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How to Install Debian Linux on an Embedded System (PPC440EPx)

cj2003 — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:35:36 +0000

In this article, I will describe how to bring up Debian Linux on an Embedded System.  The hardware chosen for the embedded system is a PowerPC 440EPxX. More here

I have chosen Debian for the operating system of choice to load on the embedded hardware because of my prior experience with it and because it is a free distribution that continues to be actively maintained and supported

Virtual Hosting With vsftpd And MySQL On Debian Lenny

cj2003 — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:33:54 +0000

Vsftpd is one of the most secure and fastest FTP servers for Linux. Usually vsftpd is configured to work with system users. This document describes how to install a vsftpd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. More here

For the administration of the MySQL database you can use web based tools like phpMyAdmin which will also be installed in this howto. phpMyAdmin is a comfortable graphical interface which means you do not have to mess around with the command line.

Installing wxPython 2.8 on Debian Lenny

cj2003 — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:23:33 +0000

Actually Debian has the python-wxgtk2.8 package which you can simply apt-get if you wish to have it installed as part of Python 2.5 which is the stable version for Lenny. I’m adding wxPython 2.8 to Python 2.6, which I installed from source. More here

I mostly followed what the official wxPython installation guide says. It was not a smooth installation for me, so this is my own installation note. The version is 2.8.10.1.

WebDAV + SSL on Debian

cj2003 — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:23:48 +0000

I was looking for a way to easily share documents between machines, since WebDAV shares can be accessed by Windows, Linux or Mac machines out of the box, I choose WebDAV over SSL More here

I don’t use SSL for anything so WebDAV is served from DocumentRoot. I’ve been using it for a few days, so far it beats carrying USB sticks around.

Installing VirtualBox under Debian Lenny

cj2003 — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:22:20 +0000

After a fresh installation of Debian Lenny, I wanted to use a quite very recent version of VirtualBox. One solution is the Debian backports : Here are the VirtualBox packages available More here

Riak Install on Debian Lenny

cj2003 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:59:26 +0000

I’m doing some comparative analysis of various distributed non-relational databases and consequently wrestled with the installation of Riak on a server running Debian Lenny. More here

I relied upon the standard “erlang” debian package, which installs cleanly on a basically bare system without a hitch (as one would expect).

How to convert RPM software packages to Debian (.deb)

cj2003 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:58:31 +0000

Maybe you had this problem already: you use Debian or Ubuntu Linux and a software package that you like to install is only available in RPM format. The solution is a handy tool called alien, which converts .rpm files to .deb. Installing alien: More here

Debian Project Leader Elections 2010: Call for nominations

cj2003 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:46:09 +0000

Hi, According to the constitution (5.2. Appointment), project
leader elections should begin “six weeks before the leadership
post becomes vacant, or (if it is too late already) immediately.”

The new project leader term starts on Saturday the 17th of April,
2010. The time line looks like:

Prospective leaders should be familiar with the constitution, but
just to review: there’s a one week period when interested
developers can nominate themselves and announce their platform,
followed by a three week period intended for campaigning, followed
by two weeks for the election itself.

I intend to collect platform statements from the candidates, and
publish them at http://www.debian.org/vote/2010/platforms/ at the
end of the nomination period, which means around March 12th.

I suggest that the candidates send the platform, preferably in
HTML, to the secretary at least a couple of days before the
publication date.

The format of the web page is open to discussion, but I suggest
there be at least three sections:
- Introduction / Biography
- Major Goal / Meat of the platform
- Rebuttal.

The candidates can make a rebuttal. I would like to receive them
in the first week of the campaign period, so I can publish them
around March 19th.

Details and results for the vote will be published at:

http://www.debian.org/vote/2010/vote_001

Please make sure that nominations are sent to (or cc:’d to)
debian-vote, and are cryptographically signed.

Kurt Roeckx
Debian Project Secretary

CeBIT 2010: Debian with BSD Kernel

cj2003 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:45:00 +0000

Debian developer Alexander Reichle-Schmehl presented Debian GNU/kFreeBSD at the Open Source Forum at CeBIT. The FreeBSD port should become an official part of the upcoming Debian version 6.0 free distro. More here

Benchmarks for Linux and BSD kernel performance aren’t yet established, Reichle-Schmehl admits, but there are other benefits: the BSD kernel is developed in clearer structures and has more stable interfaces, such as for the device files.

How to authenticate Apache 2 with Radius on Debian

cj2003 — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:39:22 +0000

This short guide shows how to authenticate Apache 2 with Radius on Debian More here