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Compression: gzip vs bzip2 vs 7-zip
Today I had a look at the different options to compress files (in this case for backup purposes) on a Ubuntu system. The most common tools to compress files are gzip and bzip2. They have both been around for a long time, are available on most systems by ...
Feb 18, 2008
3:05:00 AM
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Accessing Jira from Ruby
On Ubuntu I've installed ruby, the interactive Ruby shell irb and rubygems through apt-get and performed a gem update: apt-get install ruby irb rubygems ruby1.8-dev gem update --system Gem is to Ruby what apt-get is to Ubuntu and Debian or CPAN to ...
Nov 5, 2007
11:56:43 AM
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Empty Windows in Swing Applications on Ubuntu 7.10
Using Java applications on Ubuntu 7.10 (gutsy) sometimes show empty windows. I've encountered this mainly with LDAP Browser/Editor and IDEA 7.0. It does not occur too often and mainly with small dialog windows. I guess Java 6 has some problems with ...
Nov 4, 2007
5:40:10 PM
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Ubuntu 7.10 on the IBM Thinkpad T43p
Today I've installed Ubuntu 7.10 (gutsy) on my IBM Thinkpad T43p. I am using Ubuntu on the desktop for a few years now with Windows banned to a virtual machine. On the notebook I've stayed with Windows XP which worked fine. In the past using Linux on ...
Oct 24, 2007
11:02:00 PM
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Spark on 64bit Linux
Spark is Jive Software's Java based, Open Source XMPP (Jabber) client. It accompanies Openfire supports Asterisk-IM but also works with any other XMPP server - and it looks quite nice. It's available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Well for Linux ...
Apr 6, 2007
1:36:00 PM