Linux basic configurations - network, security, server setup guides for beginner

Linux vmstat command tutorial

jinlusuh — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:06:32 +0000

Linux vmstat command is a useful tool for monitoring performance in Linux system. It comes standard in Ubuntu and Slackware installation. We can get information about virtual memory(vmstat is a short form of virtual memory) and some other things such as Linux processes, cpu activity and block IO.

Here is the Linux vmstat command synopsis from the manual page:

Is Joomla the right platform for you?

jinlusuh — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:49:38 +0000

Joomla is popular open source content management system. In other words, you can create a website, a blog or a portal with Joomla. I've known about Joomla existence several years ago. In fact, I've been using Joomla cms as a platform for my employer's website. I just want to share my thought about Joomla, my experience as a user. Perhaps it can help someone make a decision whether to use it or not.

Joomla 1.5 how to change template tutorial

jinlusuh — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:08:58 +0000

Here is a guide on how to change template in Joomla 1.5. There are several steps that you need to do, including pre-requisites before begin installing the new template. See all examples with step by step instruction below:

Joomla 1.5 change template - Pre-requisites

Login as joomla super administrator.
Click Help → System info.
Open 'Directory Permissions' tab.
Make sure all directory permission status is 'Writable'.

This is the 'Directory Permissions' screenshot image example:

How to create a new website Joomla 1.5 tutorial for beginner

jinlusuh — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:32:49 +0000

Joomla can be quite confusing for a new user. This tutorial will explain Joomla in a simple way so that a new user understands the basic Joomla. This tutorial considers Joomla has been successfully installed and you must have 'super administrator' privilege account.

Joomla basics

For a new user, there are two parts in Joomla that you should understand. The first one is 'Content' and the other one is 'Menus'. You can check them by login into the administrator control panel.

How to setup Joomla 1.5.x in Ubuntu

jinlusuh — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:48:19 +0000

This is a tutorial on how to set up Joomla in Ubuntu. The set up examples based on Linux Ubuntu desktop 8.04. You can use this as a guide to learn Joomla cms. If you are planning to set up a web server and Joomla as a production server, this tutorial also applicable in Ubuntu server as well (some of it where x-window is not required). However, the tutorial does not cover the web server security and other issues. That's different topics and you can find them in their respective category.

If you are ready, here is the list of what we are going to do:

Install and configure vsftpd in Ubuntu

jinlusuh — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:29:54 +0000

Transfering computer data can be done easily nowadays using usb thumb drive or external hard disk. However, user must copy directly from your computer every time they need certain data. The convenience way to share data in a network environment is using ftp server. Ftp server lets any user in the network who has permission to access the server to copy data directly from their computer.

Linux backup tutorial

jinlusuh — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:18:14 +0000

This is a tutorial on how to make backup on a Linux system. Please read and understand how Linux backup works before attempting to create the real backup job. This tutorial is a step by step guide, so it starts with a simple example and finish with a complete example.

Linux file backup software and backup programs

There are several backup tools in Linux.

Seamonkey web browser tutorial

jinlusuh — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:55:08 +0000

Seamonkey web browser is not an alien for Slackware users while it maybe so for other Linux distributions' users. Actually, Seamonkey is all-in-one Internet application suite, consists of a web browser, email & newsgroup client, HTML editor, IRC chat and web development tools developed by Seamonkey project community sponsored by Mozilla Foundation. Seamonkey maybe new but when we start exploring its menu, we can see that it resembles the old netscape navigator which can be found in default installation of many Linux distributions including Redhat Linux.

How to build and install wxGTK package for Slackware Linux

jinlusuh — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:14:20 +0000

wxGTK is a port of wxWidgets using the GTK+ library, the one that you need if you plan to install an open source cross-platform GUI library in Linux operating system. Slackware doesn't include wxGTK in its official releases. You have to build the package yourself if you need it in your system. Here is a guide on how to build wxGTK for Slackware Linux and install the package.

Build wxGTK package for Slackware Linux

To build wxGTK package for Slackware Linux, you need to:

Build and install Slackware chmlib tutorial

jinlusuh — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:14:55 +0000

chmlib is a library file needed to view Microsoft ITSS or CHM format files. You need to install chmlib first before installing xchm to view chm files in kde. Here is a guide on how to build chmlib for Slackware Linux and install the result package.

Build chmlib package for Slackware Linux

Here are steps needed to build chmlib package for Slackware Linux: