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How to verify authenticity of downloaded Debian ISO images

This tutorial explains how to verify that your download is correct and exactly what has been created by Debian.

How to build Vagrant boxes from scratch... Automatically!

In this post, I will show you my way of creating Vagrant boxes automatically by using some helper scripts that I wrote.

OpenStack in a local Vagrant box

This post is about running an OpenStack inside a Vagrant box, which can be useful if you need to develop some provisioning tools, like terraform scripts, that use OpenStack API.

Read JSON files in Golang

I'm using Go language now and I needed to read JSON files. How do I do that? Well, thankfully Golang has an extensive standard library which make it easy. Here's how I did it.

How to install Haroopad in Fedora

In this post I'm going to show you how to install Haroopad markdown text editor in Fedora Linux.

Vagrant and Virtualbox Installation on Fedora

This article explains how to install Vagrant and Virtualbox on Fedora 23/24 so you can build your development environments.

Updating Systems for glibc DNS Vulnerability and Workaround

This post explains how to update your servers and how you can use iptables as workaround to fix DNS vulnerability found in glibc (CVE-2015-7547).

CentOS 7 Server Installation with RAID

This tutorial shows how to install a basic CentOS 7 server with mirrored disks (RAID 1)

How I changed my Vim configuration using Vundle

Managing Vim plugins has been always difficult, so I decided to rewrite my Vim configuration from scratch and make use of Vundle, a plugin management system that make a well organized Vim directory.

CentOS 6.x Server Installation

This tutorial shows how to install a basic CentOS 6.x server.

MoinMoin Installation on Fedora

This HowTo is a practical guide about installing MoinMoin wiki on Fedora 19.

How to add bash completion to Fabric

A little script that add bash completion to your Fabric scripts

Pyramid Internationalization HowTo

This is a tutorial about Pyramid Internationalization and Localization but it is also a Git repository, so you can learn by reading it and following along the commits.

Create a System Administrator User on CentOS Server

How to create a system administrator user on a CentOS server

Linux Package Management Cheatsheet

APT, Yum and Zypper Package Management Tools Cheasheet

CentOS 5 fail to install on VirtualBox

How to fix Kernel freeze problem when installing CentOS 5 on a VirtualBox guest.

Install CVS Server on SUSE 11

This tutorial show how to install the CVS version control system on SUSE 11.

Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 Installation

This tutorial shows how to install a basic Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

How to automatically change your desktop background / wallpaper

This tutorial explains how to change automatically your desktop wallpaper in Ubuntu.

Use git stash in your pre-commit hook

Using Git pre-commit hook it helps you to test your code, but be aware that it may be wrong if it doesn't stash your changes.

How to mount remote filesystem with ssh

This tutorial show how to mount remote filesystems on Debian by using sshfs.

Gnome 3 vs Unity

Yesterday a read a nice review about differences between Gnome 3 and Unity

Git: remove a tag or branch on the remote server

Here you can find the commands to remove a tag or a branch from a remote Git repository.

Change or Move PrestaShop Site Domain Name

How I moved a PrestaShop site to another domain name

How to hide php file extension with Apache2

While ago I've done some research about this one and I found with two different way of hiding the .php file extension

Vinagre Remote Desktop Viewer Bookmarks

This short post tells you where is the location of the Vinagre bookmarks in Ubuntu.

150th anniversary of the unification of Italy

Proud to be Italian!

Vtiger CRM Installation

How to install Vtiger CRM on Linux Ubuntu Server 10.04

How to Remote Login via XDMCP in Ubuntu

Unlike vncviewer that just duplicates the current screen on a remote system, XDMCP allows several different users to login and run different X sessions at the same time.

Laptop does not shutdown or hibernate on critical battery

This is how I fixed a problem on my Toshiba laptop which wasn't hibernating on critical battery.

How to install Lotus Domino 8.5 on Ubuntu - Part II

This tutorial explains how to install a Lotus Domino Server on Ubuntu Server. Part II: Domino Server installation

How to install Lotus Domino 8.5 on Ubuntu - Part I

This tutorial explains how to install a Lotus Domino Server on Ubuntu Server. Part I: Ubuntu Server installation.

Starting up Ubuntu Server inside VirtualBox

If you are testing an Ubuntu Server installation with VirtualBox you'll get some trouble to boot it up, here you can find how to solve it

Setting a Partition Label on Linux

This how to explains about setting partition labels on different filesystems.

Description and Keywords Meta Tags

A short explanation about using the Description and Keywords Meta Tags in a efficient way.

How To Add a File Extension to gEdit in Ubuntu

While working on Zope Server and Plone I needed to open .zcml files with XML syntax highlighting in gEdit. After searching a little bit I found how to do it.

How To Share Calendars with Thunderbird, Lightning and PHP iCalendar

This article explains how to share calendars using Thunderbird with Lightning extension and PHP iCalendar, also it supposes that you are running Ubuntu.

How To Split an Audio .flac file using Ubuntu Linux

If you have big .flac audio file which include several CD tracks, sure you are interested to know how to split them and of course we are going to do it in Ubuntu Linux.

How To Install Eclipse with PHP Development Tool on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy

Eclipse is a well known IDE interface which help programmers to develop their Java applications, but Eclipse is not only for Java programmers, as it can help PHP programmers as well by using the PHP Development Tools (PDT).

New Ubuntu version 7.10

New interesting features of Ubuntu Ubuntu, Gutsy Gibbon 7.10

Open Source Software for Everybody

This weekend I'd like to make a small list of some Open Source application which I suggest to use, sure it is not a complete list but should be enough to get you started with Open Source so you don't need to get proprietary software any more.

Adopt a Penguin

I wanted to point out to one of Beppe Grillo's articles about Open Source.

New domain and other changes

Welcome to www.danilodellaquila.com

How To Generate Random WEP Keys

When it comes to wireless networking, it is important to use a form of encryption called Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), so that only clients that know the "secret key" can connect to the wireless network.