Virtual Hosting With PureFTPd And MySQL (Incl. Quota And Bandwidth Management) On Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)

This document describes how to install a PureFTPd server that uses
virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This
is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a
single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota and
upload/download bandwidth limits with this setup. Passwords will be
stored encrypted as MD5 strings in the database.

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How To Make Desktop Applications Start Automatically After Login (GNOME)

You probably know this: you power on your machine, and immediately
after you’ve logged in you manually start your two or three favourite
applications. Why not have the system start these applications for you
automatically? This short guide shows how to accomplish this under
GNOME.

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The Perfect Desktop – gOS 1.0.1

This tutorial shows how you can set up a gOS 1.0.1
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. gOS is a
lightweight Linux distribution, based on Ubuntu 7.10, that comes with
Google Apps and some other Web 2.0 applications; it uses the
Enlightenment 17 window manager instead of GNOME or KDE.

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Installation Guide: Fedora 8 Desktop (a.k.a. The Perfect Desktop)

This document describes how to set up a Fedora desktop – including
how to enable special mouse buttons, improve laptop support (depending
on your model), set up printers (especially HP) and the usage of Compiz
Fusion. The result is a fast, secure and extendable system that
provides all you need for daily work and entertainment.

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How To Upgrade Your Desktop From Fedora 7 To Fedora 8

This guide shows how you can upgrade your desktop from Fedora 7 to Fedora 8.

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Enabling Compiz Fusion On An Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop (ATI Mobility Radeon 9200)

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 ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 here).
With Compiz Fusion you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows
or a desktop cube on your desktop.

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How To Install courier-imap, courier-authlib, And maildrop On Fedora, RedHat, CentOS

For some reason there are no Courier packages (courier-imap, courier-authlib, maildrop)
available on RedHat-based distributions (RedHat, Fedora, CentOS), and
the only third-party repository that had such packages seems to have
closed (enlartenment.com). Therefore this
tutorial explains how you can create and install your own Courier rpm
packages from the sources, and I provide download links for my Courier
rpm packages that I compiled on Fedora 8 (i386) so that you can save
some time.

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Enabling Compiz Fusion On A Fedora 8 GNOME Desktop (ATI Mobility Radeon 9200)

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 ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 here). With Compiz Fusion
you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube
on your desktop.

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Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend

This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on
Ubuntu 7.10 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB
protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as standalone
server, not as a domain controller. For this setup, I will use the
Ubuntu Server installation CD but the same installation procedure will
work on an Ubuntu desktop as well.

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Installing Openfire 3.3.3 & Spark 2.5.7 On Debian 4.0 Etch

This artivle explains how to install and use Openfire and Spark.
Openfire (previously known as Wildfire Server) is a Jabber/XMPP server,
and Spark is a Jabber/XMPP client; both are written in Java. Spark is
an open source, cross-platform instant messaging client optimized for
businesses and organizations.

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