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--- start [12-Aug-2009 13:50] – Angelo Babudro
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-====== ISP HowTo ======
+====== ISP Linux HowTo ======
-Welcome to the ISP How-To.  I hope you find information that benefits you here.
+Welcome to the ISP Linux How-To.  We hope you find information that benefits you here.
-This information was first compiled in 1998 after unsuccessful attempts to find details like this on the Internet.  I wanted to start an ISP and I decided the best move was to do it with Linux, but all the web sites I found were vague, causing me to spend many months figuring out how to get basic things working, and several years to get everything working well.
+This site contains an on-going compilation of my Linux server and desktop configuration notes, many of which I have expanded into step-by-step documentation.  We use these guides regularly and are glad to share the knowledge with other Linux admins and enthusiasts.
-From that How-To, ISP Ltd. was born as people contacted me for help in building an ISP network.  By 2005 the market for selling turnkey packages appeared to have all but gone away (at least for my company).  ISP Ltd. did reached its pinnacle of manpower in 2002 and its acme of production in 2004.  Today I am providing consulting services only, mostly writing database application programmes as I have done since the 1970s except now the applications are all web-based.
+If you need a Linux consultant please visit the [[https://ispltd.com/|ISP Ltd commercial site]].
-During the years I assembled documentation on the best methods I found to do various things with Linux servers.  Some things are still in head and yet to be written, and there are plenty of great tips that I haven't though of and will run across almost daily.  So I thought it'd be a good idea to take what I've gathered and share it, and let other people contribute, and see if this might become a nice compilation of knowledge for small ISP entrepreneurs.
+The information compiled here was first begun in 1998 when starting an ISP.  I could not find information on how to build an ISP entirely using Linux servers and open-source software, so I wrote a Linux ISP How-To in 1998.  This site is the evolution of that effort, which was first published on the ispltd.com web site.
-This is still very much a work-in-progress. Many notes and memories have are yet to be compiled here.  If you have something to share, please contribute your discussion, tips, make a section for a topic you think is missing, etc.
+My favourite Linux distribution for security and operation speed is [[http://www.gentoo.org|Gentoo Linux]].  If I want a server I can build and leave running for a year or more without interruption, Gentoo is my choice.  For rapid deployments and frequent updates I install [[https://www.archlinux.org/|Arch Linux]] on servers.  Using Arch Linux it is quick and easy to update servers every weekend, although this frequently requires rebooting, so Arch is best for sites that do not mind a few minutes of weekly down-time.  I have also worked with Red Hat and Oracle Linux since 2007—large enterprise prefers these even though their software is often years out-of-date—so you will also find some documentation for those distributions.
-===== Terms of use =====
+[[LinuxDistros]]
-All content falls under the [[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/|Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported licence]], as you will see stated on the bottom of the edit screens. Any use of the works here must reference this site.
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-If you want to contribute, please create an account.  I reserve the right to edit any content or delete any account that I consider to be spamming, abusive, or otherwise inappropriate.
+===== Guidelines for use =====
-Avoid vulgar, foul, or abusive language. If you wouldn't say it to your five-year-old niece in front of her father who is the local church pastor, then don't write it here.
+All content falls under the
+[[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/|Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International licence]].
-As far as spoken languages go, I would like to limit this site to English, Italian, French, Spanish, and Hrvatski.
+If you find any mistakes, out-dated information, or link to or re-publish anything here we would appreciate your kindness in telling us about it.
-I'd like to keep this wiki 99% MS-free.  If a comparison needs to be made to illustrate a point, that's fine, but let's stick to Linux.  Personally, my primary focus is [[http://www.gentoo.org|Gentoo Linux]], though I don't mind if people want to create pages or sections for unique aspects of other distributions.
+[[https://ispltd.com/about/contact.php|Contact Us]]
-I guess that's all for now.  I hope this site proves useful.
- --- //[[ababudro@ispltd.com|Angelo Babudro]] 2009/06/19 11:01//