I figured that since I’m doing a web hosting comparison which includes DreamHost, HostPapa, HostGator, GoDaddy and 1and1, I might as well take some time to show how to do a few things with your hosting account.
A lot of people are buying web hosting so they can have their own blog. Since DreamHost’s One-Click-Installs now [...]

I’ve just got myself an evaluation copy of Windows 2008 Server out of curiosity. I’ve installed it on VMware Workstation 6 running on a Windows Vista computer. While a virtualized Windows 2008 Server is a sucker on resource, it’s performance is still acceptable for those who just want to try it out like me.
Let’s see how to install PHP5 [...]

Since not long ago we were into installing a virtual web server on VMware server, I thought I’d show you how to clone a a virtual machine. The difference this week is that I moved from VMware Server to VMware Workstation, the reason being that I am now working on a Windows Vista host computer. [...]

Although your virtual CentOS server should be working fine at this point, it is recommended to install the VMware Tools to increase performance and functionnalities.
The VMware Tools do not have to be downloaded or whatever: they are made available from the VMware Server console.

Now that you have installed VMware Server and that you’ve created a virtual machine, let’s go to the next step. We’re now going to select the package groups required to run our virtual web server and proceed to the installation.

Today I’m installing CentOS 5.1 on VMware Server as a test machine. I thought it could be helpful to some to know how to do this so here it is.First of all, if you don’t have VMware Server, you can get your free copy over at http://www.vmware.com/download/server/. I am currently running VMware Server 1.0.2 but [...]