The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)
This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu 13.04
desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e.
that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on
their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure
system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and
the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
Ubuntu 13.04 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on
Ubuntu 13.04 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB
protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a
standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup,
every user has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol
and all users have a shared directory with read-/write access.
Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Ubuntu 12.10
FTP is a very insecure protocol because all passwords and all data
are transferred in clear text. By using TLS, the whole communication
can be encrypted, thus making FTP much more secure. This article
explains how to set up ProFTPd with TLS on an Ubuntu 12.10 server.
Using PHP5-FPM With Apache2 On OpenSUSE 12.3
This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an OpenSUSE 12.3 server with PHP5 (through PHP-FPM)
and MySQL support. PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative
PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for
sites of any size, especially busier sites.
Virtual Hosting With Proftpd And MySQL (Incl. Quota) On Ubuntu 12.10
This document describes how to install a Proftpd server that uses
virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This
is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a
single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota with
this setup. This tutorial is based on Ubuntu 12.10.