Simple ways to achieve performance improvements using Linux for enterprise-level databases like Oracle.

When RAID, LVM and journaled filesystems are added to the mix, the benchmarks come back with surprising results.

In part 13 of the Cheap and Easy Linux Network for Peanuts, we discuss the required components needed to install Nola, the GPL licensed, open-source, Linux-based accounting system.

We\'ve discussed sharing filesystems via SMB a few times. SMB lets you access files shared by a Windows system after jumping through only half a dozen loops. Sharing files with another Unix system is much, much simpler. FreeBSD supports the Unix standard Network File System out of the box. NFS intimidates many junior system administrators, but it\'s really quite simple once you know what\'s going on.

Although some of us administrators may hesitate to admit it, it is often necessary to relinquish some control and delegate responsibility, especially in multiadministrator environments. Fortunately, you can easily delegate administrative duties on your Linux systems without giving out the root password. Just use Sudo.

It happens to everyone eventually. You walk into the office, turn on the desktop PC and you\'re greeted with ugly beeping and no video. The slightly acrid tang of electrical smoke reaches your nostrils and you know that before you\'ve even begun your day, it\'s already over. You say a small prayer to the computing gods that it\'s not the hard drive that\'s fried and you turn everything off before you begin unplugging peripherals.

The Linux world offers the best tools for hosting a secure, stable, efficient website. Apache on Linux = low cost, great performance, and few headaches.

As the Zaurus platform is Open Source and requires components from multiple sources to create a working developer environment, we\'ve created this \"cheat sheet\" to help you get going quickly.

In this article, we look at how you develop Linux-based applications for handheld devices using the Trolltech\\\'s C++ GUI Qt/Embedded toolkit, available for embedded devices under both the GPL and commercial licenses for UNIX/X11 and Linux.

This month, I\'m going to look at filtering mail with Procmail. There are many reasons to filter your mail. For example, I subscribe to several mailing lists and get email from several different accounts; some of that mail is fairly important and some isn\'t urgent at all. And, of course, there\'s the ever-continuing battle against spam.