Sunday, June 17, 2012

Linux Mint 13 Black Splash Screen

In Linux Mint the boot splash screen is completely black. According their website it is by design not a bug. If you want to change the splash screen you can select one by typing the following command and selecting mint-logo:

sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth

Saturday, June 02, 2012

postfix dovecot

I had been setting up my own server for website for like 10+ years but still this is my first time to get the e-mail working! Still excited!

I followed a website to use dovecot and postfix. Both are very easy to use! not like sendmail which is horribly complicated.

Basically you need the following packages: (Ubuntu 10.04)
aptitude install postfix dovecot dovecot-pop3d dovecot-imapd dovecot-postfix

For setup, the following is a good guideline:
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/postfix