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Use mod_deflate to compress web content delivered by Apache

  • G-Loaded Journal; By George Notaras (Posted by raoulsland on Jun 5, 2008 9:11 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Linux
One of the most efficient methods to reduce the usage of bandwidth by the web server is to compress the content that is returned to the clients. This article describes how to use the mod_deflate module to compress Apache’s output on-the-fly.

Root Certificate Programs - The root of all trust

  • G-Loaded Journal; By George Notaras (Posted by raoulsland on Dec 15, 2007 1:26 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews
How can a Root Certificate make its way into the default set of certificates that ship with web browsers and operating systems? Wouldn't a unified list of Root Certificates serve as a more realistic trust model?

SSL-enabled Name-based Apache Virtual Hosts with mod_gnutls

This article describes how to implement SSL-enabled name-based vhosts - that is secure virtual hosts which share the same IP address and port - with the SNI-capable mod_gnutls module for Apache's httpd web server.

Music Collection Sharing With Rhythmbox

  • raouls land reloaded; By raoul (Posted by raoulsland on May 1, 2006 5:36 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: GNOME
Actually, this title is not very descriptive, as sharing music with Rhythmbox takes only one click of the mouse. However, this article intends to provide an overview of what happens behind the scenes after this mouse button has been pressed and how Rhythmbox and Avahi work together in order to make the sharing of music such an easy task.

How to configure and use LIRC

  • Raoul’s Land Reloaded!; By Raoul (Posted by raoulsland on Jan 10, 2006 6:15 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
LIRC is basically a small server which can decode or transmit infra-red signals. This is a tutorial about how to set up the LIRC server and how to use it in order to control your system or specific LIRC-enabled applications with a remote control. Examples of simple or more complicated setups are also provided.

Partition images with Partimage and Partimaged

This is a guide to create or restore images of your partitions using the great open source tool Partimage. It provides information on how to do this locally or across the network, by setting up a Partimaged Server.
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[ED: Admission only scanned, but this appears to be a nice HOW-TO for Linux command line users - HC]

The Complete Fedora Kernel Headers

  • Raoul’s Land Reloaded!; By Raoul (Posted by raoulsland on Dec 16, 2005 2:17 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Fedora
The fedora kernel-devel package does not include the complete kernel headers. This is not a problem in most cases, but there are times that the missing headers are absolutely needed. This document outlines a method to obtain the complete kernel headers for your currently running kernel from the sources, without compiling the kernel itself.

A quick AWstats guide

  • Raoul’s Land Reloaded!; By Raoul (Posted by raoulsland on Nov 29, 2005 4:02 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial
AWstats is a free, popular log analyzer, released under the GPL. It can generate advanced graphical statistics from web, streaming, ftp or mail server log files. This document is not intended to be a review, but rather a quick installation and configuration guide for a specific web site, in order to have as accurate statistical data as possible for use in your traffic analysis reports.