Since the introduction of the “3.0 (quilt)” source format, it is now possible to integrate multiple upstream tarballs in Debian source packages. This article will show you how to do the same with your own package shall you need it.

In the Debian popularity-contest numbers, the adobe-flashplugin package the second most popular used package that is missing in Debian. The sixth most popular is flashplayer-mozilla.

I decided to bite the bullet, patched the missing bits in GRUB and Parted, a few small changes in D-I and there’s now a modified Debian Installer with ZFS support for you to play with. Enjoy!

This is just a quick walkthrough describing how to setup a decent development environment allowing the easy setup of multiple sites. It already assumes you have a working Debian or Ubuntu OS installed and configured with PHP, MySql & Apache already running. You will also need to have a working sudo.

Setting up awstats on Debian Lenny is a bit tricky. I will describe how to set up awstats and install the cron job for updating the awstats statistics automatically. The Last step will be to set up logrotate to not miss any user.

Surprisingly, the Squeeze CD I downloaded today had GNOME on it. Thinking I’ll be able to remove it, I installed it. It was useless, except the fact that it fixed my framebuffer , so I tried removing it.

Today my server is suddently report with file system error (ext4) after reboot. Some partition is not able to mount automatically and require for fsck. Here are some simple sharing about how to fix it safely.

Remastersys is a tool which can be used to create a custom live Ubuntu / Debian CD. But it’s not like the other such tools we’ve already covered as it can be used to clone your current installation which you can then use to either share it with your friends or create your own Ubuntu [...]

This tutorial describes how to set up database replication in MySQL using an SSL connection for encryption (to make it impossible for hackers to sniff out passwords and data transferred between the master and slave).

To get Sun-Java-6 on a Debian box then follow the instructions. I think there is a Repo out there so you can use apt-get but I could not find it.

If your using virtual box its very nice to have the guest additions installed on your vbox system. It changes the vbox systems resolution according to its window size, copy and paste from vbox to main system and you don’t need to push an control button to leave the vbox system

This tutorial describes the installation of an ISPConfig 3 multiserver setup with dedicated web, email, database and two DNS servers all managed trough a single ISPConfig 3 control panel.

Voice and video chat for Linux supports Ubuntu and other Debian-based Linux distributions, and RPM support will be coming soon.

Recently I’ve been using Debian backports to update versions of some applications- Pidgin, Transmission, Open Office. I’d come across a few recommendations to upgrade the kernel, but had trouble finding a simple guide to doing so.

In Lenny, WordPress is already part of the apt repository. The downsite is that its a quite old version. So this little howto describes how to install the latest WordPress version (currently its 2.9.1) from its tarball by still retaining Debian’s file locations.

What is the point, you might ask? The point is to allow a Debian Edu desktop to integrate into an existing network infrastructure without any manual configuration.

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.

Debian has a nice way to handle multiple java installations on a the same machine. Let’s say that for some reason you want to have sun-java 1.5 and also 1.6 installed on the server, we can easily configure the default one with the update-java-alternatives command (part of the java-common package).

Debian has always been my number one linux choice due to its stability on a server. Most of other linux distributions release new versions too frequently, in my opinion, while there are bugs still unfixed with the existing version.

In the past week I’ve been doing some work on the MongoDB PHP Driver, and while running the test cases I noticed that there are some issues with it when you run out of disk space. It’s sadly hard to reproduce so I set out to create a VMWare image for the MongoDB developers to [...]

This how-to will cover the basic installation of Debian linux and getting CCcam up and running on it.

This short guide shows you how to create a bootable USB pendrive Debian netinstall

This article explains how you can cache your web site contents with Apache’s mod_cache on Debian Lenny. If you have a high-traffic dynamic web site that generates lots of database queries on each request, you can decrease the server load dramatically by caching your content for a few minutes or more (that depends on how [...]

Computing-wise, I’ve taken a break from the JamVM/OpenJDK port for a couple of days while I play with my latest toy : a cheap mini-netbook based on a Chinese MIPS clone.

If you’re about to add new users to your Debian GNU/Linux you should have certainly noticed that the defaultusers created in /home directory are created with a 755 chmod permissions.

I’ve used Ubuntu for the past few years, and I’ve watched it become more and more bloated, to the point that it was almost unusable on my work PC (P4, 2GB RAM). So I took a friend’s advice and installed Debian Squeeze, and oh boy, what a difference it has been!

There is the easy way that you just install everything that the installation CD tells you or you can do something like the followings. My way of installing the Debian may be a little more ( ) complex but after understanding it, the whole process will be quite automated and quick.

You’ll find here a tutorial on howto install Php with Nginx on Debian, in a few lines…

Debcreate has a field for most of the info in the files that go into the “debian” folder (the “debian” folder is where all the packaging files reside) so it should be both faster and easier to create a Debian package

I made the original swap for the experience of setting it up in Debian stable, and to see if a machine running at 150Mhz can fill those roles as easily as one running at 550Mhz, but better than one running at 120Mhz or 100Mhz. (And maybe even 166Mhz, if that’s worth adding.)