Nov 13, 2013
You know how it is, we need some kind of security in out homes but the camera security systems that are out there are expensive and use proprietary software. Being the geeks we are how about an open source solution that works with cameras out there and allows you to have your own DVR security system. In this post we will cover using ZoneMinder on Ubuntu 10.04. ZoneMinder is an integrated set of...
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How To Setup Your Own Camera Security with ZoneMinder on Ubuntu 10
Oct 16, 2013
Monitoring Your System with Munin on Fedora
Have a few servers and want to get some stats on IO, CPU, networking and other data don’t have full blown monitoring, this is where Munin can help out. Installation is simple Install Munin. $ sudo yum install munin munin-node Enable and start munin-node service $ sudo systemctl enable munin-node.service $ sudo systemctl start munin-node.service Set the password for the Munin id to access the site $... read more
Sep 10, 2013
xterm-256color error in Fedora 18 and 19
After upgrading to the latest release of Fedora I started noticing an error when connecting to older RHEL and Solaris servers and getting an error. This change was implemented in Fedora 18 to allow for support of 256 color terminals. xterm-256color: Unknown terminal type I don’t know what kind of terminal you are on – all I have is ‘xterm-256color’ This was causing issues trying to... read more
Jul 31, 2013
How to Install WinFF on Fedora
WinFF is an open source and cross platform GUI video converter that takes the power of command line conversions and puts a GUI front end on it. I have used this on Windows for many years and it has always done well for me. So why not put it on Fedora and see how it does? We can install the repository and install from the command line and have the ability to receive updates. Let’s install the... read more
Jul 28, 2013
How To Install WordPress on Fedora 18 / 19
Looking to start working on WordPress sites, developing new themes or just want to hack around on it? Well what better place to start then on your system. This post covers how to install WordPress on your Fedora 18/19 install. So let’s get started! First we will need to install the dependencies for WordPress which comprise of,httpd, PHP 5.2.x, mysql-server and eventually WordPress itself. With the... read more
