03. 01. 09
My speciality is technical knowhow.
I host all my web sites at home on a pentium 4 based CentOS Linux server.
Built the server from scratch, installed CentOS4 (soon to be upgraded to CentOS5), configured (A)pache, (M)ySQL and (P)HP (Linux AMP or LAMP).
I installed WordPress, Joomla and Drupal. Most of my sites use WordPress, I find Joomla too rigid in its structure and Drupal is overly complex. A CMS (Content Management System) should be capable of providing you with a quickly running system - Drupal takes too much plotting. If you have a better experience of it then let me know.
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I also run my own postfix/dovecot email server. It's quick but requires regular technical tweaks to keep the spam at bay but, I like it.
I built a
ZIMBRA email server which was fun as it requires you to run your own DNS server. It all worked eventually but, I am small of spare hardware at the moment so will not be making full use of it until I need it.
ZIMBRA email server is a full blown corporate email server system and handles spam very well. If you want to know more then leave me a comment.
02. 01. 09
Ms. Blankenhorn says that Mozilla Firefox is pretty much the only application that gets regular security updates. This is right and lets face it, 99% of security threats to the desktop will come from that source and as Mozilla keep on top of these risks then that leaves 1%. Any risk needs attending to but, I have to say I have NEVER come across any form of malware in my years of open source use.
An article by
Dana Blankenhorn on ZDNET is making a valid point regarding security updates or lack of them in the open source world. At first I thought, what is she talking about, of course open source gets regular updates but of course that doesn't specifically address security. More often these updates are mearly upgrades - extra functionality and bug fixes but, some organisations are doing something about it. RedHat have always provided support packages, likewise CentOS (A RedHat EL source recompilation). RedHat / CentOS is for server based industry but, desktop systems are included in this. Security has always been at the forefront of all NIX systems and by its very nature is a million miles more secure than Microsoft based systems. As Linux desktops become more well loved then there are going to be more security issues to consider but in my honest opinion it will never be the major concern that it is for Microsoft Windows.
The article does make a valid point but, is it a real risk?
