I use and enjoy using GNU/Linux. It's fast, efficient, cheap and helps maintain my intellectual and political freedom. I've been using it on servers since 1996 (as a user and as an admin) and a few years ago I took the step of running GNU/Linux on my laptop too. And what can I say other than that I'm loving it. I actually had to use a Windoze PC for a while the other day and it hurt. Yuck.

Contents

Debian-specific

• Intel iwlwifi driver: Installation under Debian etch and troubleshooting for converting from ipw3945 to iwl3945
• Installing Sun Java inside auto-build environments (pbuilder, cowbuilder etc)
• Making a "sid" cowbuilder on an etch box
• Cleaning up a cowbuilder's apt cache
• Installing Oracle Collaboration Suite (ocal) under Debian Lenny (or Ubuntu Hardy/Intrepid/...)
• Creating an encrypted home under Debian squeeze
• Make your own Debian CD case with a piece of paper
• Crossgrading: turn an i386 installation in to an amd64 installation without reinstalling

Hardware-specific

• Installation report of Debian GNU/Linux (Sarge) on an HP/Compaq nx7010
• Drivers and tweaks for GNU/Linux on the HP/Compaq nx7010

Desktop tips

• Playing DVDs under a 2.6 kernel
• Tips for getting WINE to work for you

Other utilities and tips

• Allowing rsync access for root (for backups using rsnapshot or similar)
• SiteManager: using make to manage your website
• Profiling PHP applications: finding bottlenecks in your code using APD
• chenv: change the environment on a running process

On the server

• Migrating data in mSQL and recompiling on modern linux