Here on Ghacks I have mentioned a few tools that allow you to create various types of Linux CDs. Most of these tools allow you to create Live CDs that are either images of your current working distribution or tools to create a Live CD with special packages. But none of these tools, so far, [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Nov 10th, 2009
- Comments: None
Set up a Gnumed backend server
Recently I covered the front-end of the Gnumed software designed for the medical industry (see “Let your medical practice go open source with Gnumed.”) In that article I showed you how to start working with Gnumed, but limited the installation to using the public servers. Because these public servers can not safely and securely hold [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Nov 10th, 2009
- Comments: 5
Basic postgresql server setup
So many tool require databases. If you are a web administrator or a company with large stores of information, then you know the importance of databases. One of the most oft-used databases available is MySQL. But that is not the only player on the court. Another cross platform object-relational database management tool is PostgreSQL. Many [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Nov 4th, 2009
- Comments: 4
Connect to your Samba server from Linux
I have written a few articles on Samba here on Ghacks. And most people know how to connect to Samba shares via Windows. Generally speaking (when all is set up correctly) it’s just a matter of opening up Explorer and entering \\ADDRESS_OF_SAMBA_SERVER\SHARENAME to get to your Samba shares. But what about in Linux? How do [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Oct 28th, 2009
- Comments: 7
Xbox Media Center on Linux
The Xbox Media Center arrived in 2004 and became popular so quickly that it became clear more ports would be needed. So the XBMC team allowed this tool to evolve into a cross platform media center that would run on just about anything you can think of. But, of course, the purpose of this article [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Oct 26th, 2009
- Comments: 1
Stop SPAM in Postfix with Spamassassin
So you have your Ubuntu server up and running with a Postfix mail server (see “Install Postfix for reliable email delivery“). You have also set up Postfix for antivirus with the help of ClamAV (see “Add antivirus to Post fix with ClamAV“). Finally you have Postfix set up to relay (see “Mail relaying made simple [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Oct 25th, 2009
- Comments: 5
Add antivirus to Postfix with ClamAV
By now you have your Postfix mail server up and running (see “Install Postfix for reliable email delievery“). You even have relaying working (see “Mail relaying made simple with Postfix“). But one of the most important features you can add to a mail server is an system to prevent viruses from being passed to users. [...]

