http://www.ispltd.org/ 2012-02-05T20:04:02-04:00 http://www.ispltd.org/ http://www.ispltd.org/lib/tpl/vector/images/favicon.ico text/html 2012-01-24T14:13:03-04:00 Angelo Babudro http://www.ispltd.org/server_guides:startssl?rev=1327428783&do=diff The overview of this topic is here. Here are the steps to obtaining and installing a free SSL certificate for your web server: Register with StartSSL * Go to <https://www.startssl.com> * Click on the free certificate area * Register as a new user and follow the instructions to install a personal certificate in your browser text/html 2011-12-22T05:01:16-04:00 Angelo Babudro http://www.ispltd.org/mini_howto:usb_boot?rev=1324544476&do=diff When people give instructions for creating a bootable USB stick, they always tell you to use FAT-16 or FAT-32 (MS-DOS/Windows) filesystem and tools such as Unetbootin and Syslinux for creating the bootable USB stick. Besides not liking to use a Windows filesystem for Linux, I ran into trouble with UNetBootIn not being able to identify my USB stick (maybe I have too many LVM2 partitions, who knows?). I gave up trying to fix it, intending to find instructions for syslinux, and instead found one … text/html 2011-12-17T12:12:41-04:00 Angelo Babudro http://www.ispltd.org/mini_howto:start?rev=1324138361&do=diff Miscellaneous instruction guides for short Linux administration tasks that don't fit into topics elsewhere. Administration Automatically cleaning up temporary files Preventing accidental Ctrl+Alt+Del reboots BASH Handy One-Liners Make a colour BASH prompt Keep an (x)-day BASH History BASH methods infrequently but regularly used LVM Creating a new logical volume Increasing the size of a logical volume Placing Root on LVM Laptops and Desktops Linux on Laptops Booting from USB KDE Keeping… text/html 2011-12-06T13:08:37-04:00 Angelo Babudro http://www.ispltd.org/linuxdistros?rev=1323191317&do=diff I was asked that question recently, and this is my reply: Which Linux is “best” depends on what you need. Every Linux is essentially the same -- they are all Linux. They all have the same software available. The main differences in increasing order of importance are: