Quantcast
Channel: Linux How-Tos and Linux Tutorials
Browsing all 525 articles
Browse latest View live

CentOS 6.4 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend

CentOS 6.4 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on CentOS 6.4 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

How to Code a Touchscreen Event on Android

In the last Android tutorial, we covered using a thread to draw to a Canvas in Android. In this tutorial, we'll build further on that code to handle touchscreen events, and specifically to move the...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Return to Root: How to Get Started With Debian

Ubuntu, Mint, and other glamorous Debian derivatives get all the attention. So why not go to the source and try Debian itself? Debian is currently the most influential Linux distribution. It has...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

How to Run Linux on ODROID-U2: A Monster of an ARM Machine

The ARM architecture offers impressive processing per watt of power. Because of this lean power draw, ARM is widely used in mobile phones and tablets. Recently ARM-based machines have been making a...

View Article

How to Write CentOS Initialization Scripts with Upstart

On Linux systems, initialization (init) scripts manage the state of system services during system startup and shutdown. When the system goes through its runlevels, the System V init system starts and...

View Article


Running PrestaShop 1.5.x On Nginx (LEMP) On Debian Wheezy/Ubuntu 12.10

Running PrestaShop 1.5.x On Nginx (LEMP) On Debian Wheezy/Ubuntu 12.10 This tutorial shows how you can install and run a PrestaShop 1.5.x web site on a Debian Wheezy or Ubuntu 12.10 system that has...

View Article

How To Run LinOTP On OpenSuSE 12.3 With PostgreSQL

How To Run LinOTP On OpenSuSE 12.3 With PostgreSQL This describes the installation of LinOTP on OpenSUSE 12.3 using PostgreSQL as a token database. LinOTP is a two factor authentication solution with...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Android Application Development Tutorial: How to Handle Multi-Touch

In the last Android tutorial, we looked at handling a touchscreen event. This only handled a single pointer, though. Android can handle multiple pointers at the same time, reflecting what happens when...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

How To Make Android Multi-Touch Coding Simpler with GestureDetector

Multi-touch screens are a killer feature of Android, so you may well want to enable multi-touch on your app. As discussed in the last tutorial,"How to Handle Multi-Touch," you can write your own code...

View Article


Get More out of phpMyAdmin

phpMyAdmin is popular with both individuals and enterprise users who want a graphical interface for administering MySQL databases. Although the app has an expansive list of features, most people don't...

View Article

Install Linux Malware Detect (LMD) On CentOS

Install Linux Malware Detect (LMD) On CentOS In this tutorial I will show you how to install and configure a great malware detector software called LMD (Linux Malware Detect) in your CentOS server....

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

The Elegant Mageia Linux Prepares a New Release

Last week we looked at PCLinuxOS, an excellent Linux distribution based on Mandriva Linux. Today we're kicking the tires of Mageia Linux, which is a fork of Mandriva. Mandriva Linux has had its ups...

View Article

The Perfect Server - Debian Wheezy (Apache2, BIND, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3)

The Perfect Server - Debian Wheezy (Apache2, BIND, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3) This tutorial shows how to prepare a Debian Wheezy server (with Apache2, BIND, Dovecot) for the installation of ISPConfig 3,...

View Article


Flexible Administration with Puppet's Facter and Templates

One of the strengths of Puppet, the IT automation application, is the flexibility it offers administrators to manage multiple servers through the use of customized templates and remote system facts,...

View Article

How To Configure Apache To Use Radius For WiKID Two-Factor Authentication On...

How To Configure Apache To Use Radius For WiKID Two-Factor Authentication On Ubuntu This document describes how to add WiKID two-factor authentication to Apache 2.x using mod_auth_radius on Ubuntu...

View Article


Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

How to Run Fedora Linux on the MacBook Air Without Touching the SSD

See how easy it is to setup a dual boot to Fedora 18 on your recent model MacBook Air (MBA). You don't need to install custom boot loaders or touch the internal SSD that contains OSX at all. Instead,...

View Article

Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 Code Name “Wheezy” Server Installation Guide

The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock. Debian Linux is one of the most popular and freely available Operating System developed by Debian Developers around the world. They are involved...

View Article


Securing SSH On Ubuntu Precise With WiKID Two-Factor Authentication

Securing SSH On Ubuntu Precise With WiKID Two-Factor Authentication SSH offers a highly secure channel for remote administration of servers. However, if you face an audit for regulatory or business...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

How to Support Your App on Older Android Devices

As with any API that is under active development, sometimes as an Android developer you'll come across a really neat feature which, it turns out, doesn't exist in earlier versions of the API and isn't...

View Article

How To Use Multiple PHP Versions (PHP-FPM & FastCGI) With ISPConfig 3 (Ubuntu...

How To Use Multiple PHP Versions (PHP-FPM & FastCGI) With ISPConfig 3 (Ubuntu 13.04) Since ISPConfig 3.0.5, it is possible to use multiple PHP versions on one server and select the optimal PHP...

View Article
Browsing all 525 articles
Browse latest View live