Category Archives: Software

Migrating from Apache to nginx

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Michael Hampton

Yesterday I changed out the web server software on this server, replacing the venerable Apache with a web server almost nobody’s ever heard of except for, ironically, Russian spammers. Continue reading →

Posted in CentOS, Distributions, Fedora Core, Linux, nginx, Red Hat | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Where should you install GRUB?

Posted on January 30, 2006 by Michael Hampton

When you are installing Linux, regardless of which distribution you choose, one question is always the same. How do you boot your system? Continue reading →

Posted in Distributions, GRUB, Linux, Software | 12 Comments

Macromedia Flash Player for Linux

Posted on January 6, 2006 by Michael Hampton

One of the first things you may notice, the first time you use Linux and start up Firefox to get on the Web, is that you aren’t seeing Flash animations. Flash is a technology by Macromedia that’s used to distribute many different types of multimedia. Usually they are cartoons such as Homestar Runner or Invasion of the Gabber Robots, though Flash is used to distribute other kinds of multimedia presentations, as well. For instance, CBS News uses Macromedia Flash to show video news clips on its own and its affiliate stations’ Web sites. If you’re new to Linux and you’re missing those nice Flash movies, this is what you do. Continue reading →

Posted in Firefox, Flash Player, Linux, Software | 3 Comments

Firefox users can't access Internet Explorer only web sites?

Posted on January 2, 2006 by Michael Hampton

As a new Linux user, one of the first things you’re likely to discover during your daily Web browsing is a small number of sites which refuse to let you in because you aren’t using Internet Explorer. Today I’m going to show you how you can deal with sites such as this. Continue reading →

Posted in Firefox, Linux, Software | 7 Comments

Yet another reason Internet Explorer sucks

Posted on December 27, 2005 by Michael Hampton

A study of 2004 browser security data shows that Internet Explorer is the least secure of the three major browser platforms: IE, Mozilla and Opera. Continue reading →

Posted in Firefox, Software | 2 Comments