And shouldn't this howto be put on tldp.org? or are people more interested in making ad revenue these days than helping contribute back to the linux community?
Wow, dude. Way to be appreciative of others' work. As a point of fact, I have every intention of contributing this documentation to TLDP. I guess it's a crime to post it to my own site first, for own community to enjoy. When you write your own documentation, you'll be more than free to determine where it goes and when. Until then, how about losing the attitude?
If you're interested in an apt-based distro, consider Ubuntu.
I don't even know where to begin on this one, so I'll just jump right in. Debian's community is far from broken. It's extremely active, as anyone who bothers to subscribe to the mailing lists knows. Your note about Ubuntu is beyond laughable; you are aware that Ubuntu is based on Debian, aren't you? Wow.
Advising your employer to use Debian stable is a great move. Shit doesn't randomly change and/or break, the base install has a small footprint (great for building appliances), and their security team is top-notch. I always find it funny when I update my Debian and Ubuntu boxes; patches always come down for Debian first, followed by Ubuntu a day or two later.
Short version of this post: If you're managing any kind of Linux servers for a living, you should be fired.
Still, I can just see some dude downloading an app, and up pops the flashing banner: "You're the billionth downloader! Click here to claim your prizes!"
Poor guy would just snicker in amusement, as this ain't his first picnic...
You hit the nail right on the head. I do create VMware and Virtualbox images for various appliance setups, and I share them with friends who know me personally. However, I completely understand admins who wouldn't run something I created in their enterprise, as they have no real assurance that I haven't put something nasty in there (of course I haven't, but they're doing their job by asking questions like that).
As other posters have noted, I encountered issues with OpenJDK while I was writing the first draft of the tutorial. I'll probably go back and try it again, communicating the precise issues I ran across to the Openfire project. Hopefully they (or me, if I can find the time) can get the issues resolved, as I would have greatly preferred using a JVM in the "free" repositories.
Although I understand that point of view, I actually find it harder to keep track of where I am in a procedure if it's all on one very long page. I frequently scroll around a bit to double-check things, and it's a lot of easier to avoid getting lost with pages only about 2-3 screens high:).
I get really worried about how much the author actually knows about the server...
Hi, I'm the guy that wrote the article. You'll note in the screenshots that under the gateway settings section XMPP is lited as "experimental." I thought it was pretty odd, too. That's why I specifically mentioned the fact that it worked great for me.
This was a direct response to an Ask Slashdot article a few days ago. The community seemed more than interested to offer tips for what software they advised using, but nobody seemed to offer any concrete installation instructions. The Openfire community documentation is great, but kinda hard to wrap your brain around for Debian installs (mostly because it doesn't cover prerequisites and some other points).
Thank you for the most insightful post I've read on Slashdot in at least five years. By the way, I'm looking for a full-time job; I'd appreciate it if you'd take a look at my resume and offer whatever feedback (off board, i.e. via email) you deem appropriate regarding my job search. Thanks:).
Good reply. I was brain-dead when I posted the original reply, although upon further consideration a portable media player that can handle raw ISO images would be an awesome toy in my book:).
Plain vanilla dd is your friend. This is by far the simplest way of transferring DVDs around; I've used this method for years to archive discs to file servers.
Would you like your daughter to marry one of our fine Gitmo interrogators?
I'll tell you one thing... if I had a daughter marry one of those Gitmo interpreters, I sure wouldn't worry about someone breaking into their house while they were asleep. Pity the fool.
It's a lot easier to have some guy with a truck-load of fertilizer park next to a substation than it is to find or train someone to hack into that power grid.
From direct experience in these matters, I wholeheartedly disagree with you.
Your points are perfectly valid. However, considering the fact that Saddam was responsible for gassing 10,000 civilians to death inside his own country's borders, along with the rape and murder of countless others throughout the country, I'm not going to shed any tears over the method of execution. This is coming from a guy who's always been against capital punishment for various reasons; in his case, fuck him.
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I read your post too fast, and ended up with a nasty mental image of love gravy. Thanks a bunch.
Until, of course, you can plug your car in for a rapid charge while you eat lunch/dinner. It's coming.
There's a reason he posted as AC. This is a blatant troll.
Is this the stuff you were talking about with respect to Flash a year or so ago? Neato :).
And shouldn't this howto be put on tldp.org? or are people more interested in making ad revenue these days than helping contribute back to the linux community?
Wow, dude. Way to be appreciative of others' work. As a point of fact, I have every intention of contributing this documentation to TLDP. I guess it's a crime to post it to my own site first, for own community to enjoy. When you write your own documentation, you'll be more than free to determine where it goes and when. Until then, how about losing the attitude?
If you're interested in an apt-based distro, consider Ubuntu.
I don't even know where to begin on this one, so I'll just jump right in. Debian's community is far from broken. It's extremely active, as anyone who bothers to subscribe to the mailing lists knows. Your note about Ubuntu is beyond laughable; you are aware that Ubuntu is based on Debian, aren't you? Wow.
Advising your employer to use Debian stable is a great move. Shit doesn't randomly change and/or break, the base install has a small footprint (great for building appliances), and their security team is top-notch. I always find it funny when I update my Debian and Ubuntu boxes; patches always come down for Debian first, followed by Ubuntu a day or two later.
Short version of this post: If you're managing any kind of Linux servers for a living, you should be fired.
Still, I can just see some dude downloading an app, and up pops the flashing banner: "You're the billionth downloader! Click here to claim your prizes!"
Poor guy would just snicker in amusement, as this ain't his first picnic...
That's okay, I went ahead and put a notation in the tutorial to prevent further confusion on the matter :).
You hit the nail right on the head. I do create VMware and Virtualbox images for various appliance setups, and I share them with friends who know me personally. However, I completely understand admins who wouldn't run something I created in their enterprise, as they have no real assurance that I haven't put something nasty in there (of course I haven't, but they're doing their job by asking questions like that).
As other posters have noted, I encountered issues with OpenJDK while I was writing the first draft of the tutorial. I'll probably go back and try it again, communicating the precise issues I ran across to the Openfire project. Hopefully they (or me, if I can find the time) can get the issues resolved, as I would have greatly preferred using a JVM in the "free" repositories.
Although I understand that point of view, I actually find it harder to keep track of where I am in a procedure if it's all on one very long page. I frequently scroll around a bit to double-check things, and it's a lot of easier to avoid getting lost with pages only about 2-3 screens high :).
See my reply to the GP here. Thanks :).
I get really worried about how much the author actually knows about the server...
Hi, I'm the guy that wrote the article. You'll note in the screenshots that under the gateway settings section XMPP is lited as "experimental." I thought it was pretty odd, too. That's why I specifically mentioned the fact that it worked great for me.
This was a direct response to an Ask Slashdot article a few days ago. The community seemed more than interested to offer tips for what software they advised using, but nobody seemed to offer any concrete installation instructions. The Openfire community documentation is great, but kinda hard to wrap your brain around for Debian installs (mostly because it doesn't cover prerequisites and some other points).
This is just wrong... HAL was developed in Urbana, Illinois, most likely through research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Sheesh.
Screw that, I want one installed on a RealDoll(TM). Now, if someone can just get to work on equipping it with actual nerve impulses...
... unless the criminals/terrorists seriously fuck up. Or confess.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and call those two behaviors functionally equivalent.
Thank you for the most insightful post I've read on Slashdot in at least five years. By the way, I'm looking for a full-time job; I'd appreciate it if you'd take a look at my resume and offer whatever feedback (off board, i.e. via email) you deem appropriate regarding my job search. Thanks :).
is as secure
If ever there were a case for multiple citations needed, this is surely it. Of course, my fifteen years in I.T. could be skewing my views.
Good reply. I was brain-dead when I posted the original reply, although upon further consideration a portable media player that can handle raw ISO images would be an awesome toy in my book :).
Plain vanilla dd is your friend. This is by far the simplest way of transferring DVDs around; I've used this method for years to archive discs to file servers.
Would you like your daughter to marry one of our fine Gitmo interrogators?
I'll tell you one thing... if I had a daughter marry one of those Gitmo interpreters, I sure wouldn't worry about someone breaking into their house while they were asleep. Pity the fool.
It's a lot easier to have some guy with a truck-load of fertilizer park next to a substation than it is to find or train someone to hack into that power grid.
From direct experience in these matters, I wholeheartedly disagree with you.
Your points are perfectly valid. However, considering the fact that Saddam was responsible for gassing 10,000 civilians to death inside his own country's borders, along with the rape and murder of countless others throughout the country, I'm not going to shed any tears over the method of execution. This is coming from a guy who's always been against capital punishment for various reasons; in his case, fuck him.
He was hanged in Iraq, surrounded by a cheering crowd of Iraqis.