Apache 2.2.11 has been released
The Apache HTTP Server project proudly announces that version 2.2.11 has been released. As this is mainly a bugfix release, it has a few new features/improvements worth looking into. For example, the cache modules has undergone a lot of changes, the event MPM uses a separate thread for accepting new connections and handling Keep-Alive requests, mod_filter has been…
Slackware 12.2 has been released
"Yes folks, 'tis the season to announce a new release of Slackware. With a shiny new kernel, many package updates, and the newly added ability to install from a Samba share, we bring to you the latest in the stable Slackware 12.x series."
Slackware 12.2 is finally out and comes with a lot of nice upgrades…
UNIXBlog is ready to go live!
Finally ready for the public
After about a month of hard work and very little sleep, we're proud to announce that UNIXBlog.org goes live! So far, we've only managed to write one article but there are plenty more to come. If you wish to give us ideas about things to write, don't hesitate contacting us!
The framework behind this
As for the website itself, it consist of ~2000 lines of optimized PHP code and ~700 lines of valid HTML and CSS. It's a lightweight template…
PHP 5.2.8 is now available
Early after 5.2.7 was released
A few days after 5.2.7 was released, PHP now announce the immediate availability of 5.2.8. This release addresses a serious security flaw which was introduced in 5.2.7 which were released a few days ago.
Get the latest PHP
PHP 5.2.8 can be downloaded from the official download page and all users who have upgraded to 5.2.7 are strongly encouraged to upgrade to 5.2.8 as soon as possible.
How to optimize Apache 2.2 under FreeBSD
Introduction
The goal of this guide
This guide is meant to give you a better understanding of how the Apache HTTP server works. It covers most of the modules and configuration directive that affects performance. However, it does not cover how to optimize third-party software such as database servers and/or PHP/CGI applications, as they planned to be covered in future guides.
Audience
The guide is aimed for new, as well as experienced Linux/UNIX users. It is assumed the reader is using a FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE or later system…
