How to Display Grub Menu at Boot Time in Ubuntu
In Ubuntu, Grub boot menu is hidden by default. You can display it by pressing "SHIFT" continuously at boot time. This is useful (among other cases) in case you want…
When to Restart Services or Reboot after Update on Debian or Ubuntu
After update Debian (or Ubuntu) using apt-get update && apt-get -V upgrade you need to know which services need restart and if system reboot is required (kernel upgrade). A common…
Memcached Installation and Configuration with PHP on Debian server
In a previous post I wrote about Memcached installation on Archlinux workstation. This is a similar post for Debian server machine. I will describe Memcached installation and configuration on a)…
Speed Up your Website with Gzip Compression
The vast majority of websites today use some kind of compression, delivering their content, as most modern browsers support compression. Compression is useful when applied to text (html, javascript, js),…
Debian Server Update in Simple Steps
One of the biggest advantages of Debian is the easy and mostly safe upgrade. It is extremely rare a Debian server to be "broken" after applying updates. To update a…