[HowtoForge] Newsletter 11/12/2009

HowtoForge Newsletter 11/12/2009
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New HOWTOs:
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* The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu Studio 9.10
* The Perfect Desktop - Mandriva One 2010.0 With GNOME
* The Perfect Server - Ubuntu Karmic Koala (Ubuntu 9.10) [ISPConfig 2]
* How To Compile Amarok 2 From Git On Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic
* Setting Up Gitosis On Ubuntu
* CentOS 5.x Samba Domain Controller With LDAP Backend
* Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 11 (LAMP)
* Running HTML::Mason With nginx And FastCGI

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The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu Studio 9.10
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This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu Studio 9.10 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-ubuntu-studio-9.10

The Perfect Desktop - Mandriva One 2010.0 With GNOME
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This tutorial shows how you can set up a Mandriva One 2010.0 desktop (with the GNOME desktop environment) that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-mandriva-one-2010.0-with-gnome

The Perfect Server - Ubuntu Karmic Koala (Ubuntu 9.10) [ISPConfig 2]
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This tutorial shows how to set up an Ubuntu Karmic Koala (Ubuntu 9.10) server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Courier POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. In the end you should have a system that works reliably, and if you like you can install the free webhosting control panel ISPConfig 2 (i.e., ISPConfig runs on it out of the box).

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-ubuntu-9.10-karmic-koala-ispconfig-2

How To Compile Amarok 2 From Git On Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic
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Amarok is a great music player for linux. In the current release of Kubuntu 9.10 Karmic also the current stable version of Amarok was introduced into the repositories. However Amarok is under heavy development and updates won't be included in the official repos. If you want to be up-to-date and have the latest Amarok version available, you'll need to compile it yourself. Compiling Amarok isn't really hard but there are a few dependencies that it needs and a few things to look out for.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-compile-amarok-2-from-git-on-kubuntu-9.10-karmic

Setting Up Gitosis On Ubuntu
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Gitosis is a tool for hosting git repositories. Its common usage is for a central repository that other developers can push changes to for sharing. This article is how to setup and manage a git repository.There are some great services out there than can do this for you, but why pay money for something you can easily do for free? This article shows how to setup and manage a secure and private git repository that people can use as a central sharing point.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/setting-up-gitosis-on-ubuntu

CentOS 5.x Samba Domain Controller With LDAP Backend
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This will show you how to set up a Samba Domain Controller with a local LDAP backend, using CentOS 5.x (tested on 5.3, still successfully running on 5.4). Includes a web-interface for managing LDAP users/groups/etc.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/centos-5.x-samba-domain-controller-with-ldap-backend

Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 11 (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 Fedora 11 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-apache2-with-php5-and-mysql-support-on-fedora-11-lamp

Running HTML::Mason With nginx And FastCGI
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This article is a step by step guide to install the HTML::Mason module to use with the ngingx web server and FastCGI. It has been tested in Debian (lenny), but it should be very similar with Ubuntu and other debian based distros.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/running-html-mason-with-nginx-and-fastcgi

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