Secure Share is a very interesting project that aims to replace existing social networks with a far, far more secure platform upon which developers can build new distributes apps and services. Think of it a bit like a new version of Bit Torrent with an easy API for sending messages, relationships, streams, and status updates, and a prototype desktop client for bringing these together in a social networking interface.… Read the rest
View web pages on a local web server from a virtual machine on Fedora 17
These instructions will allow you to view web pages that are served by your local web development server from within a virtual machine.
Example scenario: you run a local web server on Fedora for development, and you want to test your local site pages from within another operating system which is running in a virtual machine, e.g.… Read the rest
Install GTimeLog time tracker on Fedora GNU/Linux
GTimeLog is a simple and effective time tracking application for GNU/Linux. It is the preferred tool of top FSFE staff. It is not currently available in official Fedora repositories however, so in order to use it you must manually install it using Python.… Read the rest
Set up a local web development server on Fedora 16 with Apache
The following procedure allows you to run your own webserver on Fedora 16, so that you can develop web scripts and applications and test them locally without an Internet connection. I assume that you’re using Gnome 3. Run the stated commands in a terminal – accessible via alt+F2, enter: gnome-terminal [press enter]
Login as root:
su
Install the Apache webserver:
yum install httpd
Configure Apache to handle requests to your local website:
nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf… Read the rest
Install zip module php-zip on Fedora 16
Due to an issue with the packaging of zip functionality within Fedora’s PHP package, the yum package php-zip, which was available for Fedora 15, is not available in Fedora 16. This is actually a “feature”, not a “bug”, but either way, getting zip support in PHP now takes a few extra steps.… Read the rest