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102 Post so far
I noticed that my was a 101 post on this blog which is good occasion to do some self evaluation. I started to write here in January 2007 it’s nearly 4 years ago. You see I’m not very productive blogger. Nevertheless i wrote some interesting things which have attracted some people or comments. Here some [...]
Ubuntu vs. Windows XP on my Thinkpad
Yesterday i installed Ubuntu (10) linux alongside of Windows XP (SP3) on my Lenovo Thinkpad T60 – meanwhile 4 years Laptop. To be short i observe only start-time of both system on the same machine in this post. Here some hardware details: Intel Core Duo (T2400 -1,83 Mghz) 1 Gb RAM 60 GB 5400rpm hard [...]
Java WebServices JSR overview
Here give a short overview of important JSR of Java Community Process which define and standardises WebServices development on Java Platform. JSR-175: A Metadata Facility for the JavaTMTM Programming Language. Also known as Java Annotations e.g. @Deprecated or @Override. JSR-181: Web ServiceMetadatata for the Java Platform. This is just a set of Annotations for using [...]
Get JIRA for 10$ only
Probably most of modern IT related people know Atlassian JIRA – issue and project tracking system. Maybe many of you know other popular tracking system like Bugzilla, GNATS, und many many others. Personally I like JIRA last but not least because i worked many years with it and I’m impressed of a simplicity of the [...]
The Queen and 11 Presidents!
Queen Elizabeth II head of the Commonwealth and daugher of George VI. She was born on 21 April 1926 and have seen lot of politics and historical acts in her life, because now she is 84! As her father dies in 1952, she become the Queen regnant an met 11 Presidents of United States till [...]
Sending Mails with own Exim: Google account example.
Today I’ll describe short, how to configure sending of emails with your Debian or other Linux distribution. The ability of sending mails is very useful feature for every long-running server machine, it’s easy and common way to notify the administrator on problems. Here are configurationsteps for mail-sending with Exim and Googlemail account (google Apps accounts [...]
Winter amusement – the Russian way
What should young people do at a long, cold, rich of snow and boring winter. A winter like in Magadan town. Here the answer Never heard of Magadan? Magadan is associated with far far east of Russia. It is associated with cold and people-less places, taiga, beautiful nature and interesting people. Of course this Region [...]
SSH tunnel without password
SSH (Secure Shell) allows simple establishment of encrypted and authenticated connection between computers. Today i describe how easy it is do establish such SSH tunnels without using a password. You may need such connections when they have to be opened by daemons (e.g. Cron) without user interaction. Two words on theory. Password-less connections have to [...]
JBoss 5 GA on Debian linux
This short tutorial describes how to configure JBoss Application Server (Jboss GA 5.1.0) on a debian linux (Debian GNU/Linux 5.x “Lenny” ). Article starts with installation of java JDK and continues with JBoss installation and basic configuration according to standard file system hierarchy. Also init.d. scripts configuration is given here. Installing Java SDK Nowadays installing [...]
Software RAID on Debian Linux
Wow, my last post here is month ago. But don’t worry I did not forget about my blog. There are just many thing happened in my life, all of them are time consuming So there no reason to remove me from your RSS reader. Today i will share some thought on software RAID under linux [...]