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How to install Oracle XE in Debian/Ubuntu

jestinjoy@hotmail.com (Jestin Joy) — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:12:56 +0000

Oracle provides Oracle Database 10g Express Edition for Linux, free to develop, deploy, and distribute. It is available for Debian, Mandriva, Novell, Red Hat and Ubuntu.Oracle Database XE can be installed on any size host machine with any number of CPUs (one database per machine), but XE will store up to 4GB of user data, use up to 1GB of memory, and use one CPU on the host machine. Download it here

Debian backports become official

joby@opensourcetips.org (Administrator) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:36:07 +0000

The Debian Project announced last day that the backports project is now an official Debian service available at backports.debian.org. Though dabian is famous for its stability, what it lacked is availability of new softwares in its repository. Since new versions of Debian comes in a slower pace as compared to others, Debian users have to wait long to use the newest version of softwares. So inducting backports to debian official means that users could easily install newest version of softwares.

Hide Apache2 version Information from hackers

joby@opensourcetips.org (Joby Joseph) — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:48:38 +0000

Some times we have to hide apache banner information, because hackers may check version details, before attacking a sever. If you hide this, it is more difficult for them to exploit any system holes and thus making vulnerability scanners work harder and in some cases impossible without knowing version information.

How to Install GCC (c/c++) Compiler in Ubuntu Linux

joby@opensourcetips.org (Joby Joseph) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:31:52 +0000

The easiest method is to install the package build-essential.

build-essential contains a list of packages which are essential for building Ubuntu packages including gcc compiler, make and other required tools.

Now do the following steps.

How to install latest Firefox version in Ubuntu

jestinjoy@hotmail.com (Jestin Joy) — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:12:34 +0000

Usually the packages available in repositories are older ones. You need some other mechanism to install latest version. Inorder to install latest firefox versions on Ubuntu systems, mozilla has provided a PPA. You could use the PPA to install the latest verssion of Firefox. Also Check For Updates link in Firefox is disabled in Ubuntu. Firefox should only be updated through the package-management system.

Download manager for Rapidshare, Megaupload, Youtube and much more

joby@opensourcetips.org (Administrator) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:55:06 +0000

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FreeRapid Downloader is a simple Java downloader that supports downloading from Rapidshare and other file-sharing services. One of the major advantage of this service is that it supports free subscription of poplular file sharing services.Simply copy and paste your links from a browser to this application. FreeRapid Downloader will handle the rest itself. No more clicking or uncomfortable waiting. 02b9b5380e7d48f18040bea3e543af3a

Gmail voice/video chat comes to Linux

jestinjoy@hotmail.com (Jestin Joy) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:24:27 +0000

Good news Linux enthusiasts. Google has announced video chat support in Linux for use in its popular gmail service. Official google blog writes" If you’ve been wanting to use voice and video chat on Linux (our top video chat request), then we have good news for you: it’s now available! Visit gmail.com/videochat to download the plugin and get started." As of now only debian packages are available. This means Redhat/Suse users have to wait for some time to get this service working on their browsers.

How to Create and Modify ISO Images in Ubuntu

joby@opensourcetips.org (Joby Joseph) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 03:17:32 +0000

You can create and Modify ISO9660 files (iso images) graphicaly in ubuntu by using an open source Linux application ISO Master

Features:
Create an ISO image from scratch.
Add or remove files and directories to a CD iso image.
Make bootable CDs
Support for Rock Ridge and Joliet file names.

ISO Master can read .ISO files (ISO9660, Joliet, RockRidge, and El Torito), most NERO .NRG files, and some single-track .MDF files.

sudo apt-get install isomaster

Must have Ubuntu repositories

jestinjoy@hotmail.com (Jestin Joy) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:26:49 +0000

Here is a list of repositories you must use if you are an Ubuntu user. Repositories are servers which contain sets of packages. You generally access them with tools like Synaptic (System->Administration->Synaptic Package Manager) or command line utility apt. These tools can list all the packages you have installed (from your kernel to your favorite application with all the libraries in between) and the packages that are available in the repositories that you have configured the tool to have access to.In Ubuntu you generally want to have at least Ubuntu's repositories (which may include the install CD) but it is not uncommon to have other repositories (from other packagers) set up.

Recent Ubuntu installations comes with certain repositories pre configured(You could see them by going to System->Administration->Software Sources) . They are known by different names. They are listed below.

Main - Officially supported software.
Restricted - Supported software that is not available under a completely free license.
Universe - Community maintained software, i.e. not officially supported software.
Multiverse - Software that is not free.

Epic : Made for India Browser

jestinjoy@hotmail.com (Jestin Joy) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:39:11 +0000

Hidden Reflex a software product startup founded by techy Alok Bhardwaj, has announced the first made in India browser, Epic. It boasts of lots of features helpful to Indian users. Epic also called itself as the first browser with antivirus. Epic is based on open source Mozilla platform. India is the primary focus of the browser; its India sidebar supports Indian content by providing users access to the latest national and regional news from popular publications, live cricket scores, film videos, stock quotes to name a few. It also supports main Indian regional languages.