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Ubuntu Netbook Remix on Asus Eee PC
A few months ago I purchased an Eee PC 901A. At the time I decided to keep the default Xandros installation. However, after getting fed up with many of the distribution's little "quirks" I decided to give Ubuntu's Netbook Remix a try.

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Posted by: retro, on 31/05/2009 00:00:00, in category Linux and Open Source
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Set up MRTG in 30 minutes
Continuing on our open source network monitoring theme, this article looks at installing and configuring MRTG (The Multi Router Traffic Grapher) that allows you to graph various SNMP enabled network devices.

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Posted by: retro, on 01/12/2008 00:00:00, in category Linux and Open Source
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Installing Nagios on openSUSE (no linux knowledge required)
A common task for network administrators is the monitoring of different network devices and services both internally and on the internet. This article discusses the installation of Nagios (host and service monitor) on openSUSE from scratch. It is specifically targeted at Windows server administrators who may not have much experience in working with Linux.

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Posted by: retro, on 23/11/2008 00:00:00, in category Linux and Open Source
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Installing Nagios on openSUSE (part 2)
In part 1 we discussed how to build an openSUSE server from scratch and install the necessary packages to get Nagios up and running. In this article we discuss how to actually monitor a host using the most common type of check, issuing a PING command to determine the activity of a host.

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Posted by: retro, on 23/11/2008 00:00:00, in category Linux and Open Source
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