from the website, linode can be used as so many purpose, is there anyone had the time to write a list of HOWTOs for the following?

Remote Backup Server
Use a Linode as a simple and effective way of providing remote backups for your important data


MP3 Server
Imagine all your MP3s available from anywhere in the world


File Server
Save files between work and home on your Linode, or make files accessible to the world


DNS Server
Use a Linode as a primary or secondary DNS Server for redundancy


Mail Server
Use a Linode as a primary or backup e-mail server for redundancy


Hotline server
Use a Linode to host Hotline community sites


BitTorrent Server
Host BitTorrent seeds on your Linode


Peer to Peer Network Node
Use other P2P software on your Linode


IRC Server
Set up a dedicated Internet Relay Chat server


Game Server
Host games on your Linode (check minimum requirements)
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Honda Freed History

You are not likely to find someone willing to write HOW-TOs for these things, as they are easy to find on the net if you just do some googling. Most of the tutorials would be software-specific anyway, based on the preferred choice of the author.

I recommend you check out The Linux Documentation Project at tldp.org. They have a number of handy HOW-TOs and tutorials, some of them new, some old, but most are helpful.

okay, maybe shall we compile a list of useful HOWTOs found from internet for the above topics?

sometimes it's not easy for us linux newbies to locate a correct document to read up...i admit there are quite lots of docs for each topic though, but which one is most updated?

i have spent past a few days alone just to setup apache and bind, still struggling now.

i should go local library and look for books also...

anyway, thanks for your kindly reply.
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Digital Vaporizer

A lot of HOW-TOs and tutorials are also distro specific, and since some people have a preference of installing RPMs and the like, you have to find a tutorial for configuring software in that fashion.

If I were you, I would focus on one thing at a time. You said you're working on Apache and bind. Well, first get apache working properly, then tackle bind.

What kind of trouble are you having with apache? And what distro are you using?

Imagine a bandwith bill that can only be represented with scientific notation, along with registered letters from RIAA. :-)

More seriously, there's nothing on your list that is Linode specific. As others have noted, http://www.tldp.org/ is a good starting point, along with the appropriate website for the particular software in question.

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