If you are a webmaster and want to include php GeoIP functions in your code. Then you have to install Pecl GeoIP extension on your server. After installing this extension you can get geo data of any IP-address using geoip_record_by_name function. To install this extention follow these steps
Mysql
Mysql is most famous open source RDBMS (Relational database management system) software used by millions of websites. Most of website with very large Mysql database experience storage problem because /var partition is to small which holds Mysql data files and folder by default. If you are experiencing such a problem then you have to move your Mysql data directory to other linux partition (eg: /home). To change your directory without affecting Mysql configuration. Follow these steps. Read more…
After installing Ubuntu, lot of users wonder what applications should they install to get the best out of their Ubuntu. Here is list of top 5 applications (in no particular order) that you must install.
I have the following applications installed along with my Ubuntu and in my opinion all users must have this. Please note that I have included these applications for an average user and not for an expert user. Read more…
wine-hq
Most of users don’t use Linux because they can not install their favorite games and application on Linux. In my previous post about Linux alternatives to windows software programs you can find alternative of your favorites software in Linux. If you are unable to find any alternative or you don’t like alternative software then you can use winehq to install windows applications and game in Linux. In this article I will guide you how to install wine on Linux (Ubuntu) Read more…
Compiz is advanced desktop effect plugin for ubuntu. If don’t know about compiz-fusion then read my post about Advanced desktop effect in ubuntu using compiz fusion.In my old post I explain how to install compiz. In this article I will guide how to enable 3D desktop cube in compiz on ubuntu. Read more…
Many webmasters want to setup local web server for testing their website development. In this article I will guide you how to setup personal web server on Ubuntu Desktop (you don’t need to download or install the Ubuntu server edition). All you need Ubuntu Desktop installed. If you don’t have ubuntu then download it from this link and install it. You can install it inside windows as Dual-boot so doesn’t need to remove current windows installation. Read more…
Hosting a website that requires lot of server connections is always a problem for web-administrators. This can slow down the overall performance of your website. I had this problem with my site and I was looking for a solution. After a long search, I found out the cause and also the way to fix it and I would like to share it with you…
Many Dedicated server and VPS owners constantly face this problem with their high traffic websites. Usually this is the main cause websites response time are very high or its opening very slowly. This problem rises when number of Apache connections reaches to limit of MaxClients Directive. You can increase this limit. However, by default this can only be increased upto 256. If you want to increase this limit more than 256 then you must also increase the ServerLimit.
In this article I will guide you how to set MaxClients Directive more than 256. Read more…
Here are some basic commands to get you started in the wonderful world of Linux and other UNIX variants. All of these commands should work from your command prompt (regardless which shell you’re using).You MUST press enter to invoke the command.All UNIX and Linux commands are case sensitive. There are of course thousands of Linux related commands and procedures.
You can also execute multiple commands by separating each one with a ; for example cd newdir; mkdir thatdir ; ls -la will first change directories to the newdir directory, then create a directory called thatdir, then list all the files in long format. You can string together as many commands as you like but caution should be used not to inadvertently do anything harmful.
If you think some thing need to be added to this list let me know. Read more…
Compiz is advanced desktop effect plugin for ubuntu. I this tutorial I will guide you how to install and configure compiz on ubuntu. But first watch this video which shows some effect generated by compiz. Read more…
This tutorial is useful to install Linux on system which don’t have CD drive. Some Laptops like asus eeepc, acer aspire one, hp mini etc don’t have CD-drive so there is only 2 way to install Linux either use external CD drive (expensive way) or Using Pen drive. So in this article i will tell you how to create bootable pen drive for Linux.
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