The time has come to update the Postfix HOWTO for Debian and Ubuntu on the website. There are lots of changes done in the Postfix and Dovecot distribution, as well as input from lots of commenters. The release of the latest Debian distribution called Etch, there have been some major improvements of various components.
Within the next [...]
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Updating the Postfix HOWTO
Automate system administration tasks using Nagios
As a system administrator, one often have to do repetitive tasks such as checking for free disk space, check mail queues and monitor critical services. If there are only a handful of servers, this task may not be very intimidating, but there are many times when there are many servers to monitor, or just for the sake [...]
Run virtual servers using XEN
Running virtual servers may save you a bundle on server costs, but in the same time create a more secure environment by separating services into logical hosts. This guide will show you how to setup a XEN virtual server using Debian, but it may also be used on Ubuntu if that it preferred.
Installation
The first task [...]
Ubuntu 7.10 – The Gutsy Gibbon released
The time has come for the new Ubuntu version to be released. The Gutsy Gibbon is here with lots of new features including desktop search, NTFS writing, encrypted hard disks and AppArmor. You can read more about the new features in the release notes.
Updating to 7.10 is very easy and just involves starting the update [...]
Add proper SSL/TLS support for all applications using stunnel
I really like Evolution both for email and its calendaring features. The problem is that one of my email accounts requires an SSL client certificate to be able to connect. Thunderbird supports this out of the box, but Evolution does not. Instead of patching Evolution itself, it would be much easier to just proxy the [...]
Test Ubuntu without repartitioning your harddrive
Many people in the support channels on IRC ask if there is a way to try Ubuntu without having to repartition the drive. There is of course the possibility to run it from the live-CD, but it is very slow and the settings are not permanently stored.
Let me introduce Wubi.
Wubi is a free software installer, [...]
Ubuntu month of screencasts
This month, the Ubuntu screencast team will release one video per day. They contain information on how to accomplish various tasks, such as printing, file sharing and even how to download and burn a Ubuntu CD using Windows.
The project is called Month Of Screencasts 2007, and is available in lots of different formats.
This relates to [...]
Full Circle Magazine issue 4 – not only new content
The Ubuntu-centric magazine Full Circle Magazine released their fourth issue earlier this week. Of course there is lots of new interesting content as usual, but this time there is another thing to take note of.
The format of the magazine has wandered away from the regular A4/letter format and uses a format perfect for on-screen reading. [...]
VDrift – an open source racing game
VDrift is described on their website as “an open source drift racing simulation”.
I found it okay, and the fact that it is cross-platform and there is network play will make som office coffee breaks very interesting. There are some rough edges, for instance the sound of screeching tires even on grass. I don’t know [...]
Disable the Synaptics touchpad when typing
On my HP laptop there is a button above the touchpad where I can disable and enable it directly in hardware. This button does not exist on my Dell laptop though, so something in software has to do.
If you have followed my guide about fixing the speed on the touchpad earlier, you can skip this [...]