Administering DNS in Linux is in fact really simple. The first-time configuration though can prove quite tricky. Just follow the instructions that follow to have your DNS server setup using bind9 – the most popular and reliable dns server.
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Feb 21
Feb 21
The old website of glonek.co.uk is still active in case you need something from it.
The link is http://www.glonek.co.uk/old-site
Feb 07
PulseAudio should die. This is the basic truth. It’s got delays and causes choppy sound for a huge amount of people. Most of use use only PCI sound cards with skype and gnome MPlayer which work just fine with PA. But try playing games with wine or even native games such as supertuxkart. It’s not going to work. PulseAudio develops a choppy sound – so choppy it sounds as if it went through a mixer. Especially if using things like USB Headsets.
Sadly you can’t fix it in Mint 8 (and Ubuntu 9.10) as you did in 7 (and in Ubuntu 9.04). In Mint 7 you would just go to Control Centre, click on Audio (or Sound Preferences) and choose ALSA instead of PulseAudio. Then just remove PulseAudio and you are done. Sadly, loads of stuff are removed from new Gnome/Ubuntu/Mint to make it difficult. Somehow they are trying to force us to use this useless system called PulseAudio. Ok, enough rant. Here’s how to get Mint 8 *and Ubuntu Karmic 9.10) fixed:
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Feb 02
Ubuntu server after minimalistic installation will not have ssh. While installing ssh, you should be aware you are allowing remote logins to your server. This could potentially by a risk if someone manages to brute-force your password. In this case there are a few things we can do to properly protect ourselves. Firstly, use complicated passwords – this I cannot help you with. Think of something. Other things, that we include in this manual are: sshd.conf – disable root logins, sshdfilter – anti-bruteforcing system, iptables – firewall.
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Feb 02
DHCP is really straight-forward to install if you have an example of the config files. In this case, it’s best to publish them 
Hope it helps:
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Feb 02
Linux is stable OS, which can provide quite a flexible routing and firewall setup. It is also a free alternative to Cisco. To pre-configure it though is quite a challange if you are doing it for the first time. This howto should help you get started:
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