How To Set Up Software RAID1 On A Running System (Incl. GRUB Configuration) (Debian Etch)
This guide explains how to set up software RAID1 on an already
running Debian Etch system. The GRUB bootloader will be configured in
such a way that the system will still be able to boot if one of the
hard drives fails (no matter which one).
Enabling Compiz Fusion On An Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200)
This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion
on an Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) desktop (the system must have a
3D-capable graphics card – I’m using an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 here).
With Compiz Fusion you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows
or a desktop cube on your desktop.
Setting Up A Debian Packages Proxy With apt-cacher
There are many ways to
install a Debian Linux but the most common is certainly to use the net-install 160MB CDROM. You can download it from http://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/. Booting up your PC from
this CD, you will be capable of setting-up a basic Linux system;
downloading updates, extra softwares and language support directly from
the Internet. But using this method of installation on more
than one PC in your LAN results in a massive waste of your precious
bandwidth. Therefore, maybe you should consider using a
cloning utility like “Sysimagerâ€. But, as it is most likely that every
computer will be slightly different one from another one, you should
consider setting up a Debian Package Proxy as a long term solution.
Manage Your Mobile Phone With Wammu Via Bluetooth On Fedora 8
This document describes how to manage your mobile phone with Wammu
via bluetooth on Fedora 8. Depending on the manufacturer and model of
your mobile phone, you’ll be able to retrieve your contacts (SIM &
phone), calls, messages, todos, calendar and system information. You
can also create contacts, events, todos and messages or manage data
backups. In addition you can use the bluetooth manager to access your
mobile phone like a standard storage media or use the Gnome phone
manager for realtime messaging.
Enabling Compiz Fusion On A Fedora 8 GNOME Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200)
This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion
on a Fedora 8 GNOME desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics
card – I’m using an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 here). With Compiz Fusion
you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube
on your desktop.
Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier And MySQL (Ubuntu 7.10)
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. The resulting Postfix server is capable of SMTP-AUTH and TLS and quota (quota is not built into Postfix by default, I’ll show how to patch your Postfix appropriately). Passwords are stored in encrypted
form in the database (most documents I found were dealing with plain
text passwords which is a security risk). In addition to that, this
tutorial covers the installation of Amavisd, SpamAssassin and ClamAV so that emails will be scanned for spam and viruses.
Adding And Updating SpamAssassin Rulesets With RulesDuJour
This article explains how you can download additional SpamAssassin
rulesets resp. automatically update these rulesets with a shell scripts
called RulesDuJour.
These additional rulesets can increase your spam recognition rate
dramatically. Most of the rulesets that RulesDuJour supports can be
found on the SA Rules Emporium web site.
Installation Guide: Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna (a.k.a. The Perfect Desktop)
This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 4.0 (Daryna)
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. Linux Mint 4.0 is
a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 7.10 that has lots of packages in
its repositories (like multimedia codecs, Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader,
Skype, Google Earth, etc.) that are relatively hard to install on other
distributions; it therefore provides a user-friendly desktop experience
even for Linux newbies.
SAMBA (Domaincontroller) Server For Small Workgroups With Ubuntu 7.10
This is a detailed
description about setting up an Ubuntu based server
(Ubuntu 7.10) to act as file- and printserver for Windows(tm)
workstations in small workgroups. This howto uses the tdb backend for SAMBA
to store passwords and account information. This is suitable for workgroups
for up to 250 users and is easier to set up than an LDAP backend.
Intrusion Detection: Snort, Base, MySQL, and Apache2 On Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)
In this tutorial I will describe how to install and configure Snort
(an intrusion detection system (IDS)) from source, BASE (Basic Analysis
and Security Engine), MySQL, and Apache2 on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon).
Snort will assist you in monitoring your network and alert you about
possible threats. Snort will output its log files to a MySQL database
which BASE will use to display a graphical interface in a web browser.