, from in this article (x86) or maybe here (x64), burnt into a DVD.
About half-hour of time to yourself

Note: There are a variety of ways to make this happen, and since there is no just one correct strategy to dual booting Microsoft windows and Linux, we’re going to take simplest way to help those fresh to Linux, whilst getting the full experience of installing some sort of Linux OS IN THIS HANDSET.

So why don’t we get started–since i am dual-booting Mint together your witout a doubt existing Microsoft windows 8 setting up, the first thing we should do is usually boot in place Windows in addition to create an empty partition with the Mint setting up. The simplest way to make this happen is to help press this Windows + 3rd r key combo and form diskmgmt. msc into your run pack and attack enter, and you could try to find Disk Management from the Start Menu likewise.

When this Disk Managing MMC unit opens in place right simply click your get containing Microsoft windows 8 and select Shrink Volume… on the context food list.

You will probably now ought to enter the quantity of megabytes you wish to shrink this partition by means of, we recommend at least 10GB. Remember there is 1024MB within a gigabyte, so multiply the volume of gigabytes that you’d like your completely new partition for being by 1024.

Now embed your Mint DISC and boot your computer or laptop from this DVD get, this will probably normally call for a pushing of any key for the POST screen–every motherboard takes a different approach but it will eventually normally possibly be F11 or maybe F12.

This DVD really should automatically footwear into it is Live manner, however when you bump an essential and usually are prompted simply want to start the item.

Once booted, you’ll be ready the setting up by double simply clicking on the Mount Linux Mint shortcut within the desktop.

You can certainly click go on until you’re free to the setting up type portion, here you have got to change radio stations button towards something more option.

Upon having clicked within the continue button you might now should pick the place to mount Mint, scroll down soon you see some sort of partition termed “free space”.

Double simply click it to bring up this format food list, here accept each of the defaults except the bracket point, where it is best to enter 1 forward decrease, then press ok.

It’s simple to click within the install at this point button.

A comfortable touch towards installation practice is so it starts asking only a few configuration settings while OS is usually busy the installation of.

You must reboot your computer or laptop when this installation is finished, as you will observe we are now able to easily opt for our OS IN THIS HANDSET at start-up.

Note: Grub picks up our Microsoft windows 8 setting up, the entry in the bottoom, as Microsoft windows Recovery Setting, this will be your Microsoft windows 8 installation along with the display name can potentially be modified by picking out it on the menu in addition to hitting this “e” critical, this is for state-of-the-art users.

Ones default OS IN THIS HANDSET will at this point be Linux Mint, but you have the number of switching here we are at Windows 8 on the Grub footwear menu whenever they want.

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Preface

Some of my readers today will be aware of a beautiful operating system that goes by the name of Linux. For those who are not already familiar, here is a brief introduction: Linux is a free open-source alternative to Windows and Macintosh. Based off of Unix, Linus Torvalds laid the framework for the kernel many years ago and then made the source code open to all. He still works on the kernel today, but he’s not alone; millions of programmers around the world work to improve Linux with their free time. They’ve worked hard to bring Linux to maturity, and as of the past couple years, it has reached a mature stage where the average computer user is more than capable of using it. In other words, you no longer need to know how a computer works or how to program in order for Linux to be useful to you.

So why am I bringing up this topic? Quite frankly, there aren’t enough Linux users accessing TechwareLabs, and I believe this needs to change.

Whether it’s because you’ve never heard of Linux, have an interest, or tried it years ago when it was still young and was disappointed, one thing is certain: you’re missing out. I’ll be elaborating further into Linux in future articles, but for now, here is a nice introduction.

What do you mean by open-source?

The source code is freely available on the internet per the GPL license. You are more than welcome to view the code, edit it, and republish a new product (assuming you know a thing or two about programming). The only catch is that you have to release your product under the very same GPL license.

This approach to software truly throws the concept of “proprietary” out the window, and is no doubt confusing to anybody who is business-minded. It’s a foreign concept for many as to why one would develop a product and not claim intellectual property rights. The Linux community, in general (though there are exceptions), does not seek to gain profit. Rather, they put their time into Linux for pride and the occasional “thank you.”

There are companies that sell Linux, though.

This is partially true. They’re still licensed under the GPL, which means they are required to release the source code to the general public. What companies such as Red Hat and Novell are doing is not selling the operating system, but rather they are selling support, primarily for servers. Even so, you can use their products for free. Red Hat Enterprise Linux has fees attached to it, but Red Hat sponsors an open-source community around Fedora, which is the free alternative, developed by programmers in their spare time. Similarly for Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise, there is a free alternative in openSUSE.

Windows works fine. Why should I use something else?

Here, we get to the heart of the matter. Why switch, you ask? What’s the point? Simply put, Linux is faster, more stable and above all, easier to use. The speed is due to higher efficiency in storing/retrieving information. The issue of stability isn’t even questioned by [knowledgeable] die-hard Windows fans. Ultimately, the most controversial claim I’ve made is that it’s easier to use.

This is where the argument rages on within the desktop market. There are many long-time Windows users who try Linux, and are scared off, upon which they claim that Linux is hard to use. The fact is, Linux is different, but I would argue that this is a good thing. There is definitely a learning curve, as there always is when you try something new, but the more you just play around with Linux, the more you’ll find it is simply better.

How is it better? What makes it easier?

Everything is better organized. For starters, you know that little program on Windows, Add/Remove Programs? Raise your hand if you’ve ever actually “added” a program using it.

I see a few hands from people who have via a NT system or something similar, but other than that, it is unlikely you’ve used Add/Remove for anything other than “remove” (though Vista does allow for the user to download programs directly from Microsoft, a feature suspiciously appearing long after Linux started doing the exact same thing). In Linux, this little program is called the “package manager”, and this is where you both add AND remove your programs. Everything that’s currently installed, as well as everything you’re able to install from the supplied servers appears in an easy-to-use catalog. For the most part, everything you need is right there in one place. Want to install an office suite? How about an IM program? Or how about a game? Just go to the respective section and choose the program you want. Check the boxes for everything you want to change (install/uninstall) and push the appropriate button to update your system (specifics will differ depending on the package manager used by the distribution).

red letting are command that you need to issue as root

1. click on Computer > More Applications > YaST

2. Put in root password for YaST

3. Scroll down until you see Software Management and single click on it

4. Check for the following software. If you don’t have it installed, install it

   1. kernel-source

   2. gcc

   3. gcc-c++

   4. make (This is most likely already installed, but just to double check)

5. Once you have installed that software, lets head over to the command line. Right click on the desktop and select “open terminal”

6. Once you get into the terminal, you want to log in as a super user or root. You can do this by using the su command

   clmowers@linux-box:~> SUPassword:linux-box:/home/clmowers #

7. Next you want to run the following command. This will check for the needed software and it will also show you the kernel modules that are installed. You MUST have the same kernel numbers though out, or you will have issues later down the road

   rpm -qa kernel* gcc* make

   It will look like this when the command is run

   linux-box:/home/clmowers # rpm -qa kernel* gcc* make gcc-c++-4.2-24make-3.81-66kernel-source-2.6.22.17-0.1 gcc42-c++-4.2.1_20070724-17 kernel-default-2.6.22.17-0.1 gcc-4.2-24 gcc42-4.2.1_20070724-17

   Notice that both of the kernels are the same. If these numbers are diffent then you need to run the online updates to get the lastest ones and to make sure everything matches. ***Just remember that these numbers change, This was the latest kernel when I wrote this, yours might be different from mine.

8. OK, lets move on. Next we want to change the directory to /usr/scr/linux. We can do that by this command

   linux-box:/home/clmowers # cd /usr/src/linux

9. next we want to issue these commands. Don’t worry, we are almost done in the command line for the time being.

   linux-box:/home/clmowers # make mrproper; make cloneconfig; make modules_prepareYou will notice that it is done when you get back to this linelinux-box:/home/clmowers #

10. YEA!!! The moment we all have been waiting for, installing vmware server. But we are not done yet. Once vmware server is installed we will need to configure it. Then you can start adding all the VM that your heart desires.

11. Next you want to go to where you have downloaded the file and right click and select install software

12. Once the windows closes we are ready to configure it. I know I know, but we are almost done. Just 2 more minutes.

13. open up a new terminal window (or open the one you already had) and issue this command

    linux-box:/home/clmowers # cd /usr/binlinux-box:/usr/bin #

14. This will bring you to the /usr/bin directory. Next we want to run the pl script the vmware was so kind of to provide us. This will let us configure the server

    linux-box:/usr/bin # vmware-config.pl

15. We will start out by reading the EULA. Hit space or enter to go through the agreement. Once you are done reading hit Q and then type yes. Now what I did was just accept all the defaults. This will give you a very good install of vmware. My only suggestion would be to create a folder under your /home/username/ directory called vms. When you get to the question asking you where you want to have your virutual machine saved, type in that location.

16. You will be ask for your license key, so make sure that you have one. Type it in and press eneter.

By Jessica Hupp

For most computer literate children, a request from mom to get her set up on “this web thing” is met with panic and a feeling of drudgery. Are you about to expose your sweet mother to spam, phishing, viruses, or worse? Or perhaps more frightening, sign your life away as a 24/7 tech support center? Perhaps, but there’s a better way. By setting your mom up on a Linux machine, you can give her a safe, lean computing experience that will let her do all of the things she wants to do without giving you a nervous breakdown. Here, we’ve compiled over 50 of the best resources to help you get your mom on Linux without a whole lot of trouble.

Systems & Environments

With these systems and environments, you can get your mom set up with low maintenance and friendly interfaces.

1. SimplyMEPIS: SimplyMEPIS is low-maintenance and great for Linux beginners.
2. Linspire: Linspire is the “World’s Easiest Desktop Linux,” with a familiar look and feel for Windows users.
3. Mandriva: Mandriva Linux was specifically designed to offer ease of use for new users.
4. Ubuntu: One of the most popular Linux distributions, Ubuntu is stable and easy to use.
5. KDE: The K Desktop Environment is easy to use, and offers basic desktop functions.
6. Ximian Desktop: Ximian offers a simple layout, with large icons that are great for elderly users.
7. Lycoris: This distribution looks a lot like windows, and offers great ease of use.
8. SuSE: With SuSE, you’ll got lots of popular open source software like OpenOffice, Kaffeine, and more.
9. GNOME: In this desktop environment, you’ll find an extremely usable GUI.

Tools & Applications

Put these tools to work to give your mom the functionality she wants while still keeping things safe and simple.

10. Fluxbox: This X window manager makes it easy to customize the view of your mom’s machine.
11. Rfbdrake: Set up rfbdrake to create a pathway for remote support.
12. IEs4Linux: With this handy tool, you can make MSN groups and other Internet Explorer applications play properly for your game-addicted mom.
13. IceWM: This window manager’s goal is to stay out of the user’s way while offering speed and simplicity.
14. OpenAntiVirus: Although a Linux machine isn’t likely to run into virus problems, this antivirus program is better safe than sorry.
15. Wine: Wine makes it easy to run Windows software and applications on your Linux box.
16. Firestarter: For an easy, simple firewall, consider Firestarter.
17. phpGACL: Keep your mom safe by implementing this access control list for applications.
18. CrossOver Office: With CrossOver, you can run lots of Windows-based applications.
19. CNR: This tool makes it easy for your mom to install applications, even if she’s clueless about putting things on her computer.
20. KDE Crystal: KDE Crystal offers an icon set with recognizable images, which is great for remote support so you can tell your mom exactly what to press.
21. Guarddog: Guarddog is an ideal firewall for novices because it offers a goal-oriented, non-technical GUI.
22. Blackbox: Blackbox offers a clean, light environment for a Linux system.
23. IPCop: Create a more secure home network with this simple firewall designed for novice users.
24. vncserver: Utilize vncserver to run remote support on your mom’s Linux machine.
25. OpenOffice: With OpenOffice, your mom will be able to do all of the word processing she wants.
26. Evolution: This personal information manager offers email, addresses, tasks, and more in an interface much like Microsoft Outlook.
27. KMail: Set your mom up on KMail for email with excellent spam filtering, cryptographic support, and more.
28. Kate: With this lightweight editor, your mom can do simple word processing with automatic backup.
29. Ekiga With Ekiga, formerly Gnomemeeting, your mom can video chat with you.
30. MailWasher Pro: With this program, you can make sure that spam email will never hit your mom’s inbox.
31. Abiword: Give your mom simple word processing with AbiWord.
32. Kopete: Use Kopete to get your mom set up on chat programs like AIM, ICQ, and IRC.
33. Adobe Reader: Put Adobe Reader for Linux on your mom’s computer so she can enjoy PDFs.
34. Pidgin: Pidgin, formerly known as Gaim, makes it easy for your mom to log into a number of different messaging systems at once.
35. Konqueror: With Konqueror, your mom can browse the web safely.
36. Thunderbird: Use Thunderbird to offer your mom a clean email interface.
37. Firefox: Get your mom set up on the wildly popular Firefox for safe and easy web browsing.
38. GIMP: Give your mom GIMP for Photoshop functionality.
39. No-Script: Use No-Script to make your mom’s Firefox browsing safe from harmful Javascript and Flash.

Guides & Articles

For even more help, check out these guides and articles that will walk you through creating a Linux box for your mom.

40. Ubuntu for your grandmother: One helpful grandchild walks his grandmother through creating a Ubuntu laptop in this article.
41. Post Installation Configuration Basic Help: Get help with basic hardware and network configuration here.
42. Is Linux ready for mom?: This article discusses some of the trials and advantages of Linux for novice users.
43. Windows to Linux: A Beginner’s Guide: Let your mom check out this article to get familiarized with Linux when coming from a Windows environment.
44. Top 10 Ways to Protect Your Linux Home System: Follow this guide to keep your mom’s computer safe.
45. Setting up Linux for Mom and Dad: See how one person set up a parent version of Mandrake Linux in this article.
46. Desktop Adapted for Dad (DAD): This writer gave his father a computer with carefully installed and configured software.
47. Moving a Beginner to Linux: Learn how to make the switch with this article.
48. The Top 50 Proprietary Programs that Drive You Crazy-and Their Open Source Alternatives: In this resource, you’re sure to find lots of programs that will help your mom convert.
49. Linux distro for mom?: In this thread, you’ll find lots of excellent advice for creating a Linux setup for a computer illiterate mom.
50. Beginner’s Introduction to the KDE Desktop: This guide offers a look at KDE for non-techies.
51. A Senior Citizen’s Introduction to Linux: See how one person set up a simple Linux system for an elderly woman in this article.
52. 7 Reasons you should switch Grandma to Linux: This article touts security, stability, and more for Linux.

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No guarantee that this will work for you!

1 Requirements

To install such a system you will need the following:

• The Perfect Setup – Debian Etch (Debian 4.0)
• Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Debian Etch

2 Setting up lighttpd

Once Lighttpd is installed, you’ll have to modify the configuration file to use it

vi /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

#bind to port (Default: 80)
server.port = 81



# bind to localhost (recommended for proxy behind Apache, otherwise comment this out for all)
server.bind = "localhost"

This is not a full listing of the configuration file, but rather a highlight of the most important parts. Notice that we’ve set the server port to 81. By doing this, we’re making sure it doesn’t clash with Apache listening on port 80. If you wanted to let Lighttpd power your entire site instead of Apache, you can set this to port 80, or comment it out to accept the default.
Then we restart Lighttpd:

/etc/init.d/lighttpd restart

3 Setting up Apache’s proxy

To let Apache take the output of Lighttpd on port 81 and map it to your website, you’ll need to make sure the Proxy module of Apache is loaded.
Using the Perfect Setup tutorial this module will either be there already but not activated.

a2enmod proxy_http
a2enmod proxy_connect

If you are using virtual hosting, you will want to use the following code to set up a proxy between the applicable directives:

ProxyRequests Off
ProxyPreserveHost On
ProxyPass /media http://0.0.0.0:81/
ProxyPassReverse / http://0.0.0.0:81/

Then we restart Apache:

/etc/init.d/apache2 reload

4 Final notice

In the above example, Lighttpd will serve up your media folder, leaving Apache to do the rest. Set this to any folder that has static content in it and Lighttpd will serve it, instead of Apache. Another good use of Lighttpd would be to serve up multimedia files, taking the load off of Apache. The increase of performance you’ll gain is dependent on many factors. If you only have Lighttpd serve up your images, it probably won’t help too much. You can put all of your static content, including HTML and PDF files, images, and movies in a folder called /static and then set the ProxyPass variable to that for a slightly better performance.

The increase of performance you’ve gained so far with Lighttpd is not phenomenal, but helps to increase the website performance and reduces the load on your server.

5 Links

• Lighttpd: http://www.lighttpd.net
• Apache Module mod_proxy: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_proxy.html
• PHP: http://www.php.net
• MySQL: http://www.mysql.com
• Debian: http://www.debian.org

Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on a Fedora 8 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.

I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!

1 Preliminary Note

In this tutorial I use the hostname server1.example.com with the IP address 192.168.0.100. These settings might differ for you, so you have to replace them where appropriate.

2 Installing MySQL 5.0

First we install MySQL 5.0 like this:

yum install mysql mysql-server

Then we create the system startup links for MySQL (so that MySQL starts automatically whenever the system boots) and start the MySQL server:

chkconfig –levels 235 mysqld on
/etc/init.d/mysqld start

Create a password for the MySQL user root (replace yourrootsqlpassword with the password you want to use):

mysqladmin -u root password yourrootsqlpassword

Then check with

netstat -tap | grep mysql

on which addresses MySQL is listening. If the output looks like this:

tcp 0 0 localhost.localdo:mysql *:* LISTEN 2713/mysqld

which means MySQL is listening on localhost.localdomain only, then you’re safe with the password you set before. But if the output looks like this:

tcp 0 0 *:mysql *:* LISTEN 2713/mysqld

you should set a MySQL password for your hostname, too, because otherwise anybody can access your database and modify data:

mysqladmin -h server1.example.com -u root password yourrootsqlpassword

3 Installing Lighttpd

Lighttpd is available as a Fedora package, therefore we can install it like this:

yum install lighttpd

Then we create the system startup links for Lighttpd (so that Lighttpd starts automatically whenever the system boots) and start it:

chkconfig –levels 235 lighttpd on
/etc/init.d/lighttpd start

Now direct your browser to http://192.168.0.100, and you should see the Lighttpd placeholder page:

Lighttpd’s default document root is /srv/www/lighttpd on Fedora, and the configuration file is /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf.

4 Installing PHP5

We can make PHP5 work in Lighttpd through FastCGI. Therefore we install the packages lighttpd-fastcgi and php-cli:

yum install lighttpd-fastcgi php-cli

5 Configuring Lighttpd And PHP5

To enable PHP5 in Lighttpd, we must modify two files, /etc/php.ini and /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf. First we open /etc/php.ini and add the line cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1 right at the end of the file:

vi /etc/php.ini

[...]
cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1

Then we open /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf and uncomment “mod_fastcgi”, in the server.modules stanza:

vi /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

[...]
server.modules              = (
#                               "mod_rewrite",
#                               "mod_redirect",
#                               "mod_alias",
                                "mod_access",
#                               "mod_cml",
#                               "mod_trigger_b4_dl",
#                               "mod_auth",
#                               "mod_status",
#                               "mod_setenv",
                                "mod_fastcgi",
#                               "mod_proxy",
#                               "mod_simple_vhost",
#                               "mod_evhost",
#                               "mod_userdir",
#                               "mod_cgi",
#                               "mod_compress",
#                               "mod_ssi",
#                               "mod_usertrack",
#                               "mod_expire",
#                               "mod_secdownload",
#                               "mod_rrdtool",
                                "mod_accesslog" )
[...]

and then, further down the file, there’s a fastcgi.server stanza which we uncomment as well:

[...]
#### fastcgi module
## read fastcgi.txt for more info
## for PHP don't forget to set cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1 in the php.ini
fastcgi.server             = ( ".php" =>
                               ( "localhost" =>
                                 (
                                   "socket" => "/var/run/lighttpd/php-fastcgi.socket",
                                   "bin-path" => "/usr/bin/php-cgi"
                                 )
                               )
                            )
[...]

Then we restart Lighttpd:

/etc/init.d/lighttpd restart

This guide explains how you can install Apple’s Safari browser on Ubuntu 7.10. As there is no Linux version of Safari, we will run it under Wine. We will use a tool called PlayOnLinux to install Safari under Wine. With PlayOnLinux you can install lots of Windows games and some Windows applications (such as Office 2003, IE6, MS Money, etc.) on Linux. Installing Safari on Linux is good for people such as web designers who have switched to Linux but still need to test their web sites in other browsers.

I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!

1 Installing PlayOnLinux

Open Firefox and go to http://www.playonlinux.com/en/download.html. Click on the link reading Click here for the .deb package:

In the Firefox download dialogue, select Open with GDebi Package Installer (default):

After the download has finished, the Package Installer comes up. Click on the Install Package button:

Type in your password:

Afterwards, the dependencies of PlayOnLinux are being downloaded and installed:

Next, PlayOnLinux is being installed:

After the installation you can click on Close and leave the Package Installer:

2 Starting PlayOnLinux For The First Time

Now open a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal):

We install the package cabextract (which is needed to extract .exe files) like this:

sudo apt-get install cabextract

Afterwards, we start PlayOnLinux by typing:

playonlinux

If 3D aceleration isn’t enabled on your desktop and you get a warning like in the below image, you can click it away. It’s not important (at least for Safari – this might be different if you want to install Windows games which I haven’t tried):

Now PlayOnLinux is being initialized. Click your way through the following dialogues (which are in French – we will change PlayOnLinux’ language soon):

Click on Télecharger (means Download in French):

Click on Suivant (means Next):

Finally, we get to the PlayOnLinux window:

3 Configuring PlayOnLinux

First let’s change the language of PlayOnLinux (if French isn’t your mother tongue). Go to Options > Langue:

Click on Suivant:

Select your preferred language and click on Suivant:

The change will take effect after a restart of PlayOnLinux (which we will do later – we still have to configure a few other things):

Next we set up the repositories where PlayOnLinux downloads its scripts from (there are scripts for each Windows application that PlayOnLinux can install to run under Wine). Go to Options > Dépots:

Enable the Community repository:

Afterwards do the same again for the WorkOnLinux repository:

Finally we create a menu entry for PlayOnLinux in the Applications menu. Go to Options > Tableaux de bord…

… and click on Yes:

Now we must restart our desktop session. Press CTRL + ALT+ Backspace and log in again.

4 Installing Safari

Now start PlayOnLinux again, this time by using its menu entry (Applications > PlayOnLinux > PlayOnLinux):

After PlayOnLinux has started, click on the Install button:

The Installation wizard starts. Select WorkOnLinux and click on Next:

In the next step select Safari and click on Install:

Click on Install again:

Select Next…

… then Download:

Click on Next:

Install Microsoft Visual C++ by accepting its license:

The next window tells us that we must download the Safari .exe file from Apple before we can proceed:

Open Firefox and go to http://www.apple.com/safari/download/ (although PlayOnLinux displays another URL in the previous image). Select Safari for Windows XP or Vista (without Quicktime) and click on the Download Safari 3 Beta button:

Save the file somewhere on your computer:

Back in PlayOnLinux, click on Next…

… and then on Browse:

Select the Safari executable you’ve just downloaded from your hard drive…

… and click on Next:

The next message tells us to deselect Install Bonjour for Windows and Install Apple Software Update during the Safari setup – please keep this in mind, we’ll need it soon:

The Safari installer starts. Click on Next >:

Accept the Safari license:

Now it’s time to disable Install Bonjour for Windows as well as the Apple updates. This is important – otherwise Safari might not work as expected on Linux:

Now Safari is being installed:

Click on Finish to leave the installer:

In the next step PlayOnLinux downloads and installs the Adobe Flash player for Safari:

Click on Yes if you want to have a Safari shortcut on your desktop…

… and in the menu:

The Safari installation is complete, you can leave PlayOnLinux now:

Now you can start Safari:

This is how it looks:

5 Links

• Safari: http://www.apple.com/safari/download
• PlayOnLinux: http://www.playonlinux.com
• Wine: http://www.winehq.org
• Ubuntu: http://www.ubuntu.com

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Author: Falko Timme <ft [at] falkotimme [dot] com>
Last edited 12/20/2007

If you have a dual-boot Windows/Linux system, you probably know this problem: you can access files from your Windows installation while you are in Linux, but not the other way round. This tutorial shows three ways how you can access your Linux partitions (with ext2 or ext3 filesystem) from within Windows: Explore2fs, DiskInternals Linux Reader, and the Ext2 Installable File System For Windows. While the first two provide read-only access, the Ext2 Installable File System For Windows can be used for read and write operations.

I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!

1 Explore2fs

In Windows, open a browser and go to http://www.chrysocome.net/explore2fs. Download the latest explore2fs zip file…

… and unpack it. In the new folder, you’ll find the explore2fs executable. Double-click on it to start it:

The Explore2fs filebrowser starts; you can now browse your Linux partitions and copy&paste files to your Windows partition:

2 DiskInternals Linux Reader

Go to http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader and download and install the DiskInternals Linux Reader.

After the installation, the Linux Reader starts automatically and scans your hard drive for Linux partitions:

Afterwards, you can find your Windows and Linux partitions in the Linux Reader (which looks like the Windows Explorer):

Now you can browse your Linux partitions:

To copy a file/directory from a Linux partition to your Windows partition, right-click on the file/directory and select Save:

Then select the folder on your Windows partition where you want to store the file/directory:

The DiskInternals Linux Reader can be started from the normal start menu:

3 Ext2 Installable File System For Windows

The Ext2 Installable File System For Windows (which supports ext2 and ext3!) can be downloaded from http://www.fs-driver.org/index.html. During the installation you will be asked to assign a drive letter to your Linux partitions (e.g. L:); you don’t need to assign a drive letter to your swap partition:

After the installation, you can find your Linux partition(s) in the normal Windows Explorer (under the drive letter that you assigned to it during the installation):

You can now browse and use your Linux partition(s) like a normal Windows partition.

As mentioned in the introduction of this article, the Ext2 Installable File System For Windows supports read and write operations on the Linux partitions. In order to test if the write support really works, we can try to create an empty folder on a Linux partition. Right-click on an empty area on the Linux partition and select New > Folder:

Enter a name for the new folder (e.g. test):

If everything goes well, you should now have a new folder on your Linux partition.

4 Links

• Explore2fs: http://www.chrysocome.net/explore2fs
• DiskInternals Linux Reader: http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader
• Ext2 Installable File System For Windows: http://www.fs-driver.org/index.html

Installing Ruby on Rails (RoR) on windows, OSX and Linux. Generally there are 3 installations: OSX, Windows and Linux, and Linux install is the most easy one.

Windows:

Go to http://www.rubyonrails.org/, and download the package containing gems (windows installer).

Install the package.

Update the gem system via:

gem update –system

Update installed gems via:

gem update

When this is done install the relevant gems. I would suggest the following as a minimum:
*rails (for the framework)
Please note, that rails 2.02 is the newest version, you can install an older version via

gem install v1.2.6 rails

*mysql (for database assess)
*mongrel (webserver better when webrick)

When asked for the version you want to use, choose the newst version, that has win32 in the option.

OSX 10.4 and 10.5

Go to http://www.macports.org/ and download the correct version of the file (tiger/leopard).

Read through the installation guide: http://www.macports.org/install.php

Quick guide:
Install the correct xcode for your system.
Install the macports program (this can take a little while)
When done, do:

sudo port install ruby
sudo port install rb-gems (enabling gems under ruby)
sudo gem install rails (framework)
sudo port install rb-mysql (mysql for use under RoR)
sudo gem install mongrel (webserver)
sudo port install subversion (for easy install for remote plugins)

Linux (Ubuntu like / Debian based)

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade (getting newst list, and updateing software before continuing).
sudo apt-get install ruby subversion mysql libmysql-ruby1.8

sudo gem install rails
sudo gem install mongrel

And you should be set to go.

IDE for use with RoR:
Textmate (OSX), has very poor subversion integration, but good RoR integration
Not free
Eclipse (good integration, via plugins)
http://www.eclipse.org/ download plugins via Aptana website, for RoR support.
Free

Aptana (good integration via plugins) http://www.aptana.com/
complete IDE, eclipse based. Free
IDEA (good integration via plugins)
Complete IDE suite, with great integration of subversion, mysql and even jira for bugtracking.
Professional, but expensive.

Remeber to point your IDE to where your RoR / rails is installed for best integration:
Windows most often: c:\ruby\bin
OSX: /opt/local/
Linux: /usr/bin/ruby

Errors:

Linux:

sudo gem update –system

Which introduced this error:

/usr/bin/gem:23: uninitialized constant Gem::GemRunner(NameError)

whenever I tried to run rubygems. On the rails forum, I found a fix for it!. Simply add the line to the file /usr/bin/gem (may be different on a mac):

require 'rubygems/gem_runner'

after

require 'rubygems'

Source: http://www.nickpeters.net/2007/12/31/fix-for-uninitialized-constant-gemgemrunner-nameerror/

This error when installing gems:

extconf.rb:1:in `require’: no such file to load—mkmf (LoadError)

from extconf.rb:1.

Do:

sudo apt-get install ruby1.8-dev