How To Configure Google Talk on Pidgin / Gaim

August 17th, 2007 I faced quite some problems, to say the least, in configuring Pidgin / Gaim to connect to OpenFire XMPP Server on Fedora Core 6. Here are the detailed steps for a no-brainer configuration of Gaim for OpenFire: 1.

November 5th, 2007 Yahoo Instant Messenger isn't directly available on Linux. However there are several alternatives.

April 13th, 2008 Yahoo Instant Messenger is notorious for sending unsolicited commercial instant messages and from questionable sources. The yahoo instant messenger client doesn't provide an way, last I checked, to stop such spams.

November 12th, 2007 I am sick and tired of Yahoo Messenger Spam initiated primarily by Myfreecamhost and now joined by few new initiates too. Everyday, at the most inppropriate times I will get one or more messages from Yahoo Messenger asking me to watch some random female's webcam on myfreecamhost for free (obviously scam).

November 13th, 2007 Openfire (Jabber/XMPP server) by default binds on port 8080 which is also used by Tomcat. This causes Tomcat to fail when openfire is started before it.

April 5th, 2008 On running ./configure in dansguardian (web content filter for Linux), I got the following error - configure: error: pcre-config not found!configure: WARNING: Cache variable ac_cv_prog_PCRE contains a newline.. The solution, as usual, is simple: Install pcre-devel.

August 27th, 2008 Many like to twitter using IM (Instant Messenger) because it is very simple and fast to tweet and simple to get continuous updates on your topics of interest. In the good old days Twitter used to provide IM support.

August 28th, 2005 Some interesting tweaks to enhance Google Talk (IM).

August 9th, 2006 The Sony mylo (short for "my life online") is a nifty handheld device that will allow you to access a fun set of features from a WiFi network. With 1GB of memory you can store music and photos, browse the web, or use email and IM (with QWERTY keyboard).

June 24th, 2008 GMail overall has a nice spam filter. You can leverage the GMail spam filtering capability even for your corporate emails without paying a dime.

April 5th, 2008 A common error while configuring (running ./configure) software in Linux systems is - error: C++ compiler cannot create executables. The solution, not surprisingly is simple: Install the package which adds C++ support to the GNU Compiler Collection - gcc-c++.

August 19th, 2008 In earlier versions of Db4o we used Db4o.configure() to configure all Db4o database globally (across all ObjectContainer). However in 7.2 (and above) versions of Db4o Db4o.configure() has been deprecated and it is suggested to use Db4o.newConfiguration() instead.

April 10th, 2007 XMemo is an alternative to IPMsg (for Windows only) and claims to interoperate with IPMSg protocol. In short a quick messaging tool for intranet use.

July 14th, 2006 Google Talk, Google's instant messaging service ranks at the bottom of the overall ranking, which is dominated by MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger according to ComScore Media Metrix. MSN Messenger/Windows Live Messenger tops with 204m subscribers, Yahoo! Messenger is second at 78m, AIM boasts of 34m users and ICQ claims 33.9m users.

June 13th, 2008 Sun is offering three free assessment tests for Solaris 10 operating system focusing on Unix Essential and System Administration. They are for the following certifications: UNIX Essentials Featuring the Solaris 10 Operating System Objectives: Use command-line features and help resources Manage and view files and directories and change the directory contents Create and modify files and use basic file permissions Create ACLs Control the user work environment Use commands within the shell Perform basic process and job control Archive files and create archives Compress, view, and uncompress files Perform remote file transfers Sun Certified System Administrator (SCSA) for the Solaris 10 Operating System (Part 1) Objectives: Manage file systems Install software Perform system boot procedures Perform user and security administration Manage network printers and system processes Perform system backups and restores Sun Certified System Administrator (SCSA) for the Solaris 10 Operating System (Part 2) Objectives: Describe network basics and the client-server model Describe remote administration with the Solaris Management Console Manage swap configuration Manage crash dumps and core files Configure NFS and AutoFS Describe RAID and Solaris Volume Manager software concepts Configure Solaris Volume Manager software Configure RBAC Configure system messaging Configure naming service clients Configure NIS Configure a custom JumpStart software installation Perform a Flash installation Take the tests and find out how strong you are in Solaris.