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Monthly Archives: February 2008

Everex Cloudbook – a worthy competitor to the popular Asus Eee PC

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Linewbie.com Posted in desktop & laptop pc, hardware, review/preview/tests .

At $399, its an obvious competitor to the ASUS Eee PC. The Everex Cloudbook is intended to be a UMPC meaning that it is ultra mobile, easy on the battery life, and at least semi rugged. Everex calls this notebook “The Ultimate in Mobility.”

How about those specs:

  • 1.2 GHz Via C7-M Processor ULV
  • 512 MB DDR2 533MHz SDRAM Memory (maximum is 1 GB)
  • 30 GB Hard Disk Drive
  • 7″ WVGA TFT Display for 800×480 resolution
  • Via Unichrome Pro IGP Graphics
  • Via High Definition Audio
  • 802.11 B/G
  • One 10/100 Ethernet Port
  • DVI-I Port
  • 2 USB 2.0 Ports
  • 4-in-1 memory card reader
  • 0.3 MP Webcam (not a typo, zero point three megapixel)
  • Headphone/Line out port
  • Microphone/Line in port
  • Set of stereo speaker
  • Touchpad
  • 4 cell lithium ion battery
  • 2 pounds
  • Up to 5 hours battery life
  • gOS Rocket OS based on Ubuntu
  • Software includes Google Apps integration

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Tags: Cloudbook, EEE PC, hardware, laptops .

WP Post Icon

Posted on February 14, 2008 by Linewbie.com Posted in wordpress/blogging .

Latest Version: 1.0
(updated on Feb. 15th, 2008)

Download: Click Here

Description:

WP Post Icon is a Free and Open Source WordPress plugin which is enable blog authors to upload and automatically insert topic icons or images in to your posts on the fly. You can control the position of the icon. Just select which image to display when you are writing a post, it will be automatically displayed.

Features:

  • Automatically insert your topic icons in to your blog posts.
  • Very little manual work is required, just select which image to display when you are writing a new post.
  • You could also use no image at all.

Requirements:

WP Post Icon has been tested on WordPress 2.0.*, 2.1.* , 2.2.*, 2.3.* and 2.5.*.

Installation

  • Upload the folder wp-post-icon into your wp-content/plugins
  • Log in to WordPress Administration area, choose Plugins from the main menu, find WP Post Icon, and click the Activate button
  • Choose Options->WP Post Icon from the main menu and start uploading your images or icons. Then when you are writing a new post, you could select which image to display on the right side option bar.

Change Log:

2/15/2008 : Initial Release, Version 1.0

Questions and Discussions:

Please leave comment and questions below.

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Reduce Apache Load With lighttpd On Debian Etch Linux

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Linewbie.com Posted in applications/software, guides, how to, servers .

Lighttpd, sometimes pronounced “Lighty”, is a lightweight HTTP server that can help alleviate Apache’s load by serving static content. Since Lighttpd uses less resources per request than Apache, it generally serves most static content faster than Apache. This tutorial shows how to install Lighttpd behind Apache via Apache´s proxy module.

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

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Tags: apache, debian, etch, Lighttpd, server .

Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 8

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Linewbie.com Posted in applications/software, guides, how to, servers .

Version 1.0
Author: Falko Timme <ft [at] falkotimme [dot] com>
Last edited 01/11/2008

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

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Tags: Fedora, Lighttpd, mysql, PHP .

Install Apple Safari Browser On Ubuntu Linux 7.10 With PlayOnLinux

Posted on February 3, 2008 by Linewbie.com Posted in applications/software, browsers, debian/ubuntu based, guides, how to, mac/osx .

Version 1.0
Author: Falko Timme <ft [at] falkotimme [dot] com>
Last edited 01/18/2008

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):

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Tags: browsers, PlayOnLinux, Safari, ubuntu .

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