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Apple’s Darwin Streaming Server On Centos 5.2

This tutorial will run you through the installation, configuration and preparation of media for Apple’s Darwin QuickTime Streaming Server on Centos/RHEL 5.2. Darwin QuickTime Streaming Server is capable of serving H.264 and mpeg4 file formats via the RTP/RTSP streaming protocols.

How To Install VMware Server 2 On An Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop

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.

Installing Zivios Server On Debian Etch

This howto explains installing Zivios Master Service version 0.5.0 on Debian Etch 4.0. 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 its data store, with OpenLdap being the primary back end for identity management and application integration and MySQL being used for panel specific data.

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.

How To Build Red Hat Enterprise IPA RPMs For CentOS 5

FreeIPA has existed for some time as RHE IPA for Red Hat Linux and has been added into Fedora. Still, since it is an extra add-on to RHEL, CentOS hasn't gotten it rebuilt yet. That's a shame because FreeIPA is an easy to configure, easy to manage security information management solution. If, like me, you want to use IPA with CentOS, this tutorial is for you.

Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 11

Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on an OpenSUSE 11 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.

Benchmark: Apache2 vs. Lighttpd (Static HTML Files)

This benchmark shows how Apache2 (version 2.2.3) and lighttpd (version 1.4.13) perform compared to each other when delivering a static HTML file (about 50KB in size). This benchmark was created with the help of ab (Apache benchmark) on a VMware vm (Debian Etch); if you try this yourself, your numbers might differ (depending on your hardware), but the tendency should be the same.

How To Manage Apache Resources Limits With mod_slotlimit (Debian Etch)

mod_slotlimit is an Apache module that using dynamic slot allocation algorithm and static rules, can manage resources used for each running site.

Install WebVZ 2.0 On Debian Etch To Administrate OpenVZ

WebVZ is one of the simplest and most powerful web management tools for OpenVZ. This article explains how you can install WebVZ 2.0 on a Debian Etch system.

Installing Joomla 1.5.6 On A Lighttpd Web Server (Debian Etch)

This guide explains how you can install Joomla 1.5.6 on a lighttpd web server on Debian Etch. Joomla comes with an .htaccess file with mod_rewrite rules (for Apache) (to enable search-engine friendly URLs) that do not work on lighttpd. Fortunately Joomla has a built-in method to make search-engine friendly URLs work on lighttpd as well.

Installing Drupal 6.4 On A Lighttpd Web Server (Debian Etch)

This guide explains how you can install Drupal 6.4 on a lighttpd web server on Debian Etch. Drupal comes with an .htaccess file with mod_rewrite rules (for Apache) that do not work on lighttpd. Without this .htaccess file it is not possible to have clean URLs in your Drupal installation. Fortunately there's a way to make lighttpd behave as if it could read the .htaccess file.