Securing Apache, Part 11: Logs, et al.
In this final part of the series, we will discover how to strengthen security in Apache by logging and other miscellaneous ways. Configuring a system to be secure is indeed a key task,…
IT Service Provider Turns to PostgreSQL for Scalability
A S Kumaresan, an Enterprise DB contest winner, tells LINUX For You why PostgreSQL was an obvious choice for an ICT provider. When a client entrusts its database to an IT service provider,…
Connecting to MySQL with Python and PHP
We all know the power of MySQL — one of the most used open source databases and a challenge to proprietary products of the genre. Python and PHP are well-known scripting languages. We…
What Makes Linux the Preferred Web Hosting Choice?
This article explores the reasons why Linux-based Web hosting solutions are enjoying a larger market share globally, and why they are being hailed as more scalable, flexible and cost effective when compared to…
Set Up Your Own Forum Using phpBB
Clichéd as it may sound, we do live in the age of the social media. It is normal for humans to gather in groups and communities — offline, and online too. We love…
Making Your Web Apps Social with Facebook
Thinking about making your Web application talk to Facebook? Or do you need tighter integration for your website? Alternately, do you just want to do more with it than any third-party plugin can…
Onama — A Quantum Leap in HPC
This article introduces readers to Onama, a CDAC-created bundle of well-selected parallel and serial applications for various engineering disciplines. An amalgamation of HPC and open source technologies, it is based on Linux, and…
WordPress Multi-site Servers on Production Machines
Everybody knows how to set up a LAMP machine and get a WordPress site running, using the famous three-minute installation. But how many of you can actually get WordPress 3′s new multi-site capability…
A Telecom Service Provider Handles Huge Volumes of Data Using PostgreSQL
A telecom service provider searching for a scalable database solution to handle a humongous database, found its answer in PostgreSQL. Siddhartha Singh, one of the EnterpriseDB PostgreSQL contest winners, shares with the LINUX…
The Comperhensive LAMP Guide, Part-1: Compiling and Optimising Apache
These days, almost everyone needs a website. Online business is picking up, and an Internet presence is a must for firms wanting to expand their business. If you’re the freelance Web designer or…
May 21, 2013
JKR — More efficient? Probably. More readable? Definitely not.
May 21, 2013
Prashanth Joshi — The author assumes that the first article being introductory in nature is for the beginners. So there is no question...
May 21, 2013
Peter — Hi I followed the steps but on bootup of qemu it hangs at "Stopping configure virtual network devices, waiting for...
May 20, 2013
Aseem — can u just elaborate this part "edit the output file to include only the hash value. (It should only include...
May 19, 2013
raghu ram — Hi Anil, Your articles are awesome Please give some tutorials on PCI Sound Card drivers using ALSA.
