In 2011, the Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands started to look into the possibilities of releasing some of their images on the web. What started as an experiment, has now resulted in 111,000 (and counting) high-quality images of famous paintings such as the Nightwatch as well as numerous other works of art by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Goltzius and so on.
Read more »Rijksmuseum (NL) releases 111,000 high quality images to the public domain
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The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 12.10 (nginx, BIND, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3)
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This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) server (with nginx, BIND, Dovecot) for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3.
Read more »Overview of 10 Very Good Firefox Add-ons
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In this article I will overview several add-ons for Firefox which I consider useful and are also popular among Firefox users. The article is divided into two parts, the first one containing add-ons for users which are not necessarily tech-savy, while in the second I will mention add-ons for advanced users or web developers. The article applies for the current Firefox version, which is 19.0.
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What's New in KDE 4.10, the Most Advanced Linux Desktop
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KDE 4.10 was recently released with all kinds of improvements and new goodies. KDE doesn't generate a lot of noise-- so how is the most advanced Linux desktop faring these days?
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Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Scientific Linux 6.3 (LAMP)
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LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on a Scientific Linux 6.3 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.
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LibreOffice 4.0 Available for Ubuntu 12.10 and 12.04, Using Firefox Personas
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It has an impressive list of new features:
now integrates with various CMS (Content Management System)
uses Firefox personas to theme it
contributing to LibreOffice is easy using Gerrit
converting non-native formats is now improved
can edit Visio and Publisher documents
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Ubuntu To Use Its Own Display Server Called Mir, Unity To Be Ported To Qt/QML
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According to a recent announcement, Ubuntu will use its own Display Server called Mir. The reason for this is that "none of the existing solutions would allow us to implement our vision without taking major compromises which would come at the cost of user experience and quality".
Read more »Installing Nginx With PHP5 (+ PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On Scientific Linux 6.3
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Nginx (pronounced "engine x") is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server. Nginx is known for its stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption. This tutorial shows how you can install Nginx on a Scientific Linux 6.3 server with PHP5 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support.
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KDE Software Compilation 4.10.1 Released
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Today KDE released updates for its Workspaces, Applications and Development Platform. These updates are the first in a series of monthly stabilization updates to the 4.10 series. over 100 recorded bugfixes include improvements to the Personal Information Management suite Kontact, the Window Manager KWin, and others.
Read more »Virtualization With KVM On A Scientific Linux 6.3 Server
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This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on a Scientific Linux 6.3 server. I will show how to create image-based virtual machines and also virtual machines that use a logical volume (LVM). KVM is short for Kernel-based Virtual Machine and makes use of hardware virtualization, i.e., you need a CPU that supports hardware virtualization, e.g.
Read more »Using Multiple PHP Versions (PHP-FPM & FastCGI) With ISPConfig 3 (Ubuntu 12.04)
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Since ISPConfig 3.0.5, it is possible to use multiple PHP versions on one server and select the optimal PHP version for a website. This feature works with PHP-FPM (starting with PHP 5.3) and FastCGI (all PHP 5.x versions). This tutorial shows how to build PHP 5.3 and PHP 5.4 as a PHP-FPM and a FastCGI version on an Ubuntu 12.04 server.
Read more »Serving CGI Scripts With Nginx On Fedora 18
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This tutorial shows how you can serve CGI scripts (Perl scripts) with nginx on Fedora 18. While nginx itself does not serve CGI, there are several ways to work around this. I will outline two solutions: the first is to proxy requests for CGI scripts to Thttpd, a small web server that has CGI support, while the second solution uses a CGI wrapper to serve CGI scripts.
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UUIDs and Linux: Everything you ever need to know
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What is so special about UUIDs in Linux? I don’t know! But a single, simple short tip about looking up UUIDs in Linux from 2007 is one of the most successful posts I ever wrote! And is still looked up by hundreds each day! So I decided: Feed the masses.
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Using Multiple PHP Versions (PHP-FPM & FastCGI) With ISPConfig 3 (CentOS 6.3)
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Since ISPConfig 3.0.5, it is possible to use multiple PHP versions on one server and select the optimal PHP version for a website. This feature works with PHP-FPM (starting with PHP 5.3) and FastCGI (all PHP 5.x versions). This tutorial shows how to build PHP 5.3 and PHP 5.4 as a PHP-FPM and a FastCGI version on a CentOS 6.3 server.
Read more »KDE's wonderful usability
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KDE is what I consider the most usable desktop environment there is. But what makes it so? One thing that makes it so is it's configurability, which is often the target of criticism. Another is the way it's designed, the parts that make up the whole. Let's take a look at these.
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