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How to install and configure FTP Server

There are lots of ftp servers available for linux, proftpd is one of the popular server available for Debian, so in this tutorial we will deal with installing and configring proftpd server on Debian
To install proftpd server

apt-get install proftpd

While installing there is a option to choose the type of installation, whether it is standalone [...]

MySql Database Replication

When we search for `Database Replication` we will find lots of tutorials, so here I wont add new one, I am just highlighting one of the best tutorials to refer.
http://www.howtoforge.com/mysql_database_replication
This article contains simple copy & paste steps to configure MySql replication, if you need more detailed indepth explanation on different configuration settings then go to [...]

Page level caching using nginx

Many of our dynamic sites contain rarely updated content (ex. blog archive page). By adding nginx server as proxy server infront of your apache server you can server those pages like static pages instead of running the page for every request, this will boost your site speed from 50% – 400%.
We need apache, nginx to [...]

Chrome released for debian distros

Finally google released chrome browser for debian based distros. After running for hours i feel its stable and working fine
Download Google chrome for Debian
For developers it has developer tools which looks like firebug, but it`s not so power full like firebug, to open developer tools click
ctrl + shift + i
It also supports extensions and themes
At [...]

Changing host name of Linux server

To change the host name of current session use
/bin/hostname your-host-name
To change the host name permanently use
/etc/hostname
/etc/init.d/hostname.sh start
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Tools to monitor linux apache server

The following tools are usefull to linux administration and monitoring
RRDTool: RRDtool is the OpenSource industry standard, high performance data logging and graphing system for time series data. Use it to write your custom monitoring shell scripts or create whole applications using its Perl, Python, Ruby, TCL or PHP bindings.
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Free ubuntu CD

If you are facing problem in downloading large files of linux distibutions, Ubuntu is giving a great offer, you can request free CDs from ubuntu it is totally free and ships to any part of world.
Request Free CD
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Mail alert for ssh login

To get a mail when some logged into your linux system then follow this steps
Edit .bashrc in root folder /root

vi .bashrc

Add following line at end of the file

echo ‘ALERT – Root Shell Access (server name) on:’ `date`
`who` | mail -s "Alert: Root Access from `who | cut -d"(" -f2 | cut -d")"
-f1`" yourmail@gmail.com
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Intel poulsbo Drivers for Ubuntu

Many people after installing Ubuntu for the first time or after Kernel update facing the problems with display drivers of Intel Poulsbo chipset. Here is steps to repair your display
For new installation:
Update aptitude sources
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Installing Ubuntu on NetBook (Dell Mini)

In netbooks we wont found CD Drive so Installing ubuntu or any OS is a bit diffciult. So for the people who are looking for installing ubuntu on Netbooks with preinstalled Microsoft OS, I am going to explain you, how to install ubuntu using USB
UNetbootin: UNetbootin allows for the installation of various Linux/BSD distributions to [...]