Tag Archives: linux
Prevent Directory Listing in Lighttpd
How to prevent files under wp-content/uploads to be listed in the browser? It is actually a one-liner under Lighttpd (lighty). Read more »
Debian Squeeze minior tweaks
Yes, I upgraded from Debian Lenny to Squeeze because I need ibus to replace scim as my default Chinese input program. So far the experience with ibus is good but the same was half-true with Squeeze. I spent quite some time to make Squeeze more comfortable to use. Read more »
Postfix for WordPress
Setting up a basic single domain postfix mail server was not as difficult as I imagined. Configuring a postfix mail server is not rocket science, and here is what I did to configure postfix for my WordPress blog.
Putty with ssh key authentication
When using ssh keys generated by puttygen.exe, I receive a “Server refused our key” error. Then I found out that the error-proof way is this: generate ssh key pairs under Linux, and then convert the private key into putty format using puttygen.exe.
Enabling Webcam for HP DV2000T laptop under Lenny
Owning a slightly dated rig actually has one great benefit — the software for it is mature enough that not too much hacking or hair-tearing is needed. This is exactly the case for my two-year-old HP Pavilion DV2000t laptop. When staring installing Debian on it, I found the hardware is well supported.
Fine-tuning Debian Lenny Desktop
Linux is never perfect. One has to tweak it hither and tither to make it comfortable for daily use, to make it YOUR OS. In this post are kept the tweaks, hacks and fooling around recorded on my Debian journey.
Debian CN99 is back!
The fastest debian mirror site in China has just come back online. The once long standing debian.cn99.com went offline a few months ago without any notice or explanation from its administrators. Many Chinese debianers had been guessing when it would come back or if it ever would.
A Debian/Lenny User Experience — A Glass Half Full (Part II)
Now it is approaching the Chinese New Year — the Year of OX and I am in the mood of using Linux/Debian again. But this time I am not going to pretend I don’t hate the usability issues of Linux for a desktop environment. There are many applications under Linux which are touted as ‘replacements’ [...]
A Debian/Lenny User Experience — A Glass Half Full
As far as I could recall, I did not use Linux/Debian for about two years. Last week, I had an open time slot and I decided to installed my favorite Distro Debian/Lenny on my aging desktop to play around a little. My experience so far is mixed. I would say the general user experience has [...]
How to fix the Segmentation Fault of Compiz under Lenny
I followed Debian Wiki’s instruction on how to install Compiz Fusion (was Beryl) under Lenny. But after walking through the tutorial, I got this error message when I tired to launch Compiz under Gnome with the command: compiz –replace