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Prevent Directory Listing in Lighttpd

tw — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:25:43 +0000

How to prevent files under wp-content/uploads to be listed in the browser? It is actually a one-liner under Lighttpd (lighty). » » »

Debian Squeeze minior tweaks

tw — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:49:35 +0000

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. » » »

Postfix for WordPress

tw — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:50:58 +0000

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

tw — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:45:00 +0000

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

tw — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:07:58 +0000

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

tw — Mon, 04 May 2009 05:14:08 +0000

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!

tw — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:46:22 +0000

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)

tw — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:50:34 +0000

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’ for Windows applications, luring Windows users to take the plunge and use Linux. While it is true that you can do the same thing under Linux, you will find many so called replacements have one thing in common: they stand in your way when you are using them to do the tasks. » » »

A Debian/Lenny User Experience — A Glass Half Full

tw — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:33:32 +0000

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. » » »

How to fix the Segmentation Fault of Compiz under Lenny

tw — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:14:07 +0000

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 » » »