Software
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How to install XAMPP 1.8.3 with PHP 5.5.11 on Centos Sever
XAMPP is a collection of packages includes Apache web server, MySQL databse server, PEAR, SQLite, ProFTPD, phpMyAdmin, OpenSSL, GD, Freetype, openLDAP and nessary libraries. If you are not comfortable to install/configure each package separately, XAMPP is a good choice for you since everything is configured with XAMPP. XAMPP isn’t only run on Linux, XAMPP is an open source cross-platform means you…
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Install and enable zlib on Linux server
Why need zlib on your linux web server? zlib, gzip and mod_deflate on Apache HTTPD server compress your web pages and serve them to client’s web browsers which can save and reduce bandwidth usage. Most modern web browsers today like Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox supports both gzip and/or deflate. Enable zlib.output_compression setting in your linux web server will allow…
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How to install and configure Varnish with Apache on Centos 6
Varnish (HTTP accelerator) is an open source reverse HTTP proxy that you put in front of Apache web server to speed up your Apache web server 10x to 300x depends on your server setup. WordPress comes with many PHP based caching plugins like W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache, WP Fast Cache, WP Fastest Cache and more to reduce server…
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How to install firefox on debian 7.3 wheezy
Debian 7.3 wheezy does not come with Firefox but Iceweasel installed as default. Iceweasel is a rebranded of Mozilla Firefox due to trademark issues. Iceweasel is supported by debian and Firefox is supported by Mozilla Corporation. However if you want to install Mozilla Firefox on debian 7.3 wheezy, I’m going to show you how in this article. The newest version…
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How to install ImageMagick 6.8 on Linux Mint and Ubuntu
What is ImageMagick? ImageMagick is a linux program that let you create, edit, display or convert bitmap image on linux workstation or server. ImageMagick supports over a hundred of image formats, some popular format like jpeg, png, pdf, svg, tiff and alot more. With ImageMagick, you can add effects, resize, crop, color change, roate, add text, line, as much as…
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How to install a Conky and Conky Manager on Linux
Conky is a light weight linux program which is a system monitor, similar to Windows Task Manager in Windows. Conky will show you a lot of your linux system’s information on your desktop, for example, cpu usage, cpu usage history, memory usage, disk usage, networking usage and many more. Conky will run on Linux and BSD and it is licensed…
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How to install VLC media player on Linux
VLC is a powerful open source cross platform media player. VLC media player runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Unix. VLC media player supports and plays various audio formats (MP3, AAC, WMA, MIDI, FLAC, ALAC, Real Audio and more), video formats (MPEG, DIVX, WMV, Real Video and more). VLC can play almost all multimedia files including DVD, Audio CD, and…
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How to install Netflix on Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Fedora
I will show you to install and use Netflix on Ubuntu, Linux Mint and Fedora in this article. Netflix streaming video has been available for Linux for a while. With Netflix you can watch unlimited movies and TV episodes from your Personal Computer, Playstation, Wii, Xbox or any device that support Internet streaming. Netflix will run on Windows, Mac OX,…
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How to install R on Linux
R is a free under GNU project and powerful language and environment for statistical computer and graphic programming. R can run on all platforms (Linux, Windows, Mac, Unix). With R you can calculate, display graphical charts/results, or data manipulate. I will show you how to install R on Linux in this article. Install R on Fedora: $ sudo yum update…
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How to install VirtualBox virtual machine on Ubuntu, Fedora
I will show you how to install VirtualBox virtual machines software on Ubuntu 12.04/12.10/13.04/13.10, Linux Mint 15/16, Fedora 18/19, CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 6.4/5.10 in this article. VirtualBox is a free open source cross platform Virtualization Software which runs on Linux, Mac, Solaris, and Windows hosts. VirtualBox creates virtual machines and supports many guest Operating Systems. VirtualBox is easy to install…