Archive for August, 2008
Setting up a Linux based software load balancer
As the name suggest Load Balancing is simply spreading the work load between two or more backend servers. Load Balancing can be used for any kind of server - HTTP, SMTP, POP/IMAP, DB. There are several open source software load balancers available but for the purpose of this post we will look at Pen and Balance.
1 commentEnable Advanced Desktop Effects on Ubuntu
When I first tested Ubuntu 8.04 LTS on Compaq Evo N610c I was unable to use advanced desktop effects because the graphics card was not powerful enough. The resolution fix for ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 did not help either. I recently managed to get Compaq nc6000 that uses ATI Mobility 9600 video card and Advanced Desktop Effects worked correctly.
1 commentManaging packages using apt on Ubuntu
On Ubuntu Synaptics package manager allows you to search and install packages. It is essentially a front end to APT (Advanced Packaging Tool) and package management can be performed from the command line as well. This can be very handy if you are using SSH to connect to a remote machine and do not have the luxury of using the graphical interface.
apt-cache and apt-get are the commands that work with APT and help searching/installing packages.
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