http://www.reviewlinux.com/Latest HowTos from ReviewLinux.Com.Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:36:56 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssScript by Mike Perkswebmaster@reviewlinux.com (Mike Perks)webmaster@reviewlinux.com (Mike Perks)http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10616This tutorial shows how you can set up an OpenSUSE 11 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 ....Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:18:35 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10616#10:18:35http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10604This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 5 Elyssa R1 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 c....Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:41:18 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10604#07:41:18http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10596This tutorial explains how to set up PHPIDS on a web server with Apache2 and PHP5. PHPIDS (PHP-Intrusion Detection System) is a simple to use, well structured, fast and state-of-the-art security layer for your PHP based web application. The IDS neith....Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:04:41 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10596#14:04:41http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10588This tutorial shows how to install and use mod_python on a Debian Etch server with Apache2. mod_python is an Apache module that embeds the Python interpreter within the server. It allows you to write web-based applications in Python that will run man....Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:14:53 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10588#10:14:53http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10572This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with MySQL authentication (using mod_auth_mysql) on Apache2 on a Debian Etch server. WebDAV stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning and is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that allow ....Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:24:17 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10572#09:24:17http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10560This tutorial shows how to configure a MySQL 5.1 cluster with five nodes: 1 x management, 2 x storage nodes and 2 x balancer nodes. This cluster is load-balanced by an Ultra Monkey package which provides heartbeat (for checking if the other node is s....Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:35:30 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10560#09:35:30http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10547This tutorial shows how to set up an Ubuntu Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04 LTS) based server that offers DNS services using BIND. This article is written for the 32-bit version of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, but should apply to the 64-bit version as well.Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:44:54 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10547#10:44:54http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10528This tutorial shows how to set up a two-node Apache web server cluster that provides high-availability. In front of the Apache cluster we create a load balancer that splits up incoming requests between the two Apache nodes. Because we do not want the....Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:07:19 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10528#11:07:19http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10520This guide explains how to set up mod_geoip with Apache2 on a Fedora 9 system. mod_geoip looks up the IP address of the client end user. This allows you to redirect or block users based on their country. You can also use this technology for your Open....Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:36:41 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10520#09:36:41http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10514This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu Studio 8.04 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 clea....Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:42:30 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10514#09:42:30http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10500This document describes how to set up Songbird 0.5 on Ubuntu 8.04. Taken from the Songbird page: "Songbird is a desktop media player mashed-up with the Web. Songbird is committed to playing the music you want, from the sites you want, on the devices ....Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:41:27 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10500#10:41:27http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10490This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with Apache2 on a Debian Etch server. WebDAV stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning and is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that allow users to directly edit files on the Apache serv....Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:00:58 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10490#06:00:58http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10477Areca is a personal file backup software developed in Java. It allows you to select files or directories to back up, filter, encrypt and compress their content, and store them on your backup location. Areca supports incremental backups and generates ....Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:05:29 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10477#08:05:29http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10459Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver, released under a BSD license. Version 1.0.0 was released on May 20, 2008. This tutorial explains how to install and use it on Debian Etch, including the creation of zones for your own doma....Thu, 29 May 2008 11:50:57 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10459#11:50:57http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10443This document describes how to set up PHPlist on Fedora, CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. This howto should also work for other distributions with little modifications. Taken from the phplist page: "phplist is an open-source newsletter manager. phplist is ....Tue, 27 May 2008 10:29:29 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10443#10:29:29http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10430In this HowTo I will describe how to prepare a Debian Etch server for OpenVZ. With OpenVZ you can create multiple Virtual Private Servers (VPS) on the same hardware, similar to Xen and the Linux Vserver project. OpenVZ is the open-source branch of Vi....Sun, 25 May 2008 09:49:10 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10430#09:49:10http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10406This document describes how to install a Postfix mail server based that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I will also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, C....Thu, 22 May 2008 09:05:54 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10406#09:05:54http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10388This document describes how to upgrade your desktop from Fedora 8 to Fedora 9 via PreUpgrade. PreUpgrade provides a frontend that allows the user to easily download all packages that are needed for the distribution upgrade, and then perform the distr....Tue, 20 May 2008 05:33:05 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10388#05:33:05http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10383This document describes step-by-step how to set up a Fedora 9 desktop (GNOME). The result is a fast, secure and extendable system that provides all you need for daily work and entertainment.Sun, 18 May 2008 09:13:27 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10383#09:13:27http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10349This is a detailed description about how to set up a Fedora 9 server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable) with PHP5 and Ruby, Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP ser....Thu, 15 May 2008 10:35:57 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10349#10:35:57http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10333This document describes how to set up TrueCrypt 5.1a on Debian Etch (GNOME). Taken from the TrueCrypt page: "TrueCrypt is a software system for establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted volume (data storage device). On-the-fly encryption m....Tue, 13 May 2008 10:42:39 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10333#10:42:39http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10305This document describes how to enable and configure Compiz Fusion on a Mandriva One 2008.1 Spring GNOME desktop with an NVIDIA graphics card. Sun, 11 May 2008 14:02:47 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10305#14:02:47http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10295This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Xen on an Ubuntu Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04) server system (i386). You can find all the software used here in the Ubuntu repositories, so no external files (apart from a fixed Ubuntu Xe....Thu, 08 May 2008 10:07:09 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10295#10:07:09http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10283This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on an Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I am using an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 here). With Compiz Fusion you can use beautiful 3D effects like w....Tue, 06 May 2008 10:30:55 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10283#10:30:55http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10258This tutorial shows how to set up an Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04 LTS) based server as a spamfilter in gateway mode. In the end, you will have a SpamSnake Gateway which will relay clean emails to your MTA. You will also be able to view your incoming queu....Sun, 04 May 2008 11:04:53 -0800http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10258#11:04:53