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Server History, Part I
ResExcellence is served entirely by a PowerMac 7300/200 running Linux. Attached to the internet through an SDSL line, the server pumps out over a million pages per month. The server is brought down periodically for maintenance, and at the bottom of the left sidebar you can see our uptime. All this from an operating system you can download for free!
While I am far from an expert on Linux, I have had the OS installed on my Powerbook since early 1998. As I discover bits of configuration and User Interface information, I will post them here and hope that they will save you time and make running Linux more enjoyable for you.
~Michael Coyle
Server History, Part II: May 2003 - The Present
The ResEx server was moved to Saint Louis from Chicago in May of 2003. From May to November of 2003 the server was connected to a high-speed cable line at my house, then (thanks to a friend with good connections) the server was moved into a data center at a telecom company through August of 2004.
In July of 2004 (late in the month) word came that the server could no longer stay at the telecom data center and preparations were being made to move it when disaster struck — a very hard crash coupled with a complete loss of data.
One of the options I had already been exploring was retiring the ResEx server, switching to a host based solution that wouldn't compromise our data transfer rate (around 15GB per day at the time) while not breaking our budget. While I did give Mac based hosting a fair chance the best option for our dollars wound up being an Intel based machine running RedHat Linux.
The RedHat server is a dedicated machine that offers me root control via the Terminal over ssh. The biggest benefit for me is I know this server much better than I could ever hope to know the LinuxPPC unit. Not that I'm knocking Michael's LinuxPPC mind you, it's just a matter of not having the front end knowledge that can only come from building and programming a server.
~Scott Chitwood
| Linux Icebox Tips, Tricks and Tutorials |
| Activating the KDE Login Manager for kdm by Michael Coyle, 07-14-2000 |
| Adding icon Paths to KDE by Michael Coyle, 03-24-2000 |
| Assign Hotkeys in KDE for launching Apps or scripts by Michael Coyle, 12-08-1999 |
| Audio Interview with Jeff Carr from LinuxPPC by Michael Coyle, 01-22-2001 |
| Building QCad under PPC/Linux by Michael Coyle, 08-01-2001 |
| Browser Options Under LinuxPPC by Michael Coyle, 09-22-2000 |
| Change the Icons and Partition Names in MountX by Michael Coyle, 05-12-2000 |
| Change your cursor under KDE and Gnome by Michael Coyle, 12-03-1999 |
| Changing Icons System wide under Linux and KDE by Michael Coyle, 01-21-2000 |
| Changing the Text Highlight Color in Netscape by Michael Coyle, 04-14-2000 |
| Classic MacOS vs Mac-on-Linux by Michael Coyle, 10-27-2000 |
| Configure Airport Under SuSE 7.3 PPC by Michael Coyle, 06-06-2002 |
| Configuring Eterm under KDE and Gnome by Michael Coyle, 10-01-1999 |
| Converting gif to png under LinuxPPC by Michael Coyle, 12-29-2000 |
| Creating a MacOS panel button for Gnome or KDE by Michael Coyle, 03-10-2000 |
| Custom Directory Listings Under KDE by Michael Coyle, 06-18-2000 |
| Download and install KDE 2.1 Buttons and Panel tiles by Michael Coyle, 02-19-2001 |
| Drive full when it's not? The big inode problem. by Michael Coyle, 12-23-1999 |
| Get the Message with Linux by Michael Coyle, 09-15-2000 |
| Ice -The Fast, Speedy, Window Manager by Michael Coyle, 02-04-2000 |
| Installing the latest KDE 2.1 by Michael Coyle, 02-14-2001 |
| Installing Yellow Dog Linux 3.0.1 On A Dual-Drive Quicksilver G4 by Scott Chitwood, 10-07-2003, Updated 10-14-2003 |
| Installing Pmudmon under KDE and Gnome by Michael Coyle, 05-19-2000 |
| Interview with Benjamin Herrenschmidt, PPC/Kernel Hacker by Michael Coyle, 10-30-2002 |
KGoodStuff - Like a Super DragThing for Linux/KDE!
by Michael Coyle, 01-28-2000 |
| Label your Linux Partitions with e2label by Michael Coyle, 12-01-2000 |
| Linux: How Free Is Free? by Andy Moraitis, 08-03-2001 |
| Lock in the BootX kernel settings by Michael Coyle, 01-07-2000 |
| Made on a Mac - Served on LinuxPPC badges |
| Managing Startup Init Processes Under Linux by Michael Coyle, 09-08-2000 |
| Modem Init Strings by Michael Coyle, 03-19-2001 |
| Mounting Mac HFS Partitions by Michael Coyle, 11-10-1999 |
| My Adventure installing XFree86 4.0.1 by Michael Coyle, 08-18-2000 |
| My Linux Desktop 12/4/99 by Michael Coyle |
| My Linux Desktop 12/23/99 by Michael Coyle |
| My LinuxPPC Desktop 11-10-00 (Aleph One/Marathon) by Michael Coyle |
| Nintendo Emulation under Linux by Michael Coyle, 04-27-2001 |
| Power Management on Powerbooks by Michael Coyle, 04-07-2000 |
| Remove the Penguin picture from the Login screen by Michael Coyle, 11-03-99 |
| Ripping MP3's under LinuxPPC by Michael Coyle, 05-05-2000 |
| Samuel Rydh, Lead Programer of Mac-on-Linux by Michael Coyle, 03-03-2000 |
| Setting Mime Types Under KDE by Michael Coyle, 06-06-2000 |
| Setting Mouse Button Emulation in YDL Linux by Michael Coyle, 12-19-2001 |
| Shorten BootX delay by Michael Coyle, 10-15-1999 |
| Switch from gdm to kdm to manage your Linux Logins by Michael Coyle, 10-22-1999 |
| Update to KDE 1.1.2 and add theme support by Michael Coyle, 11-19-1999 |
| Using Mac icons on your Linux Desktop by Michael Coyle, 12-29-1999 |
| VNC: Virtual Network Computing by Michael Coyle, 11-15-2000 |
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