This tutorial describes the installation of a clustered web, email, database and DNS server to be used for redundancy, high availability and load balancing on Debian 5 with the ISPConfig 3 control panel. GlusterFS will be used to mirror the data between the servers and ISPConfig for mirroring the configuration files.
Read more »Installing A Web, Email, MySQL DB Cluster (Mirror) On Debian 5 With ISPConfig 3
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OCaml 3.12 released !
Puppet – server management made easy
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If you have more than a handful of servers, maintaining them by hand becomes a tedious task. Of course, you can automate this with shell scripts, but this is an ad hoc solution. Puppet can help you to reach a more consistent way of managing your servers. Here's how…
Read more »Prototyping with Pencil (FireFox add-on)
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User interface prototyping is supposed to be a creative discipline, where the tools don’t get in the way, so you can place your ideas on the screen just like you would draw them freehand on the back of a napkin. Up until recently, there was not a high quality open source UI prototyper. But,those days are in the past, though, thanks to Pencil.
Read more »What's new in Linux 2.6.35
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Measures to support the power saving mechanisms of AMD graphics chips, network code optimisations for multi-core processors, features for de-fragmenting the working memory and an improved support of the power management and turbo features offered by modern processors are among the highlights of the new kernel version
Read more »AppArmor Is Going Into The Linux 2.6.36 Kernel
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James Morris has outlined a preview of the security subsystem changes he is currently carrying in his security-testing-next branch of the Linux kernel that he plans to have Linus Torvalds pull into the next kernel development cycle for Linux 2.6.36. The big change in the kernel security world is that AppArmor is being planned for integration into the Linux 2.6.36 kernel.
Read more »Mesh Networking using OLSR Protocol on GNU Systems with Free Software
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"For viafrica.org I studied the possibility of setting up a wireless mesh network using ubuntu..."
Read more »Setting Up OpenVPN on a DD-WRT Router, Part 2
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This is the second installment of a two-part series on setting up the OpenVPN server on DD-WRT router firmware. This is a great way to set up secure connections to your network for road-warriors or to remotely connect offices. This a cost-effective solution can support a dozen or two VPN users.
Read more »Modify NoScript so it can detect and block nontrivial nonfree JavaScript code
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"Richard Stallman is looking for someone to modify NoScript so it can detect and block nontrivial nonfree JavaScript code..."
Read more »Linux-libre 2.6.35 & 2.6.34-1 Released
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«Linux-libre is a project that aims to publish and maintain modified versions of the Linux kernel that only include free software...» — via Linux-libre, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia —
Read more »Open source web apps often insecure, new tool discovers
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Security company Qualys has released a new open source tool, 'BlindElephant', which can accurately fingerprint web applications down to version level in order to better manage the security issues which now plague such software. According to the company, the need for such a tool is pressing.
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GCC 4.5.1 Released
Rakudo Star - A first usable Perl 6
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A first usable Perl 6 implementation has been released in the form of Rakudo Star. Aimed at the early adopters of Perl 6, it is not yet complete
Read more »The Hurd: GNU's quest for the perfect kernel
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So what is the state of the Hurd? Is it vaporware, like Duke Nukem Forever? Fortunately not: the code exists, there is still work going on (for instance as part of Google Summer of Code), and there are even some relatively functional Hurd distributions. Let's look first at the code and the current architecture, and then at the Hurd distributions.
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Kernel Log: Coming in 2.6.35 (Part 3) - Network support
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Several patches submitted by a Google developer will enable the kernel to push considerably more data through network cables on multi-core systems. Some of the LAN and Wi-Fi drivers also promise greater throughput, or to use less power, due to various driver enhancements
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