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How to install Darwin Streaming Server 6.0.3 on Ubuntu 8.04.2 Hardy

I couldn’t find any good tutorial on how to install Darwing Streaming Server on Ubuntu Hardy.
So let’s get started with a fresh install of 8.04.2 with all the updates.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo addgroup –system qtss
sudo adduser –system –no-create-home –ingroup qtss qtss
cd /usr/local/src/
Download the latest version at http://github.com/lstoll/dss/tree/master
tar -xvf lstoll-dss-984a1365251f36ebf3f60f0d0175fa895a30b9a9.tar
cd [...]

How to access Linux ssh servers password-less in Linux

If you happened to run Linux and have multiple linux servers, here’s a short how to access them password-less.

First we need to generate some keys:
ssh-keygen -t dsa
Then we copy them over to the remote server:
scp .ssh/id_dsa.pub user@someserver:/somepath
Then we copy the key to the authorized_keys file:
cat id_dsa.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys
Then as a security measure we chmod it:
chmod [...]

Amazon EC2, Cloud Computing Getting Started

Amazon has this services where you can use virtual servers, either your custom or prebuilt publicly shared server images. The key point here is that Amazon has a lot of servers that can be used at any time.
So let’s get started. The first thing to do is sign up at Amazon EC2. I’ll be using [...]

How to install and run Ubuntu 8.04.1 Server in VirtualBox

UPDATE:
You can just enable ACPI and PAE/NX in the VirtualBox image General Settings and you are all set to install Ubuntu.

It’s been long time since I posted in my blog. It’s past midnight Wednesday (I love Selangor state for its public holidays!) and no office tomorrow.
I watched closely VirtualBox from its Sun acquisition and I [...]

How to change network interface names in Ubuntu

Have you ever found out that your eth0 interface suddenly became eth1 or sth like that? I noticed that after some minor upgrades my eth0 became eth1. I hate this, because I am so used to eth0 as my LAN interface.
Also in latest versions of Ubuntu my WLAN is taken as wlan0. I’m so much [...]