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The Perfect Load-Balanced & High-Availability Web Cluster With 2 Servers Running Xen On Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:17:43 +0200

The Perfect Load-Balanced & High-Availability Web Cluster With 2 Servers Running Xen On Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron

In this howto we will build a load-balanced and high-availability web cluster on 2 real servers with Xen, hearbeat and ldirectord. The cluster will do http, mail, DNS, MySQL database and will be completely monitored. This is currently used on a production server with a couple of websites. The goal of this tutorial is to achieve load balancing & high availability with as few real servers as possible and of course, with open-source software. More servers means more hardware & hosting cost.

Running The Chromium Browser On Ubuntu 8.04 With CrossOver Chromium

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:10:01 +0200

Running The Chromium Browser On Ubuntu 8.04 With CrossOver Chromium

Chromium is an open-source browser project that is the basis for Google's Chrome browser. Right now, Chromium doesn't support Linux natively, but Codeweavers has created a Linux port called CrossOver Chromium that can be installed free of charge. This guide shows how to install CrossOver Chromium on Ubuntu 8.04.

Create CentOS 5.2 Domu on Ubuntu Hardy Dom0

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:32:54 +0200

Create CentOS 5.2 Domu on Ubuntu Hardy Dom0

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Images of xen on an Ubuntu Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04) server system (i386). Linux distributions that can run as Xen guests out of the box, obviating the need to create your own custom filesystems. The filesystems on jailtime.org have already been tweaked to deal with Xen’s idiosyncracies, and are also designed to be lightweight and minimally divergent from the original distribution.

Installing Xbox Media Center (XBMC) On Ubuntu 8.04

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:06:42 +0200

Installing Xbox Media Center (XBMC) On Ubuntu 8.04

The Xbox Media Center (XBMC) is a media center application for Linux, Mac, and Windows that allows you to manage/watch/listen to/view your videos, music, and pictures. It has a nice interface, can be controlled from the desktop or a remote control or via its built-in web interface, and it can be extended by custom scripts. This guide shows how you can install XBMC on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop.

Installing Adobe AIR 1.1 For Linux Beta On Ubuntu 8.04

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:22:28 +0200

Installing Adobe AIR 1.1 For Linux Beta On Ubuntu 8.04

Adobe AIR is a technology that lets you run Internet applications on the desktop. With AIR you do not need a browser to run such desktop applications. This tutorial explains how you can install Adobe AIR 1.1 for Linux beta on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop and how you can install AIR applications.

The Perfect Desktop - gOS 3.0 Gadgets

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:27:40 +0200

The Perfect Desktop - gOS 3.0 Gadgets

This tutorial shows how you can set up a gOS 3.0 Gadgets 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 8.04, that comes with Google Apps and some other Web 2.0 applications; gOS 3.0 Gadgets uses the GNOME desktop.

How To Install VMware Server 2 On An Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:24:03 +0200

How To Install VMware Server 2 On An Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Server 2 on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop system. With VMware Server you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, etc. under a host operating system. This has the benefit that you can run multiple operating systems on the same hardware which saves a lot of money, and you can move virtual machines from one VMware Server to the next one (or to a system that has the VMware Player which is also free).

Kubuntu: How To Turn The Touchpad Off And On With One Shortcut Key

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:08:11 +0200

Kubuntu: How To Turn The Touchpad Off And On With One Shortcut Key

This guide explains how you can turn your touchpad on or off on a Kubuntu laptop by using a shortcut key.

Mounting ISO Images With Furius ISO Mount On Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:27:05 +0200

Mounting ISO Images With Furius ISO Mount On Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop

Furius ISO Mount is a tool that lets you mount and unmount ISO images on your desktop, calculate the checksums (MD5 and SHA1) of the ISO images, and burn them onto a CD or DVD (using external programs like Brasero or Nautilus). It comes with a graphical user interface and is extremely easy to use. This guide shows how to install it on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop.

Installing Google Android SDK 1.0 On Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:40:10 +0200

Installing Google Android SDK 1.0 On Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop

This guide explains how you can install the Google Android SDK 1.0 on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop. With this stable release of the Android SDK, you can now develop applications for Android smartphones (like T-Mobile's G1) and offer them on the Android Market.

VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 2.0 On A Headless Ubuntu 8.04 Server

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:25:14 +0200

VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 2.0 On A Headless Ubuntu 8.04 Server

This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0 on a headless Ubuntu 8.04 server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop environment. Fortunately, VirtualBox comes with a tool called VBoxHeadless that allows you to connect to the virtual machines over a remote desktop connection, so there's no need for the VirtualBox GUI.

Installing Zivios Server On Ubuntu

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:11:01 +0200

Installing Zivios Server On Ubuntu

This howto explains installing Zivios Master Service version 0.5.0. Zivios is an n-tiered PHP-5 application, providing identity management, single sign-on, user, group and computer provisioning, as well as remote management of services. It uses MySQL and OpenLDAP as it's data store, with OpenLdap being the primary back end for identity management and application integration and MySQL being used for panel specific data.

Installing VirtualBox 2.0.0 On Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:45:07 +0200

Installing VirtualBox 2.0.0 On Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop

This tutorial shows how you can install Sun xVM VirtualBox on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop. With VirtualBox you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux and Windows under a host operating system. There are two ways of installing VirtualBox: from precompiled binaries that are available for some distributions and come under the PUEL license, and from the sources that are released under the GPL. This article will show how to set up VirtualBox 2.0.0 from the precompiled binaries.

Minimal Ubuntu 8.04 Server Install

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:41:39 +0200

Minimal Ubuntu 8.04 Server Install

I find myself removing packages that I don't need, especially if the packages belong to processes that are using processor resources. There is a way to start from the ground up, you can have a minimal system and just add what you need. This has the added benefit of extra security, your system doesn't have services running that you don't use. You won't use a Ubuntu Server CD, but the Desktop Live CD.

Checking Package Dependencies with apt-rdepends On Debian/Ubuntu

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:18:07 +0200

Checking Package Dependencies with apt-rdepends On Debian/Ubuntu

This short guide shows how you can check the dependencies of a package with the tool apt-rdepends on Debian and Ubuntu systems. The great thing about apt-rdepends is that it resolves dependencies recursively, i.e., not only does it show the direct dependencies of a package, but also the dependencies' dependencies. This is great, for example, if you want to rebuild a package from the sources, etc.