Linux Howtos

Linux : Howtos : The top 50 things to know to pass the LPIC exam
Posted: ( Mon 15th Jan 2001 08:58:22[AM] UTC )
The Linux Professional Institute has plans for three levels of certification, with each level consisting of two exams that you must pass. This article focuses on exam 102, the second exam in the first level.

Linux : Howtos : Learning Perl, part 1
Posted: ( Mon 15th Jan 2001 08:39:41[AM] UTC )
If you've been using Linux for any length of time, you've surely heard of Perl; probably even run a number of scripts, perhaps without even knowing it. Perl allows you to do object-oriented programming. It also handles networking, is highly portable, and has a very short write/debug cycle - since there's no compilation required, you just write the changes and run the script.

Linux : Howtos : Creating audio CDs with Linux
Posted: ( Mon 15th Jan 2001 08:34:21[AM] UTC )
This article presents and describes the tools used in converting audio off a tape, on to a CD. Also explained is how you can turn your computer into a powerful audio CD mastering machine, using only free and open-source Linux software.

Linux : Howtos : Using the /proc filesystem
Posted: ( Sun 14th Jan 2001 01:06:46[AM] UTC )
The /proc file system is only a "virtual" file system. What this means is that none of the "files" that it contains are stored on your hard disk. Rather, it is a way to easily access dynamic information about your system at any time, and only exists in memory.

Linux : Howtos : Kernel upgrade: Know your hardware
Posted: ( Sun 14th Jan 2001 12:59:43[AM] UTC )
Thousands of progressive Linux users are downloading kernel sources, preparing to reap the benefits of new and improved hardware support. As the flurry of upgrading goes on, many newer Linux users are searching the Web for kernel assistance. Many kernel help pages tell users how to compile the kernel, but do not explain how to prepare for a new kernel.

Linux : Howtos : Installing and configuring Apache, PHP and MySQL
Posted: ( Sun 14th Jan 2001 12:56:29[AM] UTC )
"I was looking for a calendar system that would allow me to keep track of events, appointments, and project dates. Quite a few of the applications that I looked at were written in PHP and used a database to keep track of events. Since I had already planned on configuring an extra computer for use as a web server, I figured that it wouldn't be much more work to add PHP and MySQL to it."

Linux : Howtos : The PowerPC penguin, Part 2
Posted: ( Tue 9th Jan 2001 07:48:51[PM] UTC )
In the second part of this series about Linux on the Mac, you will learn how to back up your Mac OS, repartition your hard disk, and install the LinuxPPC 2000 distribution on your Mac -- How to set up dual-boot and Linux-only configurations.

Linux : Howtos : LinuxPPC security primer, Part II
Posted: ( Mon 8th Jan 2001 05:19:20[PM] UTC )
If you're like most LinuxPPC users, a large portion of your computing time is spent using network-based applications, either explicitly or implicitly. Mostly, your are both sending and receiving data over shared networks. And this in turn means that your communications are potentially vulnerable to inquisitive eavesdroppers.

Linux : Howtos : Booting Linux from a RAID-1 device
Posted: ( Sun 7th Jan 2001 05:57:02[PM] UTC )
"I found that it was possible to boot Linux from a software RAID-1 device, along with a few LILO and mkinitrd tricks, and this little hack could potentially give your Linux Web server a performance boost. In addition to doubling the reliability of your hard disk, RAID-1 configuration also gives your IDE or SCSI bus a break, providing two different paths from which to read the disk."

Linux : Howtos : Getting to know Slackware packaging tools
Posted: ( Sun 7th Jan 2001 05:52:08[PM] UTC )
This article walks you through using the command line tools for package management under Slackware. It looks at explodepkg, installpkg, makepkg, removepkg, upgradepkg and some other things every Slackware user should know.

Linux : Howtos : Using ssh
Posted: ( Sun 7th Jan 2001 05:48:21[PM] UTC )
Ssh (Secure Shell) is a program for logging into a remote machine and executing commands in a remote machine. It is intended to replace rlogin and rsh, and provide secure encrypted communications between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. X11 connections and arbitrary TCP/IP ports can also be forwarded over the secure channel.

Linux : Howtos : Setting up gPhoto: An experiment with a new digital camera
Posted: ( Sun 7th Jan 2001 07:44:11[AM] UTC )
"I'm one of probably thousands of people who came into possession of a digital camera this holiday season, and the vast majority of those cameras come with software designed to make them work with Windows. But there is at least one alternative for Linux and some of the BSDs -- gPhoto, a program that's been packaged with GNOME. I thought I'd try to get it working on my faster, less crashy Linux machine."

Linux : Howtos : Keeping track of what goes on: Part II
Posted: ( Sun 7th Jan 2001 07:41:57[AM] UTC )
This article looks at two additional considerations that come into play where syslog is concerned. Management of all the log files that are created and ensuring that they do not consume too much disk space. Secondly, processing all of the information and discerning what is most important within it.

Linux : Howtos : Using the wireless modem Ricochet
Posted: ( Sun 7th Jan 2001 07:38:28[AM] UTC )
The Ricochet modems are wireless modems that let you connect your computer to the internet through an ISP provider that is hooked up to the wireless network. The modems will connect at 80 Kbps with a serial port and 128 Kbps for a USB connection.

Linux : Howtos : Slackware 7.0 part II: Configuration guide
Posted: ( Sun 7th Jan 2001 02:34:59[AM] UTC )
In this, the second part of this series, the author now describes a couple of basic configuration tasks in his favorite distribution. He talks about the configuration of X, user management, compiling kernels, using LILO, and some basic system security.