Category Archives: Linux

Install Oracle (Sun) Java 6 on Debian, Ubuntu and LinuxMint revised

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Java Logo I've already wrote about installing latest Oracle (Sun) Java JDK and JRE 6 on Ubuntu based operating systems. In that article I wrote about BASH script used to download Oracle Java packages from Oracle servers and to create Debian packages. Unfortunately this script often fails due to Oracle web site changes and then you're supposed to wait for script developer to update his work or update it your self. In this article I'll show you how to create Oracle (Sun) Java 6 packages from Java 6 binary files you have downloaded your self. This procedure is using Janusz Dziemidowicz packaging work without any helper BASH scripts.

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Install and configure Prosody XMPP (Jabber) server on Debian/Ubuntu Linux based operating system

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Prosody XMPP/Jabber logoI've been working on my Ajax chat system Quick Chat for WordPress for a while now. With Quick Chat I'm using technique called long polling to turn Apache Web server into chat server. This approach works fine most of the time when there aren't many concurrent chat users and server load is moderate. The reason for this is that Apache Web server is tuned for serving HTML. Better way of handling chat on your page is to install dedicated chat server software using XMPP (Jabber) protocol. This is protocol is used by big players like Gogole as well as Facebook for their chat services. XMPP is open protocol with many open source server and client implementations. In this article I will show you how to install and configure Prosody XMPP (Jabber) server on Debian/Ubuntu Linux based operating systems.

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Internet connection sharing without Network Manager on Ubuntu Linux

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RJ45 connectorsI've given up on Network Manager a while ago. Why? Because most of the time I use 3G modem to connect to Internet and Network Managers 3G support varies from release to release. Earlier I wrote about managing GSM mobile broadband connections without Network Manager on Red Hat Linux, CentOS, Fedora based Linux distributions and on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian based Linux distributions. In this article I will explain easiest way to configure Internet Connection Sharing on Ubuntu Linux based operating system.

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