Linux

How To: Make Your Website Look Like A Linux Terminal

by Jeff Weisbein August 1, 2011

Have you seen my personal site JeffWeisbein.com yet? No? Go ahead, check it out. I’ll give you a minute or so. Alright, you’re back now. So now you are probably wondering how you can create a website similar to that one. Luckily, it’s fairly easy. All you need to do is copy the source code on JeffWeisbein.com, copy a text file, make a few minor modifications to both the source code and the text file, and then upload the documents to your web server.

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How to Setup a Simple VPN on a Linux Server

by Mike Mansell July 13, 2011

Virtual Private Networks (VPN’s) allow for users to bridge network connections using the Internet. Such connections and setups are routinely employed by businesses in order to allow employees traveling outside of the office to connect to the same servers and services that users would typically only have access to if they were sitting inside of [...]

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RackSpace Cloud Servers Review

by Mike Mansell May 30, 2011

I recently switched a few non heavily-used services and utilities that I had previously been hosting with a large VPS company over to RackSpace Cloud Servers. In the past I’ve heard wonderful things about RackSpace’s ethical and down-to-earth business practices and I myself was personally lured in because of their fair pricing. And of course, because I’ve been using Cloud Files for a while now it seemed like a no-brainer for me to go with the same company.

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How To: Monitor and Control Your Linux Server Bandwidth

by Mike Mansell May 23, 2011

For a while now I have been using a large and well-known host for a personal VPS (virtual private server) that I ran a few Linux-based daemons (BitlBee, ZNC, a light web server for PHP, etc.) on. While I never had a single issue with my host, I recently came to the realization that for [...]

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Why Linux Distributions Will Never Be Mainstream

by Keaton Taylor March 26, 2011

Throughout the history of software there has always been people who prefer customization over simplicity. In the more modern era of computer software the most evident example of this phenomenon is Linux distributions. A distribution of software cobbled together into one massive bundle that seems to be held together by an elastic band. Normally these operating systems are outdated and are [...]

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How To Configure a Linux Web Server

by Mike Mansell March 4, 2011

In the past, I have discussed the need to have strong and reliable web hosting, and even went on to suggest things to look at when shopping for a provider. For larger websites – or for people own a number off websites – shared hosting (while incredibly affordable and simple to configure) isn’t always a [...]

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A Beginner’s Guide to Compiling on Linux

by Mike Mansell March 2, 2011

Having used Linux as my primary operating system for nearly a year now, I – like many Linux users – have found that the various package management systems and interfaces have allowed for my computing experience to be the much simpler. Be it the newer Ubuntu Software Center, the classic Synaptic Package Manager, or the [...]

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How To: Disable Root SSH Login on Linux

by Jeff Weisbein February 15, 2011

If you have your own server chances are you will want to keep it secure from unauthorized users. One security tip I always recommend to people who are setting up a new server is to disable the ability to login as root with SSH. By disabling root SSH login capabilities you are putting up another [...]

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The One Issue That Stands in the Way of Mass-Marketed Linux

by Mike Mansell February 15, 2011

It seems like just yesterday that I was a user of the ever so popular Microsoft Windows operating system. But truth be told, I have been using Linux as my primary desktop operating system for nearly a year now. In this time, I have learned a great deal about the operating system and have honestly [...]

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How To: Configure Multiple Monitors in Ubuntu

by Mike Mansell November 29, 2010

About six weeks ago I did a tutorial on configuring multiple monitors in the Microsoft Windows operating system using the built-in monitor configuration tool as well as a couple of third-party tools that offered more features. This tutorial was not done on my personal computer, however, because the article revolved around Microsoft Windows – an operating system [...]

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