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HowTo Use/Install F-PROT Antivirus On Ubuntu

Open the terminal, go to your home directory and become root:

cd ~ sudo su

Then download the DEB package (the one whose link you've just copied to the clipboard) like this (using the link from your clipboard):

wget http://files.f-prot.com/files/linux-x86/fp-linux-ws.deb

Install the package like this:

dpkg -i fp-linux-ws.deb

F-PROT is a command line application, Fortunately, http://web.tiscali.it/sharp/xfprot/ provides a GUI for F-PROT (called XFPROT) that we can install as follows:

wget http://web.tiscali.it/sharp/xfprot/xfprot_1.22-1_i386.deb
dpkg -i xfprot_1.22-1_i386.deb

Now we need to create menu entry for F-PROT

gedit /usr/share/applications/fprot.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=F-Prot
Comment=Anti-Virus Application
Exec=xfprot
Icon=/usr/local/xfprot/icons/antivirus-48x48.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;System;

Save the file. You should now find F-PROT under Applications > System Tools > F-Prot:

After you've started F-PROT/XFPROT for the first time, you will be asked to accept the XFPROT license (GPL). Check I agree, don't show this again and click on Ok:

Monitor Proftpd Server by Using phpftpwho

Install phpftpwho

Note :- phpftpwho must be installed on the same machine that is running Proftpd server.

Download phpftpwho from here using the following command in apache web server root document folder (/var/www)

#wget http://www.rivetcode.com/files/phpftpwho/phpftpwho-1_05.tar.gz

Now you have tar.gz file you need to extract using the following command

# tar xzvf phpftpwho-1_05.tar.gz

Now you should be having phpftpwho folder in your apache root document folder(/var/www)

If you want to access your phpftpwho program you need to go to http://yourserverip/phpftpwho

Now you need to login into the ftp server and refresh your phpftpwho page you should see similar to the following screen

Matrix Agent Smith Meet KDE

No Linux desktop list is complete without a Matrix desktop! This cool wallpaper is by *timshinn73 from Deviantart. Icons are the the default KDE icon set and the widgets are obviously SuperKaramba. While the gauges are gkrellm .

MythBusters - Switch to a Linux-based OS such as Ubuntu.

Computer operating systems loaded with stuff I don't want and will never use.

In the tech world this phenomenon is known as “software bloat” or “feature bloat.” It's a well-documented problem and a frequent complaint about Windows OSs—Vista in particular. In addition to being buggy, the extra features tend to bog down your system by demanding more processing power and memory. Computer-makers: Don't load up operating systems with features and then make us sweat to figure out how to get rid of the fat.

Most features can be set up as options. Why not start with a computer loaded with basic stuff that works 100 percent of the time? Then, give us the option of adding the bells and whistles. There's another solution available to consumers: Switch to a Linux-based OS such as Ubuntu. Since most Linux OSs are free, there's no business reason to bloat up the system with feature frills.

Allow AOL Instant Messenger through Squid

To proxy AOL Instant Messenger traffic via https with Squid, change the following line in the Squid configuration file (example using Red Hat Linux):

1. vi /etc/squid/squid.conf

2. Change:
acl SSL_ports port 443 563

To:
acl SSL_ports port 443 563 5190

3. Send the Squid process a SIGHUP or use the service command.
/sbin/service squid reload