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All the stuff is being migrated from a set of static files done in lyx/sgmltools to twiki. As a result some links and crossreferences are broken at present. Sorry for the inconvenience.

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• Linux
  • Using NFS on Linux - how to do it efficiently.
  • Building and Running Multi-Client Linux Media System
  • My fights with standby, suspend to ram and hibernate on Linux
  • QoS on Linux in an SME - originally started in 2003 when the LARTC HOWTO qos sections could be understood only by people who already knew the subject matter. It is probably still useful even today.
  • MON related stuff.
  • Running debian on various hardware - everything but the proverbial dead badger. Each article contains caveats if any, and notes on suitability for use in a Linux based media system.
    • Running debian on MiniITX (and related) hardware
      • Running Debian on the original Lex BookPC?.
      • Running Debian on the original V series EPIA motherboards?.
      • Running Debian on the M series EPIA motherboards.
      • Notes on various cases?
    • Running Debian on the NC4000.
    • Running Debian on the NC6400.
    • Running Debian on the Evo 110.
    • Running Debian on the HP Kayak XU800
    • Running Debian on the Lenovo Ideapad S10e
    • Running Debian on the HP t5515 thin client.
    • Running Debian on the t5725 thin client
    • Running Debian on the Elite Group ECS 7610 usually found in AMD Socket 754 bundles.
    • Running Debian on the Fujitsu-Siemens Scaleo E aka Maplin Media PC
    • Getting the power/performance balance from a Nvidia card on Linux
  • Diskless Debian (and Debian derived systems).
• Networking and QoS
  • QoS on Linux in an SME (in need of some updating).
  • Asterisk Stuff
    • Using Asterisk with a BT Analogue line
      • X100P analogue line card
      • TDP400P analogue line card
    • Some notes on SIP Providers in the UK
      • sipgate.co.uk
      • BT BroadBand Voice
    • SIP Client Notes
      • Sipura SPA-2000
      • Sipura SPA-3102
      • Nokia E65
      • Nokia E71
      • Nokia N78
      • Nokia N95
      • Cisco 7940
      • Ekiga
  • Various VRRP on Linux related stuff
  • How to build a RFC3258 DNS server system
• Mail/Spam/Exim
  • Greylisting With Exim - my own implementation. In use in quite a few places for a 4th year now and still doing the job.

• Old and Obsolete Stuff
  • How to backup to DVDs with Amanda? on Debian Etch - applies to iOmega REV as well. Mostly unnecessary now as Lenny has been out for a while. If however you are stuck with etch for whatever reason this may be useful.
  • Using DNS as a VRRP Availability Indicator
  • Abusing VRRP for fun and (sometimes) profit
  • Rant: Why IPSEC Tunnel Mode is not an Enterprise VPN Technology.? - when this was written in 2003 everybody though that I am a lunatic. Today most vendors present some form of an interface in ipsec to the OS thus doing exactly what in 2003 was considered to be loonie ravings.