Open Source Software and Linux:

September, 2008


September 8, 2008  3:37 PM

Graphical Linux File Structure representation



Posted by: Xjlittle
/bin, /boot, /home, /root, /sbin, fhs, file system, Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, kernel, Linux, linux kernel

I ran across the following jpeg file on another blog. I thought it a reasonable idea to distribute this as much as possible as it is a very good representation of the Linux file...

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September 8, 2008  1:00 AM

Create an Apache Virtual Host



Posted by: Xjlittle
apache, centos, dav, http, httpd, https, Linux, virtual host, web server, webdav

Creating Apache virtual hosts allow you to use a single IP address for many web servers. I use mine for general web serving as well as secure WebDav over HTTPS. The Apache web server is arguably the most popular web server on the internet and


September 6, 2008  8:05 AM

Squid proxy server quick start



Posted by: Xjlittle
centos, ftp, http, https, Linux, proxy, proxy cache, squid, squid.conf, unix, web proxy, windows, Yum

Here is a quick start plan for installing the squid-cache.org proxy server. Squid is a caching proxy server that uses HTTP, HTTPS and FTP for caching web pages from the internet. By caching web pages locally the squid server helps you save on bandwidth...


September 4, 2008  11:54 AM

Script Word and OpenOffice documents to pdf



Posted by: Xjlittle
autoit, automate, centos, gui, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, microsoft work, Open Office, openoffice, pscp, putty, scp, script, scripting, word

I ran into a situation a couple of weeks ago where it would be convenient to script Word and OpenOffice documents into pdf format. One of my jobs here is to create the network and email...


September 1, 2008  9:34 PM

Ubuntuserver is unbelievably stupid



Posted by: Xjlittle
centos, grub, gui, headless, inittab, lilo, Linux, ssh, ubuntu, ubuntuserver, ubuntuserver upgrade, zimbra

Yes you read the title right. Ubunutserver is unbelievably stupid. Ok let's take it from the top. I had Ubuntuserver 7.0.4 installed as my WebDAV secure server, my son's baseball team's website, samba and so on. I run this server headless and without a gui. Note here that the normal install...