Mono 2.0 released on 6 Oct 2006.
Mono allow you to run ASP.NET, C# applications on Linux.
http://mono-project.com
Mono is a software platform designed to allow developers to easily create cross platform applications. It is an open source implementation of Microsoft’s .Net Framework based on the ECMA standards for C# and the Common Language Runtime. We feel that [...]

Tags: asp.net, asp.net linux, linux, open source

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Cpanel is most popular control panel for Linux servers.
I used to support many distros. Recently they changed policy to only support CentOS and RHEL Linx distros. They also support FreeBSD, but recommended only for expert users.
http://www.cpanel.net/products/cpwhm/cpanel11/sys_requirements.htm
It is a good move as it make them easy to prodie support and make cpanel work better on these [...]

Tags: centos, cpanel, freebsd, linux

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Today a client want to install Flash Media Server on his linux server. He uploded Flash Media Server in a rar file. Linux by default do not support .rar files.
So i have to install unrar on the server. This is available for download from
http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

# wget http://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-3.7.1.tar.gz
# tar -zxvf rarlinux-3.7.1.tar.gz
# cd rar
# mv unrar /usr/local/bin

Thats all, [...]

Tags: flash media server, linux, unrar

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I am posting this as this image was in my desktop for years. I want to delete it, so thought of adding it to blog.
In 2006, one of my linux server got hacked. Most will tell you need OS restore when you got hacked. I do not want to restore the OS as its lot [...]

Tags: linux, rootkit, server security

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