Cron, crontab example reference and how to run things periodically in GNU/Linux and Unix
Cron is a job scheduler found in most Unix-like operating systems. “Chronos”, which is the Greek word for “time”, is...
Fixing missing menu entries of Opera and Skype in Debian GNU/Linux
Unfortunately the third-party packages of Opera and Skype do not contain menu entries for the Debian menu system. Not very...
A revised opinion on apache2-mpm-prefork and apache2-mpm-worker, and php5 and php5-cgi on Debian, regarding performance
It’s now over a year since I wrote about “Exchanging apache2-mpm-prefork for apache2-mpm-worker, and using php5-cgi on Debian to improve...
How to set up a SIP trunk in the Asterisk PBX
In my previous article we configured Asterisk with some SIP-devices, and created a basic dialplan so that they could dial eachother....
An introduction to Asterisk, The Open Source Telephony Project
Asterisk is software that turns an ordinary computer into a voice communications server. Asterisk is the world’s most powerful and...
Installing Debian Lenny on an Asus EeePC 900, part two
I have had my EeePC for a while now, and I have set it up how I want it, for...
Installing Debian Lenny on an Asus EeePC 900, part one
On Friday I got an Asus EeePC 900 that I had ordered a few days earlier. Now after having looked...