FreeOS Howtos

Linux : Howtos : Getting out of MS Access [to MySQL]
Posted: ( Sun 18th Mar 2001 08:19:59[PM] UTC )
"So, you have just finished converting your servers to Linux, and now want to get the corporate MS Access database into a MySQL database. How do you do that? Well, in this short tutorial we show you how".

FreeBSD : Howtos : How to Build a FreeBSD-STABLE Firewall with IPFILTER
Posted: ( Tue 13th Mar 2001 05:03:19[AM] UTC )
HOWTO that walks you through building a FreeBSD-STABLE firewall with IPFILTER. This is a checklist that walks you through the entire process from beginning to end: installing FreeBSD-stable, recompiling the kernel, OpenSSH security, TCP-wrappers, VESA video modes, and special syslog logging for your firewall.

Linux : Howtos : Linux for beginners part 1 : A Linux install made easy
Posted: ( Wed 7th Mar 2001 12:39:10[AM] UTC )
Partitioning your drive is the first thing you have to do when installing Linux, and one of the scariest things. But don't be overwhelmed by it. Just think of the process as being made from many small parts, instead of one big whole. Here are some helpful tips.

Linux : Howtos : Installing a new hard disk and copying the files
Posted: ( Sun 4th Mar 2001 10:46:58[PM] UTC )
Here are some tips which will help you format Linux partitions using ext2fs on the new disk, format swap partitions, check for bad blocks on the disc, mount the disc, copy files from old to new disc, etc.

FreeBSD : Howtos : Running Linux programs on FreeBSD
Posted: ( Tue 27th Feb 2001 06:21:21[PM] UTC )
Even though many server admins prefer BSD Unix, there’s no denying that Linux is "where it’s at" for third-party software development. So, what’s a BSD admin to do?

Linux : Howtos : Installing dict - An on-line dictionary
Posted: ( Sun 25th Feb 2001 07:59:06[PM] UTC )
"One of the very few things I miss about "that other operating system" is the easy availability of cheap or even free versions of commercial encyclopedias and dictionaries." This article shows you how to install a functional dictionary system either for local or network use.

Linux : Howtos : Giving your Palm the bird
Posted: ( Sun 25th Feb 2001 07:47:55[PM] UTC )
It is now possible to seamlessly integrate your Palm device with Linux. This article show you how to get the most out of both the command-line tools that are available, as well as the latest GNOME GUI software for integrating Linux with your Palm.

Linux : Howtos : Tux knows it's nice to share, Part 3
Posted: ( Sun 25th Feb 2001 07:44:48[PM] UTC )
The most annoying thing about NFS is it assumes a user's name and UID on one machine matches exactly the user's name and UID on another machine, which means you either have to have matching password and group files on all your servers or, somehow, anonymous access is sufficient for all your needs. The answer to this problem is NIS.

Linux : Howtos : Getting the sound back
Posted: ( Sun 25th Feb 2001 07:42:11[PM] UTC )
"When I upgraded to the 2.4 kernel, I lost my sound for no apparent reason. I took this as a personal insult and made it my mission to conquer the computer. The audience for this article is mainly those who have had sound but lost it during a kernel upgrade."

Linux : Howtos : Yopy development kit
Posted: ( Sun 25th Feb 2001 06:45:55[PM] UTC )
"My last article was all about getting my Yopy and making sure it worked. Now that I had the unit, I needed to figure out what I could do with the unit. I managed to hook the Yopy to the notebook using the serial cable that came with the yopy. The yopy had a getty running at 115200 so I used minicom to test the connection to the yopy. It gave me a login prompt so I logged in as root to take a look around."

Linux : Howtos : Speed up your network's Internet connection; Using Squid
Posted: ( Sun 25th Feb 2001 06:26:45[PM] UTC )
"The performance boost varies between traffic trends, but we received an average cache-hit rate of 54% in our labs. Which means our Cache server was off loading half the traffic from our web servers, and Internet connection. So what do you need?"

FreeOS : Howtos : Is your web server running unnecessary software?
Posted: ( Sat 24th Feb 2001 12:27:47[AM] UTC )
"This article will quickly share some ideas on how beginning webserver administrators can improve server efficiency, ease management and, hopefully, improve security as well. It shares a few examples of processes that don't need to be running, required programs and some ideas for BSD and System V-type systems for disabling startup scripts."

FreeOS : Howtos : Mapping extras function keys with XFree 4.0
Posted: ( Sat 24th Feb 2001 12:11:05[AM] UTC )
"This article will explain the process of getting your keyboard's extra function keys to work in XFree86 4.0.X. This article uses the Logitech iTouch keyboard with XFree86 4.0.2 as an example."

Linux : Howtos : Fly swapping
Posted: ( Fri 23rd Feb 2001 05:07:29[AM] UTC )
"Fly swapping or as it should be called, Swap on-the-Fly allows the addition of swap space as and when needed. This is very handy if you have just ran out of Memory while trying to do a big compile or, more often, you mis-configured your swap at installation and ran out of memory before even X starts."

Linux : Howtos : 2.4 kernel & USB mass storage
Posted: ( Fri 23rd Feb 2001 04:12:34[AM] UTC )
"USB Support under the recently released 2.4 Linux kernel adds more than support for keyboards and mice. While USB-based storage devices aren't well suited as primary system storage devices, they are a handy way to add storage to an existing system without cracking the case."