Pandora FMS (for Pandora Flexible Monitoring System) is software solution for monitoring. Pandora FMS allows monitoring in a visual way the status and performance of several parameters from different operating systems, servers, applications and hardware systems such as firewalls, proxies, … Continue reading →

If you have issues with apache2 and you want to reinstall it but you are getting errors,then here it isthe solution for you.  

If you are getting this error when you try to start or restart apache : apache2: apr_sockaddr_info_get() failed for pirat9-desktopapache2: Could not reliably determine the server’s fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName [ OK ]

eBox Platform is a unified network server that offers easy and efficient computer network administration for small and medium-size businesses. It can act as a gateway, an infrastructure manager, a unified threat manager, an office server, a unified communication server … Continue reading →

After Twitter and digg, now is Reddit who announced yesterday that they switched their database to NoSQL Cassandra database; this is the second big social bookmark  that switch to cassandra in two days. As i mentioned in my previous article, … Continue reading →

VortexBox is a free, open source (GPL v3), quick-install ISO that turns your unused computer into an easy-to-use music server/jukebox. Once VortexBox has been loaded on an unused PC, it will automatically rip CDs to FLAC and MP3 files, ID3 … Continue reading →

SHOUTcast is server software for streaming media developed by Nullsoft. It allows digital audio content, primarily in MP3 or HE-AAC format, to be broadcast to and from media player software, enabling hobbyists and professionals to create Internet radio networks. At … Continue reading →

If you want to share files between your Ubuntu and Windows computers, your best option is to use Samba file sharing. Samba is a free software re-implementation of SMB/CIFS networking protocol, originally developed by Australian Andrew Tridgell. As of version … Continue reading →

I will  explain how to set up a headless Ubuntu CUPS print-server which allows printing, and can be administered, over a network (without having to install the gui)

Lighttpd (pronounced lightly) is a web server designed to be fast, secure, flexible, and true to the standards. It is optimized for environments where speed is important, and therefore consumes less CPU and RAM than other servers. For all it … Continue reading →