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How to configure squid proxy server 2008-05-02 11:09:52 Mission
To configuresquid
for simple proxying without caching anything.
Use Cases
When you want to have control on what people browse on your lan.
When number of machine is more than the number of IP addresses you can afford to buy.
When you want to help this holy world in saving some IPV4 addresses :P
read more Read more:server
Writing custom redirector plugin for squid in python 2008-04-30 02:56:10 Mission
To write a custom
Python program which can act as a plugin for Squid to redirect a given URL to another URL. This is useful when already existing redirector plugins for Squid doesn't suit your needs or you want everything of your own.
Use Cases
When you want to redirect URLs using a database like mysql or postgresql.
When you want to redirect based on mappings stored in simple text files. Read more:squid
Writing custom basic authentication plugin for squid in python 2008-04-24 12:12:30 Mission
To write a Python program which can be used to authenticate for Squid proxy server. This is useful when you don't want to configure complex systems like LDAP, ntlm etc.
Use Cases
When you want to authenticate clients using mysql database.
When you want to authenticate clients using flat files or /etc/passwd file or some custom
service on your network.
read more Read more:squid
Setting up a hierarchical caching proxy server with squid on Fedora 2008-03-05 00:53:23 Yesterday I came across this idea of caching all the data that I browse on my hard disk so that the average load time of a website decreases. Actually the idea is I'll cache all the static data that I browse like images, static html pages, css files and similar things which does not change frequently and can be served from the cache. But while setting up the proxy server
on my machine, I faced the Read more:Fedora
, Setting
, squid
KDE4 - Is it worth upgrading ? 2008-01-14 21:41:48 KDE4 was released on Jan 11, 2008. I noticed the rpms for Fedora on rpmfind.net on Jan 13. It was a big trouble to get packages one by one keeping in mind the dependencies. I tried Yum with rpmfind repo but it didn't work out. Then I used the server where my domain is hosted. I have 15GB bandwidth per month and the download speed on the server is awesome (average 400kbps). So, I just ftp to rpmfin
How to install ffmpeg and ffmpeg-php 2007-12-10 23:38:04 I was randomly browsing the internet and reading about making a website look better and I encountered ffmpeg-php. ffmpeg is a very powerful tool to record, convert and stream audio and video. Its a very rich tool almost supporting every format out there in the world. It can convert any format to any other format provided the codec.
read more Read more:install
How to configure vncserver ? 2007-12-01 02:38:15 Vncserver is just another application available in almost all the available Linux based distros. Configuring vncserver is very easy. But the default desktop view in vncviewer is gray scale desktop with very pathetic GUI. To view normal Gnome or KDE desktop in vncviewer, assigning a custom port for usage, user configuration and to adjust the resolution of the vncviewer window, some files need to be Read more:configure
How to install php-ming in Fedora 2007-11-29 02:50:43 Yesterday, I came across a library called ming for php which can do wonders while converting videos to .swf (flash), images to .swf and much more. The best thing is that ming provides wrappers in C/C++/PHP/Python/Perl/Tcl etc. So, can be used within any one of these languages. But, the damn thing drove me crazy while install
ing. It was very tough experience installing it as the available howtos di Read more:Fedora
Firefox 3 Beta 1 Review [Linux] 2007-11-23 22:52:31 Firefox 3 Beta 1 is available now. I downloaded the package yesterday morning and started using it right away. While using, I figured out some of the good things and at the same time there are some bad things about this test release. Here is what I feel about Firefox 3 Beta 1.
BTW, you can get beta 1 for Firefox 3 here. I am not going to tell, how to install firefox :)
Positives:
1.Nice Default Read more:Firefox
, Linux
Spicebird - A Collaboration Platform 2008-05-24 17:04:30 Well, I happened to attend this workshop on "How to build business around open source tools" organized by Twincling Society and IIIT Hyderabad. There I came to know about Spicebird. Spicebird is a single platform for many collaboration needs. It provides e-mail, calendaring and instant messaging with intuitive integration and unlimited extensibility. Spicebird is bei Read more:Collaboration
, Platform
Yum Bug Day on May 30 2008-05-29 23:21:16 Hey all yum lovers,
We (the yum people) are organising Yum Bug Day on May 30, 2008. We try to kill as much bugs as possible. For a list of bugs, check Yum Bugs and Yum-Utils Bugs. If you think you can fix, provide info about one or more or you have any suggestions, just drop in #yum on freenode.net or shoot a mail at yum-devel.
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Yum Bug Day on May 30 2008-05-29 23:21:16 Hey all yum lovers,
We (the yum people) are organising Yum Bug Day on May 30, 2008. We try to kill as much bugs as possible. For a list of bugs, check Yum Bugs and Yum-Utils Bugs. If you think you can fix, provide info about one or more or you have any suggestions, just drop in #yum on freenode.net or shoot a mail at yum-devel.
read more
Spicebird - A Collaboration Platform 2008-05-24 17:04:30 Well, I happened to attend this workshop on "How to build business around open source tools" organized by Twincling Society and IIIT Hyderabad. There I came to know about Spicebird. Spicebird is a single platform for many collaboration needs. It provides e-mail, calendaring and instant messaging with intuitive integration and unlimited extensibility. Spicebird is bei Read more:Collaboration
, Platform
How to configure squid proxy server 2008-05-02 11:09:52 Mission
To configuresquid
for simple proxying without caching anything.
Use Cases
When you want to have control on what people browse on your lan.
When number of machine is more than the number of IP addresses you can afford to buy.
When you want to help this holy world in saving some IPV4 addresses :P
read more Read more:server
Writing custom redirector plugin for squid in python 2008-04-30 02:56:10 Mission
To write a custom
Python program which can act as a plugin for Squid to redirect a given URL to another URL. This is useful when already existing redirector plugins for Squid doesn't suit your needs or you want everything of your own.
Use Cases
When you want to redirect URLs using a database like mysql or postgresql.
When you want to redirect based on mappings stored in simple text files. Read more:squid
Writing custom basic authentication plugin for squid in python 2008-04-24 12:12:30 Mission
To write a Python program which can be used to authenticate for Squid proxy server. This is useful when you don't want to configure complex systems like LDAP, ntlm etc.
Use Cases
When you want to authenticate clients using mysql database.
When you want to authenticate clients using flat files or /etc/passwd file or some custom
service on your network.
read more Read more:squid
Setting up a hierarchical caching proxy server with squid on Fedora 2008-03-05 00:53:23 Yesterday I came across this idea of caching all the data that I browse on my hard disk so that the average load time of a website decreases. Actually the idea is I'll cache all the static data that I browse like images, static html pages, css files and similar things which does not change frequently and can be served from the cache. But while setting up the proxy server
on my machine, I faced the Read more:Fedora
, Setting
, squid
KDE4 - Is it worth upgrading ? 2008-01-14 21:41:48 KDE4 was released on Jan 11, 2008. I noticed the rpms for Fedora on rpmfind.net on Jan 13. It was a big trouble to get packages one by one keeping in mind the dependencies. I tried Yum with rpmfind repo but it didn't work out. Then I used the server where my domain is hosted. I have 15GB bandwidth per month and the download speed on the server is awesome (average 400kbps). So, I just ftp to rpmfin
How to install ffmpeg and ffmpeg-php 2007-12-10 23:38:04 I was randomly browsing the internet and reading about making a website look better and I encountered ffmpeg-php. ffmpeg is a very powerful tool to record, convert and stream audio and video. Its a very rich tool almost supporting every format out there in the world. It can convert any format to any other format provided the codec.
read more Read more:install
How to configure vncserver ? 2007-12-01 02:38:15 Vncserver is just another application available in almost all the available Linux based distros. Configuring vncserver is very easy. But the default desktop view in vncviewer is gray scale desktop with very pathetic GUI. To view normal Gnome or KDE desktop in vncviewer, assigning a custom port for usage, user configuration and to adjust the resolution of the vncviewer window, some files need to be Read more:configure
How to install php-ming in Fedora 2007-11-29 02:50:43 Yesterday, I came across a library called ming for php which can do wonders while converting videos to .swf (flash), images to .swf and much more. The best thing is that ming provides wrappers in C/C++/PHP/Python/Perl/Tcl etc. So, can be used within any one of these languages. But, the damn thing drove me crazy while install
ing. It was very tough experience installing it as the available howtos di Read more:Fedora
Knetstats rocks 2008-06-05 23:28:08 I use knetstats for monitoring my wireless traffic. One fine day my wireless connection was not working as expected. I reloaded the module and reactivated the wifi device. Just to check if there were some traffic, I opened knetstats and guess what happened. I was blown the by the huge traffic on my wifi interface. The upload speed was something around 5.33 ExaBytes/sec ( or 5864061874995MB/sec) fo
Youtube caching using squid 2008-06-10 07:09:05 Mission
To cache Youtube videos using Squid proxy server so that subsequent requests for the same video can be served from the cache saving the loading time and some bandwidth.
Use Cases
To reduce the loading time for the subsequent requests on a shared network.
To save some bandwidth which is wasted in serving the same video again and again.
When the clients on your proxy are in thousands and th Read more:squid
Padma 0.4.13 is out 2008-06-16 14:00:28 From Padma
's official website,
"Padma is a system for transforming Indic text between various public and proprietary formats. This extension applies the technology to Mozilla based applications. Padma is available as an extension for Firefox, Thunderbird, Netscape, Mozilla suite and SeaMonkey platforms. Padma currently supports Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Devanagari, Gujarati, Kannada, Bengali,
Eclipse DemoCamps 2008 - Ganymede Edition Hyderabad 2008-06-26 13:24:10 About the event from Eclipsepedia,
"Eclipse is releasing version 3.4 (Ganymede) on 25th June 2008. To mark the occasion, the Eclipse foundation is organizing a series of Democamps around the world. The Hyderabad edition is organized by hyd-eclipse.org (a Hysea initiative). We will discuss the new features and projects in the Ganymede release, and also present a few case studies of some intere Read more:Edition
Youtube Cache Version 0.2 is available now 2008-06-23 14:02:56 As a lot of people faced problems in installing youtube_cache-0.1 and making it cache anything. I am rolling out version 0.2. This version fixes a few bugs with proxy configurations. Also this version is really easy to install and configure. The configuration files have been moved to standard directories.
Package Availability
RPM for Fedora
Source RPM for Fedora
Source Tarball
read more Read more:available
IntelligentMirror (RPM caching) is available for testing 2008-08-19 13:08:04 Intelligent Mirror is basically a tool or squid plugin (redirector) to cache rpm packages so that the subsequent requests for the same package can be served from the local cache which will eventually save a lot of bandwidth and downloading time.
Who needs Intelligent Mirror?
If you are on a shared network where a lot of people use linux distros with RPM as their package manager, then you need thi Read more:available
Test Fedora 10 Alpha 2008-08-17 07:59:45 If you want your Fedora
to be best ever, just grab a copy of Fedora DVD or live iso from here and test the features you like. Checkout the Fedora 10 feature list and test as many as possible.
If you don't have access to optical media (cd/dvd rom) and want to try the live iso, VirtualBox is your friend. Grab the latest version of VirtualBox for your distro and platfrom from Sun download center and Read more:Alpha
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