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TWiT 51: Digg This

Posted in All by digg on the April 24th, 2006

Kevin Rose explains how digg works in this TWiT epsidoe. For all you people of digg community, this podcast episode will answer quite a lot of questions. It’s definitely worth checking out (and subscribe to TWiT podcasts!)

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Linux Performance Tuning

Posted in All by digg on the April 24th, 2006

Tune the Performance of your Linux System…

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WRT54G V5 Hackable!!!!

Posted in All by digg on the April 4th, 2006

Brainslayer has once again gone and done the unthinkable. Apparently he’s found some time away from the FON project to continue forging ahead on getting DD-WRT into the previously un-hackable WRT54Gv5.

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How to back up your linux system with bash, tar and netcat

Posted in All by digg on the April 2nd, 2006

A HOWTO style article describing a simple way to backup your Linux system using standard tools over a network.

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Using Top More Efficiently

Posted in All by digg on the March 29th, 2006

An article covering an in depth look on using the top function more efficiently and getting more out of it.

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Configuring a free VPN solution in your home

Posted in All by digg on the March 23rd, 2006

A very nice and easy walkthrough/screenshot article on configuring an XP machine as a VPN server, configuring a linksys router and windows firewall to allow the VPN and configuring a VPN client to connect to the server. Great for anyone needing secure file sharing capability from their office to their home.

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Ipod Diagnostic Mode

Posted in All by digg on the March 22nd, 2006

A list and description of ways to further run diagnostics on your ipod. All the way from testing your scroll wheel to Scanning your ipods hard drive

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HOW-TO- set up your own DNS

Posted in All by digg on the March 16th, 2006

All hosts on the Internet, or any TCP/IP network for that matter, have an assigned 32-bit IP address. Most hosts have a name, as well, since host names are easier to remember than host addresses. The Domain Name System (DNS) is the distributed database that contains the names and addresses of all reachable hosts on a TCP/IP subnet and the internet.

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Configuring Apache for Maximum Performance

Posted in All by digg on the March 16th, 2006

Apache server performance can be improved by adding additional hardware resources such as RAM, faster CPU etc. But, most of the time, the same result can be achieved by custom configuration of the server. This article looks into getting maximum performance out of Apache with the existing hardware resources, specifically on the Linux systems.

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Mysql Database Backup Script

Posted in All by digg on the March 15th, 2006

A script to take daily, weekly and monthly backups of your MySQL databases using mysqldump. Features - Backup mutiple databases - Single backup file or to a seperate file for each DB - Compress backup files - Backup remote servers - E-mail logs � More

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