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aTunes - Full-featured audio player and manager

(via www.ubuntugeek.com)

aTunes is a full-featured audio player and manager, developed in Java programming language, so it can be executed on different platforms: Windows, Linux and Unix-like systems.Currently plays mp3, ogg, wma, wav, flac, mp4 and radio streaming, allowing users to easily edit tags, organize music and rip Audio CDs.

Drupal, Pressflow and Varnish Caching

(via blogs.osuosl.org)

Lots of useful varnish and caching tips...

How to install Monitorix in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) Server

(via www.ubuntugeek.com)

Monitorix is a free, open source, lightweight system monitoring tool designed to monitorize as many services as possible. At this time it monitors from the CPU load and temperatures to the users using the system. Network devices activity, network services demand and even the devices’ interrupt activity are also monitored, and more.

The current status of any corporate server with Monitorix installed can be accessed via a web browser.

munin-varnish plugin

(via github.com)

Varnish http proxy cache plugins for munin.

OpenSSL update breaks Parallels Plesk Panel

(via kb.parallels.com)

Latest update of the openssl package from CentOS breaks Parallels Panel 9.x. The following errors are displayed in the /var/log/sw-cp-server/error_log file when Panel is trying to start:


2010-03-29 11:21:22: (log.c.75) server started
2010-03-29 11:21:22: (network.c.336) SSL: error:00000000:lib(0):func(0):reason(0)
...

Resolution: It is necessary to update Parallels Panel web-engine.

get-flash-videos - A command line program to download flash videos

(via www.ubuntugeek.com)

Download videos from various Flash-based video hosting sites, without having to use the Flash player. Handy for saving videos for watching offline, and means you don’t have to keep upgrading Flash for sites that insist on a newer version of the player.

How to Set Up a High Performance Cluster (HPC) Using Debian Lenny and Kerrighed

(via www.debianadmin.com)

There are many guides found on the net describing Kerrighed and how to set it up using Ubuntu and others. However, to the best of my knowledge there isn’t a step by step guide specifically designed for Kerrighed using Debian Lenny.

BAR - Backup archiver program

(via www.ubuntugeek.com)

BAR is backup archiver program to create compressed and encrypted archives of files that can be stored on a hard disk, CD, DVD, or directly on a server via FTP, SCP, or SFTP. A server mode and a scheduler are integrated for making automated backups in the background. A graphical front end that can connect to the (remote) server is included.

network programming in bash

(via shudder.daemonette.org)

Discusses the possibilities of using Bash for socket programming using /dev/tcp with file descriptors redirection.

X2go - Open source terminal server project (alternative to FreeNX)

(via www.ubuntugeek.com)

x2go is an open source terminal server project offering a comprehensive “server based computing” solution. Combining the advantages of existing systems it features ease of use, performance and scalability.

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