Integrating an Ubuntu machine into a Windows Active Directory domain requires, in short: pointing the client’s DNS to the domain controller, setting a consistent hostname in /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts, and having the domain name and an account with … Read more
Samba 4 is still the free AD implementation: LDAP, Kerberos, DNS, and SYSVOL in the same process. In 2017, this post provisioned 4.7.0 on Leap 42.3. In 2026, the official wiki and Leap 15.6 speak the same language — samba-tool — … Read more
Everyone starts with Hello, world! This post uses that three-line program as an excuse to install Rust properly on Ubuntu, understand what cargo does, and leave with a project that compiles — in about ten minutes. Why Rust, in two sentences Rust delivers C performance … Read more
Gogs is a self-hosted Git server written in Go: a single binary, no Ruby, no Node, no queue, no Redis. You drop the file on the server, point it at a database and you have a web interface similar to the … Read more
Note (2026): originally published on 2017, this guide has been revised for current reference; the archive PDF remains identified as historical material. You don't need to memorize hundreds of commands: you need to recognize the task, find the tool, and check what … Read more
In 2005, two Germans from projektfarm GmbH, the same crew that maintained HowtoForge, published a panel to manage Linux hosting servers. Twenty-one years later, ISPConfig is still going strong. It continues under a BSD license, with no fee … Read more
