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RMVB files on (64-bit) Linux

The Chinese like to share their movies in RMVB (RealMedia) format as opposed to Xvid or DivX. Not sure why it got to be so popular (I would prefer the more open Xvid), but the file sizes and quality it produces are quite good. A problem I ran into is that mplayer/vlc don’t seem to […]

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AliPay on GNU/Linux

AliPay is the Paypal of China and hard to ignore if you want to use websites like TaoBao (the Chinese eBay.) Unlike Paypal however, it requires ActiveX components or Firefox plugins to function. Getting this to work on Linux can be a pain if you don’t read Chinese. So here’s in English: Download http://blog.alipay.com/wp-content/2008/10/aliedit.tar.gz Extract […]

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niels / Software /

Google Gears 64-bit

Links to outdated and potentially dangerous binaries have been removed. While eagerly installing Offline Gmail on my computers I ran into the fact the Google Gears is actually not available for 64-bit Linux. I managed to find a number of builds out there, but none that would actually work for me with Offline Gmail or […]

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niels / Software /

Comparing web hosting packages

Comparing web hosting packages is harder than it seems. When searching for the best deal there is a huge list of companies claiming to offer all the features you could ever want and more bandwidth than you need. Unfortunately, most of these offers are useless. The small print usually contains one or more vague clauses […]

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niels / Software / #voip

Asterisk 1.2.4 with Sarge

Of course this had to happen: I finish my 1.2.4 packages and the Asterisk team releases 1.2.5. Oh well, the Debian VoIP team will probably follow soon enough and so will I. When upgrading, make sure you choose the correct version of asterisk: asterisk-classic or asterisk-bristuff. Also, H323 support is removed and chan_capi is included […]

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niels / Software / #voip

Bristuff 0.3.0-PRE-1f and XS4ALL VoIP

A small update to the Asterisk packages: bristuff is updated to 0.3.0-PRE-1f a oneliner related to XS4ALL VoIP is included: http://www.asteriskguru.com/board/here-vp1519.html Add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://debian.peen.net asterisk/

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niels / Software / #email

Postfix with Cyrus, Clamav and Spamassassin

This is a quick howto on how to get it all running. Most of the software used is a lot more powerful than this howto suggests. Once you have it all up and running make sure to spend some time checking out the full potential of your setup. Get all the packages: Include deb http://ftp2.de.debian.org/ […]

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