I found that it was a real mess to set up a FTP server in a DMZ, behind a firewall Cisco Asa (501 model with IOS version 7.0). The FTP server is on the DMZ area, and therefore I natted a public IP to the private IP in the DMZ subnet of this server. static…
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This bug report, created by a Debian developper, reproaches that the Ubuntu website is not refering enough to Debian. I am both using Debian and Ubuntu and loves each other. However, on this point, I am defending the Debian side. Ubuntu should definitely refers more to the Debian community on their website and, in general,…
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I had several issues with gnome-power-manager and acpi-support. Both are base on the acpid daemon for power management. Acpi-support is a convenient package of scripts to configure the power management. It is bundled in many distributions, including Ubuntu and Debian. The problem is that it does not cooperate very well with gnome-power-manager. As a result,…
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Gnome sounds are based on the ESD mixing system (allowing to play different sounds at the same time with the same card), which is itself based on the OSS sound service. The problem is that it does not work by default with a Debian Testing system. And if you try to start Esd in a…
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Russel Coker, a famous Debian developper, took a really interesting initiative. He used the Google Custom search to create 2 Google search engines : one to search on Planet Debian one to search on Planet Ubuntu These blogs beeing a big source of information, these engines will be extremely convenient. The links are available on…
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