Getting to Know DNS
What is DNS DNS stands for Domain Name System (Sistema de Nomes e Domínios in Portuguese), which converts the website domain names people type into web browsers into IP numbers. … Read more
Ubuntu in Windows Active Directory
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
Samba4 4.7.0 Setup OpenSUSE 42.3
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
Hello World in Rust: installing and running on Ubuntu
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
Installing Gogs on Ubuntu
Gogs is a self-hosted Git server written in Go: one binary, no Ruby, no Node, no queue, no Redis. Put the file on the server, point it at a database, and you have an interface similar to GitHub’s … Read more
500 Linux commands: task-based guide and PDF
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
The History of the ISPConfig Project
ISPConfig is an open source hosting control panel for Linux: a single dashboard to manage websites, email, DNS, FTP, and databases — whether on one server or an entire cluster. BSD license, no fee … Read more
Website Hosting with ISPConfig
Setting up hosting on Linux is still the same craft: DNS, websites, email, SSL, backups. What changed is the shortcut. The official autoinstaller deploys Apache or Nginx, MariaDB, Postfix, Dovecot, Rspamd, and the panel on port 8080. You no longer … Read more