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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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