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Debian Squeeze as an OpenZV Template | Shadows of epiphany
OpenVZ is used for Virtualization and is both light weight (minimal software on the host, guests have small footprints on the hard drive, and minimal use of RAM) and fast (native speed). Although I have been using Ubuntu as an OpenVZ guest, I have decided to give Debian a try. Debian has a few advantages …
NGINX + PHP-FPM + APC = Awesome
NGINX + PHP-FPM + APC = Awesome.
Paravirtualization With Xen 4.0 On Debian Squeeze (AMD64) | HowtoForge – Linux Howtos and Tutorials
This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Xen 4.0 on a Debian Squeeze (6.0) system (AMD64) and create paravirtualized guests (don’t mix this up with fully virtualized guests, i.e. hardware virtualization (HVM)). Xen lets you create guest operating systems (*nix operating systems like Linux and FreeBSD), so called “virtual machines” or domUs, under …
Alioth: Welcome
Alioth: Welcome.
Download Centrify Express
Download Centrify Express.
Debian 6.0 (Squeeze) freeze postponed
The proposed freeze of Debian 6.0 in Dec 09, has been postponed till Mar 2010, and while this is disappointing, I’m glad they postponed it. I don’t want Debian to become Ubuntu. The solid, rather than regular releases are far better, and hopefully we’ll get a 2.6.33 or newer kernel too.
CVE-2009-3547 (NULL pointer dereference and system crash)
Synopsis: “Multiple race conditions in fs/pipe.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc6 allow local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or gain privileges by attempting to open an anonymous pipe via a /proc/*/fd/ pathname.” Debian 5.x systems suffer from this vulnerability (with or without Wine installed), and the …
Debian Debian Debian Debian
Yes you heard me right, Debian. I used to hate it back before apt. Despite plenty of pressure from peers, I never got the “Debian” way, but with the release of Etch I decided I would give it another go; this time I would not be disappointed. Etch worked flawlessly, powering my server since late …
Install ATI’s FireGL driver on Debian
Kano (of Kanotix fame) provides this excellent script to install the latest ATI FireGL driver on yer Debian box. I have installed Debian Lenny x86_64 (5.0) on a new box with a AMD 780G chipset, that includes an on board HD3200 graphics processor. Could I get the video working by installing the driver direct from …