When setting a new domain, a new webserver or a new database server, a lot of webmasters and webdevelopers use phpMyAdmin to control their MySQL databases. There are some alternatives, but in my opinion phpmyadmin is one of the best available for the web. But where do you have to put phpMyAdmin in your directory structure, while setting up a website?

PsyBNC can be very usefull when you're traveling a lot or at moments you have to change from computers all the time. psyBNC is an IRC bouncer, which lets you always being logged in at IRC or Bitlbee. When you log off with your local client, psyBNC still keeps you connected to the IRC or Bitlbee server while you're away. When you sign in again, psyBNC shows the messages you've missed from your friends.

To start using psybnc on a Debian or Ubuntu box, follow the next five steps:

As a mp3 playlist lover I would like to use a decent and simple program for playing mp3's. So I always use xmms, on every distro, also on Ubuntu.

Someone has decided to remove the xmms package from the Ubuntu repositories. Why can't I decide for my own if I would like to use xmms on my ubuntu?

I get the point why they did it. I think it was because of the little bugs in xmms. But the apt-get install xmms command didn't help. The package couldn't be found.
The strange part is that the rest of the packages are still available. I think they have a little fever at Ubuntu or something.

So this is a way to install xmms on Ubuntu without compiling.

Last week, there was something wrong with the Service Pack 3 update on some Windows XP clients. The update for SP3 had one or more major bugs in it. I saw it happen on different architectures with different hardware.

Like we know from Windows, you have to guess what the problem is. And of course, it took a while before I got the real point.

The problem started when some Windows XP clients, at random, choose to freeze once in a while. But offcourse, the once in a while became more often.

First, I thought there were some problems on the network itself. Kind of strange, but you never know. After checking the Linux servers and clients it became clear that the network was doing fine. It was almost sure that it must have been a Windows issue.

I was trying to get my Debian Linux machines authenticating to a Microsoft Active Directory. There are a few howtos on this subject, but I had to merge them together to get it to work in a nice way on my Debian machine.

Therefor I wrote this little howto, so it should be easier for Debian users to get their Linux box authenticated on a Windows Active Directory.

There are some steps you've to follow to get it to work. There are some variables in this text, where you have use your own names or IP's.

Well, let's start!