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by aquiline
Wed Jan 23, 2013 12:53 pm
Forum: Administration
Topic: Disaster Recovery and Backups
Replies: 40
Views: 50588

My backup strategy...

/* Thank you very much for your kind feedback. I feel happy when learning new things and feel satisfaction when sharing. Since Linux is my Love and you know that talking, sharing, linking, discovering about "Darling" is lovely experience. I started this Data Backup/Restore/Disaster Recove...
by aquiline
Tue Jan 22, 2013 10:27 am
Forum: Administration
Topic: Disaster Recovery and Backups
Replies: 40
Views: 50588

Re: Disaster Recovery and Backups

My Pleasure luqmaankhaan598! :D & Yes Contributions are most welcome :idea: :arrow: :)
by aquiline
Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:21 am
Forum: Administration
Topic: Disaster Recovery and Backups
Replies: 40
Views: 50588

5 “lightweight” backup solution for Linux desktop

:idea: :arrow: 5 “lightweight” backup solution for Linux desktop ...some good solutions to save your home directory, this is the reason I’ve called this type of backup “lightweight”, the goal is not to restore the full operating system, just all the information you have in your /home directory, that...
by aquiline
Thu Jan 03, 2013 9:40 am
Forum: Administration
Topic: Disaster Recovery and Backups
Replies: 40
Views: 50588

Rsync, It's GRRRRaphical!

...every time I need to copy a group of files and folders, rsync is the tool I use by default. It really has everything—local folder support, SSH tunneling support, delta-only synchronization, speed, versatility, and quite frankly, it's just a great program. It has everything—except a GUI...Don't g...
by aquiline
Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:48 am
Forum: Administration
Topic: SparkleShare 1.0 Released For Git-Based File Sharing
Replies: 0
Views: 9368

SparkleShare 1.0 Released For Git-Based File Sharing

SparkleShare is an open-source file synchronization and collaboration tool that's powered by Git. After being in development for a long time, SparkleShare 1.0 was released on Sunday. SparkleShare development began three years ago at a GNOME hacking session in Lodon. The open-source software works o...
by aquiline
Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:42 am
Forum: Installation
Topic: How to configure OpenLDAP with samba integration.
Replies: 11
Views: 17124

Re: How to configure OpenLDAP with samba integration.

:idea: :arrow: The Samba development team, through Jeremy Allison, proudly announced a few minutes ago (December 11, 2012) that the final and stable release of the highly anticipated Samba 4.0 authentication and print server suite for Microsoft Windows clients is now available for download. After 10...
by aquiline
Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:34 am
Forum: General
Topic: How to increase cache speed in squid ?
Replies: 6
Views: 11730

Re: How to increase cache speed in squid ?

Okay! it's not directly related to changing Squid Cache Size & Speed... :D but may be help in overall performance of Squid :wink: Anyway here's my own eXperience with Squid Speed Issues, just sharing for fun... Yes feel free to disagree :roll: 1. FreeBSD (64bit is better, 32bit is good) is best ...
by aquiline
Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:23 pm
Forum: Administration
Topic: 4 open source software to analyse big quantity of log files
Replies: 0
Views: 9218

4 open source software to analyse big quantity of log files

Logging is a critical thing for all system administrators, if you log too much and you don’t manage the files you could fill up a partition or even worst stop some service, if you don’t log enough you’ll lose information when something goes wrong, in general a good solution for this is to send all ...
by aquiline
Fri Nov 30, 2012 9:34 am
Forum: Administration
Topic: Rollback To A Working State With BTRFS
Replies: 1
Views: 6486

A Beginner's Guide To BTRFS

This guide shows how to work with the btrfs file system on Linux. It covers creating and mounting btrfs file systems, resizing btrfs file systems online, adding and removing devices, changing RAID levels, creating subvolumes and snapshots, using compression and other things. btrfs is still marked a...
by aquiline
Thu Nov 29, 2012 11:04 am
Forum: Administration
Topic: Splashtop for Ubuntu Delivers 10x Performance over VNC
Replies: 0
Views: 9648

Splashtop for Ubuntu Delivers 10x Performance over VNC

For Ubuntu users, Splashtop Streamer offers a supercharged, high-performance alternative to Virtual Network Computing (VNC) and other remote desktop software. Due to its efficient protocol, algorithms and optimizations, Splashtop has been shown in performance benchmarks to deliver up to 15x higher ...
by aquiline
Mon Nov 26, 2012 1:15 pm
Forum: Administration
Topic: Rollback To A Working State With BTRFS
Replies: 1
Views: 6486

Rollback To A Working State With BTRFS

This tutorial explains how you can revert failed apt operations (like apt-get upgrade) and roll back to the previous system state with apt-btrfs-snapshot on an Ubuntu 12.10 system that uses the btrfs file system. apt-btrfs-snapshot creates a snapshot of the system before the apt operation. Being ab...
by aquiline
Thu Nov 22, 2012 9:42 am
Forum: Security
Topic: OSSEC Version 2.7 Released
Replies: 0
Views: 20218

OSSEC Version 2.7 Released

OSSEC is Free Software, a GPL-licensed, host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS) that operates on a client-server model. Its development is sponsored by Trend Micro, a software security outfit based in Tokyo, Japan. OSSEC is cross-platform, with binary packages available for all Linux distribut...
by aquiline
Thu Nov 22, 2012 9:35 am
Forum: General
Topic: Linux and Education
Replies: 273
Views: 271768

Top Open Source Learning Management Systems

Open Source Learning Management Systems can also be converted to social learning platforms. You can create an online community through your Learning Management System. For example your learners can chat, blog, connect to social network sites (facebook etc.) and have polls on your open source Learni...
by aquiline
Wed Nov 14, 2012 10:27 am
Forum: General
Topic: Create a powerful static website with nanoc
Replies: 0
Views: 8164

Create a powerful static website with nanoc

:idea: :arrow: Create a powerful static website with nanoc
Forget Drupal, WordPress and Rails: nanoc compiles your documents into a static website
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by aquiline
Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:52 am
Forum: Administration
Topic: Disaster Recovery and Backups
Replies: 40
Views: 50588

Multiply Your Encrypted Linux Backups with Horcrux

Horcrux uses what its author, Chris Poole, calls the Voldemort approach, which is multiple backups to multiple locations. If you're not a Harry Potter fan, a dark wizard or witch can hide a fragment of their soul in a physical object. This is called a Horcrux. Then if the physical body is destroyed...