After months of delaying the date of publishing, I finally pressed the publish button.
Well, at first it was a mistake, ... and I still want to write more about it.
It is only 45% complete at the current time. But once done, I thought that i would help me by giving me pressure to write more.
The book here in Lean Pub: Full-Stack-for-Ruby-Framework
https://leanpub.com/Full-stack-for-Ruby-Framework
I want to help other developers like me to use Ruby, Ruby-On-Rails Stack and not be afraid of some devops duties.
So in my book I trying to give you a good perspective of what it is to be a Full Stack developer, with a lot of practical examples.
Mainly for Ubuntu server, this can also be applied to Debian, RedHat , Centos and other flavours of Linux.
I using Mac for local development and therefore thinking to write more about it.
But I am also waiting from readers feedback to guide me on what to write next.
As today I sold my 1st version, I say thank you to my first reader, and be patient as I will also give more and more book update along the way.
The advantage with Lean Pub is that I can start publishing the book as I write it for a small fee.
And the advantage of the first readers is that they would get the next updates for free.
Friday, 21 December 2018
Saturday, 6 June 2015
Full Stack for ruby Framework
For the few people following the old RailsBuntu
Note that The book has now changed its name to:
"Full stack for Ruby Framework"
I started to write this book few years ago, and at the time I was mainly concentrating on Ubuntu. But other times I worked over different flavours of Linux. Therefore the content of the book is not any more specific to Ubuntu but to all Linuxes.
It is also hard to find time to focus on writing so the first is still not ready, but moving towards its goal.
Note that The book has now changed its name to:
"Full stack for Ruby Framework"
I started to write this book few years ago, and at the time I was mainly concentrating on Ubuntu. But other times I worked over different flavours of Linux. Therefore the content of the book is not any more specific to Ubuntu but to all Linuxes.
It is also hard to find time to focus on writing so the first is still not ready, but moving towards its goal.
Monday, 3 March 2014
Spread The word for the Hackerjobs.co.uk
When doing contracting it seems very difficult to find jobs without the helps of the recruitment agencies . Sadly for us and our potential employers they eat a portion of our hard labour. For some agencies it can be well deserved, but one thing that I think a bit excessive is that if they send our CV to one company with some kind of exclusive right on our behalf for up 1or 2 years.
Although this agreement is between the agencies and our potential employer, this can sometimes play against us.
One way to change this, would be to go through site like HackerJobs but the problem with this is that not a lot of people knows it, and therefore some employers may say that it doesn't bring good selection of candidate. Probably due to the fact that the site is still not well known?
So let s spread the word ... It may set us free...
Although this agreement is between the agencies and our potential employer, this can sometimes play against us.
One way to change this, would be to go through site like HackerJobs but the problem with this is that not a lot of people knows it, and therefore some employers may say that it doesn't bring good selection of candidate. Probably due to the fact that the site is still not well known?
So let s spread the word ... It may set us free...
Thursday, 20 February 2014
Create Rails 4 application and use RVM
First, although I already blog few year ago about installing RVM, my blog needs to be updated with latest RVM set-up. The new command lines for the installation of RVM (tested on Ubuntu 13.10):
sudo apt-get install libgdbm-dev libncurses5-dev automake libtool bison libffi-dev
curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable
source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm
echo "source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm" >> ~/.bashrc
Install ruby and gems
rvm install 2.1.0
rvm use --default 2.1.0
ruby -vnote the path of ruby and the associated gemset
.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.0@global
This would be useful later on to know which rvm ruby "ruby-2.1.0" and rvm gemset "global" we are using so we can load them automatically every time we access the project directory.
rvm list
rvm rubies
ree-1.8.7-2011.03 [ i686 ]
ruby-1.9.2-p320 [ i686 ]
ruby-1.9.3-p484 [ i686 ]
- ruby-2.0.0-p353 [ i686 ]
=> ruby-2.1.0 [ i686 ]
# => - current
# =* - current && default
# * - defaultthen add rails gems and create new application called "jobsearch"
rvm gemset list echo "gem: --no-ri --no-rdoc" > ~/.gemrc
gem install rails
rails new jobsearch cd jobsearch
bundle
Create the rvmrc file so that your directory switch automatically to the right ruby and gemset
rvm --create --rvmrc ruby-2.1.0@global
$ cd ..
$ cd jobsearch/
You are using '.rvmrc', it requires trusting, it is slower and it is not compatible with other ruby managers,
you can switch to '.ruby-version' using 'rvm rvmrc to [.]ruby-version'
or ignore this warning with 'rvm rvmrc warning ignore /home/user/dev/jobsearch/.rvmrc',
'.rvmrc' will continue to be the default project file in RVM 1 and RVM 2,
to ignore the warning for all files run 'rvm rvmrc warning ignore all.rvmrcs'.
********************************************************************************
********************************************************************************
- NOTICE *
- RVM has encountered a new or modified .rvmrc file in the current directory, *
- this is a shell script and therefore may contain any shell commands. *
- *
- Examine the contents of this file carefully to be sure the contents are *
- safe before trusting it! *
- Do you wish to trust '/home/user/dev/jobsearch/.rvmrc'? *
********************************************************************************
- Choose v[iew] below to view the contents *
y[es], n[o], v[iew], c[ancel]> y
Add this line in the end of .rvmrc to display the selected gem
------------------------------
if $- == *i* # check for interactive shells
then
echo "Using: $(tput setaf 2)$GEM_HOME$(tput sgr0)" # show the user the ruby and gemset they are using in green
else
echo "Using: $GEM_HOME" # don't use colors in interactive shells
fi
------------------------------
$ cd jobsearch/
You are using '.rvmrc', it requires trusting, it is slower and it is not compatible with other ruby managers,
you can switch to '.ruby-version' using 'rvm rvmrc to [.]ruby-version'
or ignore this warning with 'rvm rvmrc warning ignore /home/user/dev/jobsearch/.rvmrc',
'.rvmrc' will continue to be the default project file in RVM 1 and RVM 2,
to ignore the warning for all files run 'rvm rvmrc warning ignore all.rvmrcs'.
*********************************************************************************
* NOTICE *
*********************************************************************************
* RVM has encountered a new or modified .rvmrc file in the current directory, this is a shell script and *
* therefore may contain any shell commands. *
* *
* Examine the contents of this file carefully to be sure the contents are safe before trusting it! *
* Do you wish to trust '/home/user/dev/jobsearch/.rvmrc'? *
* Choose v[iew] below to view the contents *
*********************************************************************************
y[es], n[o], v[iew], c[ancel]> y
Using: /home/user/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.0@global
You are now ready to run the basic application:
bundle exec rails s
=> Booting WEBrick=> Rails 4.0.3 application starting in development on http://0.0.0.0:3000=> Run `rails server -h` for more startup options=> Ctrl-C to shutdown server[2014-02-20 00:06:26] INFO WEBrick 1.3.1[2014-02-20 00:06:26] INFO ruby 2.1.0 (2013-12-25) [i686-linux][2014-02-20 00:06:26] INFO WEBrick::HTTPServer#start: pid=17659 port=3000
The Benefit of RVM
RVM is a great tool when you want to test different rubies or if you have several applications on a single server, as you can use any combination of rubies and gemsets all on a single machine without any problem.
Friday, 22 June 2012
Railsbuntu
Been a long time since I wrote a post....
I am now sending myself into a new adventure : Writing a technical book RailsBuntu .
This will be done base on an agile context (thanks to leanpub.com), where the readers can interact with me, and maybe some will join me as it s going along.
But first let me tell you that the book is not yet available and published, I have a lot of work to do to put my notes all together in order to make it readable, and it is taking more time than I thought.
I may release chapter by chapter and depending of the feedback than I got I may divert a little from the line that I have chosen.
Please feel free to comment and let me know if there is a point that you would like to see.
The target of the book is Rails on Rails on a Ubuntu Server. So I will first look at the admin side of the server to get the web platform ready and then add rails examples needed for particular aspect such emailing, ajax example, html layout etc...
A section on troubleshooting may be useful, where I can put problems that I(or you) have encounter during my coding experience.
Wish me luck and be patient with me (I also have a full time job)
I am now sending myself into a new adventure : Writing a technical book RailsBuntu .
This will be done base on an agile context (thanks to leanpub.com), where the readers can interact with me, and maybe some will join me as it s going along.
But first let me tell you that the book is not yet available and published, I have a lot of work to do to put my notes all together in order to make it readable, and it is taking more time than I thought.
I may release chapter by chapter and depending of the feedback than I got I may divert a little from the line that I have chosen.
Please feel free to comment and let me know if there is a point that you would like to see.
The target of the book is Rails on Rails on a Ubuntu Server. So I will first look at the admin side of the server to get the web platform ready and then add rails examples needed for particular aspect such emailing, ajax example, html layout etc...
A section on troubleshooting may be useful, where I can put problems that I(or you) have encounter during my coding experience.
Wish me luck and be patient with me (I also have a full time job)
Friday, 18 February 2011
New rails application with mysql
Following previous post I will create a new rails application with mysql as database server. (as before under ubuntu10.10)
First mysql dependencies:
user@Lap:~$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server libmysqlclient-dev
user@Lap:~$ gem install mysql2 --no-ri --no-rdoc
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
Successfully installed mysql2-0.2.6
1 gem installed
user@Lap:~$ rails new app -d mysql
this will create the directory app with all the necessary files
user@Lap:~$ cd app
create the database for the app (info for database in config/database.yml)
user@Lap:~$ rake db:create
user@Lap:~$ rails generate scaffold command execute:string
invoke active_record
create db/migrate/20110219000712_create_commands.rb
create app/models/command.rb
.........
user@Lap:~$ rake db:migrate
== CreateCommands: migrating =================================================
-- create_table(:commands)
-> 0.1622s
== CreateCommands: migrated (0.1624s) ========================================
user@Lap:~$ rm public/index.html
user@Lap:~$ nano config/routes.rb
# just remember to delete public/index.html.
root :to => "commands#index"
#note this is the new rails3 way to do it
user@Lap:~$ rails server
Reference: Video similar command examples with rails2
First mysql dependencies:
user@Lap:~$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server libmysqlclient-dev
user@Lap:~$ gem install mysql2 --no-ri --no-rdoc
Building native extensions. This could take a while...
Successfully installed mysql2-0.2.6
1 gem installed
user@Lap:~$ rails new app -d mysql
this will create the directory app with all the necessary files
user@Lap:~$ cd app
create the database for the app (info for database in config/database.yml)
user@Lap:~$ rake db:create
user@Lap:~$ rails generate scaffold command execute:string
invoke active_record
create db/migrate/20110219000712_create_commands.rb
create app/models/command.rb
.........
user@Lap:~$ rake db:migrate
== CreateCommands: migrating =================================================
-- create_table(:commands)
-> 0.1622s
== CreateCommands: migrated (0.1624s) ========================================
user@Lap:~$ rm public/index.html
user@Lap:~$ nano config/routes.rb
# just remember to delete public/index.html.
root :to => "commands#index"
#note this is the new rails3 way to do it
user@Lap:~$ rails server
Reference: Video similar command examples with rails2
Install RVM and Ruby enterprise on ubuntu10.10
an quick way to install RVM the Ruby Version Manager:
user@Lap:~$ sudo aptitude install build-essential git-core curl
user@Lap:~$ bash < <( curl http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/releases/rvm-install-head )
hoops.... this is not valid anymore, now:
From there you can install any version of ruby and different gemset.
Before using rvm command, you need to add this line to your .bashrc (at the end of the file)
[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"
Not any more! this is now included in the install(15/09/2011)
Then open new terminal type "rvm"
I like to use ruby enterprise (ree in short for rvm)
before to install ree let's install dependencies with the following command
user@Lap:~$ sudo aptitude install build-essential bison openssl libreadline6 libreadline6-dev curl git-core zlib1g zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-0 libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt-dev autoconf libc6-dev
Install ruby enterprise
user@Lap:~$ rvm install ree
Installing Ruby Enterprise Edition from source to: /home/user/.rvm/rubies/ree-1.8.7-2011.01
ree-1.8.7-2011.01 - #fetching (ruby-enterprise-1.8.7-2011.01)
....
use the install ree
user@Lap:~$ rvm use ree
then install the gem you want the usual way
user@Lap:~$ gem install name_of_gem
e.g
user@Lap:~$ gem install rails
Note: by default the gems are install in the global gemset but you are free to create different gemset with "rvm gemset create gemset_name"
Reference: RVM site
user@Lap:~$ sudo aptitude install build-essential git-core curl
user@Lap:~$ bash < <( curl http://rvm.beginrescueend.com/releases/rvm-install-head )
hoops.... this is not valid anymore, now:
user@Lap:~$
bash < <(curl -s https://rvm.beginrescueend.com/install/rvm)
From there you can install any version of ruby and different gemset.
Before using rvm command, you need to add this line to your .bashrc (at the end of the file)
[[ -s "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "$HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm"
Not any more! this is now included in the install(15/09/2011)
Then open new terminal type "rvm"
I like to use ruby enterprise (ree in short for rvm)
before to install ree let's install dependencies with the following command
user@Lap:~$ sudo aptitude install build-essential bison openssl libreadline6 libreadline6-dev curl git-core zlib1g zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-0 libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt-dev autoconf libc6-dev
Install ruby enterprise
user@Lap:~$ rvm install ree
Installing Ruby Enterprise Edition from source to: /home/user/.rvm/rubies/ree-1.8.7-2011.01
ree-1.8.7-2011.01 - #fetching (ruby-enterprise-1.8.7-2011.01)
....
use the install ree
user@Lap:~$ rvm use ree
then install the gem you want the usual way
user@Lap:~$ gem install name_of_gem
e.g
user@Lap:~$ gem install rails
Note: by default the gems are install in the global gemset but you are free to create different gemset with "rvm gemset create gemset_name"
Reference: RVM site
Friday, 25 July 2008
How to install eclipse+Qt 4+ MinGW
After trying to install Eclipse + QT integration +minGW with some trouble for the last 3 days I decided to put together a small guide to help newbies like me not to go through the same problems.
So you can follow the next step to install Eclipse under Windows vista with QT4.4.0 and minGW and its g++ libraries.
1. Download "Automated MinGW Installer" with filename “MinGW-5.1.4.exe” from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435, Install MinGW-5.1.4.exe ( Notice you select and download “MinGW base tool” “g++ compiler”, and “MinGW make” during the installation)
Fig 1: MingGW installation.
Note: I selected the standard C:\MinGW\ path
2. Download "GNU Source-Level Debugger" from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435, Filename is “gdb-6.8-mingw-3.tar.bz2” decompress it to the directory where you installed MinGW. (to decompress you may use the 7zip program) Please choose no when the decompression software asks you whether to cover the file with the same name.
Only the 2 files; gdb.exe and gdbserver.exe in the /bin/ have to be copied to the QT\4.4.0\bin\
3. Download "Qt/Windows Open Source Edition", filename “qt-win-opensource-4.4.0-mingw.exe” from http://trolltech.com/developer/downloads/qt/windows. Install it. It will put everything in C:\qt\4.4.0\
mingw message saying that it want to use mingw version 3, ignore the message. the version already install is newer and worked for me.
4. Download "Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers" filename “eclipse-cpp-ganymede-win32.zip” from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/, decompress it to a directory no install involved, works directly from the exe file.
5. Download "Qt Eclipse Integration Downloads" with filename “qt-eclipse-integration-win32-1.4.0.exe” from http://trolltech.com/developer/downloads/qt/eclipse-integration-download, install it.
6. Set your system's Environment Variables.
Start\computer\system porperties\advanced system settings\ Environment Variables (under Vista)
Add C:\MinGW\bin and C:\Qt\4.4.0\bin to PATH
Add C:\MinGW\lib and C:\Qt\4.4.0\lib to LIB (create one if needed),
Add C:\MinGW\include and C:\Qt\4.4.0\include to INCLUDE (create one if needed),
So you can follow the next step to install Eclipse under Windows vista with QT4.4.0 and minGW and its g++ libraries.
1. Download "Automated MinGW Installer" with filename “MinGW-5.1.4.exe” from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435, Install MinGW-5.1.4.exe ( Notice you select and download “MinGW base tool” “g++ compiler”, and “MinGW make” during the installation)
Fig 1: MingGW installation.Note: I selected the standard C:\MinGW\ path
2. Download "GNU Source-Level Debugger" from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435, Filename is “gdb-6.8-mingw-3.tar.bz2” decompress it to the directory where you installed MinGW. (to decompress you may use the 7zip program) Please choose no when the decompression software asks you whether to cover the file with the same name.
Only the 2 files; gdb.exe and gdbserver.exe in the /bin/ have to be copied to the QT\4.4.0\bin\
3. Download "Qt/Windows Open Source Edition", filename “qt-win-opensource-4.4.0-mingw.exe” from http://trolltech.com/developer/downloads/qt/windows. Install it. It will put everything in C:\qt\4.4.0\
mingw message saying that it want to use mingw version 3, ignore the message. the version already install is newer and worked for me.
4. Download "Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers" filename “eclipse-cpp-ganymede-win32.zip” from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/, decompress it to a directory no install involved, works directly from the exe file.
5. Download "Qt Eclipse Integration Downloads" with filename “qt-eclipse-integration-win32-1.4.0.exe” from http://trolltech.com/developer/downloads/qt/eclipse-integration-download, install it.
6. Set your system's Environment Variables.
Start\computer\system porperties\advanced system settings\ Environment Variables (under Vista)
Add C:\MinGW\bin and C:\Qt\4.4.0\bin to PATH
Add C:\MinGW\lib and C:\Qt\4.4.0\lib to LIB (create one if needed),
Add C:\MinGW\include and C:\Qt\4.4.0\include to INCLUDE (create one if needed),
Fig: Environment of vista.
Reboot your computer.(especially under windows XP or lower)
Note: If you forget this path the build of the debug libraries may give some errors.
7. In Start menu\All Applications\Qt by Trolltech v4.4.0 (OpenSource), please find Qt 4.4.0 (Build Debug Libraries) and execute it.
Note this will take around two hours on a celeron and few GBs on the hard disc where you installed Qt.
Fig: Building debug libraries and Qt\4.4.0\lib directory .
8. Now we are almost ready write a new Qt project in Eclipse. Just need to go to “Window\Preferences\Qt” to write the QT4 path “C:\QT\4.4.0\bin\” and “C:\QT\4.4.0\include\”
To run a program go to the main.cpp file select the green arrow \ run as local application.
Fig: Run eclipse with Qt project
It worked (this time) for me. It should work for you.
Have fun and all the best QTs
Tuesday, 22 July 2008
An advanced Programming tool - Eclipse with QT
For the fans of open source and all the developers, you can now program your QT4 software using an advanced developer platform: "Eclipse".
Eclipse is well supported when using java coding. And recently Trolltech developed their own plug-in so that you could program on the platform using QT4 libraries and designer tool.
As eclipse is based with Java it is platform independent and can run under linux or windows.
Offcourse there is few setup to go through, but it is quite easy to install. (remember to add to the PATH the "C:/qt/4.4.0/bin/" and "C:/MinGW/bin/"
It runs with QT4 and the MinGW libraries.
I used to program with eclipse before under Java coding, and I will say that it is not as good using the Qt4/c++ but is much better than the "text editor" way. the debugger is still not working (at least with my setup) and "control+over" help is still not as good as for the java libraries.
It gives you a very good view of your program code and it much easier to navigate through your code.
Well done Trolltech. Continue the good work.
Eclipse is well supported when using java coding. And recently Trolltech developed their own plug-in so that you could program on the platform using QT4 libraries and designer tool.
As eclipse is based with Java it is platform independent and can run under linux or windows.
Offcourse there is few setup to go through, but it is quite easy to install. (remember to add to the PATH the "C:/qt/4.4.0/bin/" and "C:/MinGW/bin/"
It runs with QT4 and the MinGW libraries.
I used to program with eclipse before under Java coding, and I will say that it is not as good using the Qt4/c++ but is much better than the "text editor" way. the debugger is still not working (at least with my setup) and "control+over" help is still not as good as for the java libraries.
It gives you a very good view of your program code and it much easier to navigate through your code.
Well done Trolltech. Continue the good work.
Sunday, 11 November 2007
Talktalk with BT voyager 2091 Hacked modem
BT Voyager 2091 is the modem I bought while I was a customer with BT,
it s a good wireless modem with WEP encryption key, but BT decided to lock it so you can only use it with if your ISP is BT.
Yes you pay them to slave your modem to them. (SO YOU CAN NOT RECYCLE IT)
I moved to talktalk, and had to buy the standard modem with the package. In their online order form only the basic Modem were appearing, so I bought it and thought to hack later on the BT voyager to access again the net wirelessly in the house.
I managed to hack the modem by putting a new firmware that I found at the following address.
http://corz.org/comms/hardware/router/other.bt.voyager.routers.php?page=all
The results is the following:
the unlocked BT Voyager became Dynalink and I got my wireless back.
yoopi!!!
After googleling about the BT router I found out that its platform is based on the Broadcom 6348.
The platform of the Dynalink is based on a similar platform Broadcom 6345 hopefully the small difference would not affect too much my reborn unlocked router.
I have been surfing for now 3 hours with it (with 2 wired PCs on the network ) and it still seems all fine...
In case the links of the firmware download break, let me know so I email you the unlocked BT voyager 2091 firmware..
it s a good wireless modem with WEP encryption key, but BT decided to lock it so you can only use it with if your ISP is BT.
Yes you pay them to slave your modem to them. (SO YOU CAN NOT RECYCLE IT)
I moved to talktalk, and had to buy the standard modem with the package. In their online order form only the basic Modem were appearing, so I bought it and thought to hack later on the BT voyager to access again the net wirelessly in the house.
I managed to hack the modem by putting a new firmware that I found at the following address.
http://corz.org/comms/hardware/router/other.bt.voyager.routers.php?page=all
The results is the following:
the unlocked BT Voyager became Dynalink and I got my wireless back.yoopi!!!
After googleling about the BT router I found out that its platform is based on the Broadcom 6348.
The platform of the Dynalink is based on a similar platform Broadcom 6345 hopefully the small difference would not affect too much my reborn unlocked router.
I have been surfing for now 3 hours with it (with 2 wired PCs on the network ) and it still seems all fine...
In case the links of the firmware download break, let me know so I email you the unlocked BT voyager 2091 firmware..
Saturday, 27 October 2007
Hotmail Spam blocker going crazy against IP addresses
It seems that Hotmail spam filter is going mad, they decided to block email from IP addresses, it just happen for my company this week and we thought that we will have to invest to upgrade everything, as hotmail had block the IP of our server saying that Spam were going from this IP, this was a big chock for us!
Then this happen again with my voila.fr personal account, see message below.
After having created spam with their own system (hotmail) they are blocking server IPs which they think are copying them !!! (they want to keep their copyright... :)
I wouldn't like to be have an Hotmail account right now, receive no genuine email any more because the master called Ms decided to do so....
I just hope that they fix it soon before I loose my friends :)
Message received back from Hotmail server:
"
This is the SMTP Server program at host voila.fr.
I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be
be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below.
For further assistance, please send mail to
If you do so, please include this problem report. You can
delete your own text from the attached returned message.
The SMTP Server program
: host mx2.hotmail.com[65.54.244.168] said: 550 SC-004
Mail rejected by Windows Live Hotmail for policy reasons. A block has been
placed against your IP address because we have received complaints
concerning mail coming from that IP address. If you are not an
email/network admin please contact your E-mail/Internet Service Provider
for help. Email/network admins, we recommend enrolling in our Junk E-Mail
Reporting Program (JMRP), a free program intended to help senders remove
unwanted recipients from their e-mail list: http://postmaster.live.com (in
reply to MAIL FROM command)
"
Then this happen again with my voila.fr personal account, see message below.
After having created spam with their own system (hotmail) they are blocking server IPs which they think are copying them !!! (they want to keep their copyright... :)
I wouldn't like to be have an Hotmail account right now, receive no genuine email any more because the master called Ms decided to do so....
I just hope that they fix it soon before I loose my friends :)
Message received back from Hotmail server:
"
This is the SMTP Server program at host voila.fr.
I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be
be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below.
For further assistance, please send mail to
If you do so, please include this problem report. You can
delete your own text from the attached returned message.
The SMTP Server program
Mail rejected by Windows Live Hotmail for policy reasons. A block has been
placed against your IP address because we have received complaints
concerning mail coming from that IP address. If you are not an
email/network admin please contact your E-mail/Internet Service Provider
for help. Email/network admins, we recommend enrolling in our Junk E-Mail
Reporting Program (JMRP), a free program intended to help senders remove
unwanted recipients from their e-mail list: http://postmaster.live.com (in
reply to MAIL FROM command)
"
Saturday, 20 October 2007
Remote desktop to windows XP
Hey!! I have just managed to run remote desktop from ubuntu 7.10 to windows XP through a VPN.
First I needed to install the following packages or plug-in to the network manager
This install can be done easily using the synaptic Package Manager
once install you can establish the vpn connection and it will be ready for the remote desktop. On the option choose RDP or RDPv5 also filling the IP address of your Windows XP box.
Fig: The Terminal Server Client
Fig: WIndows XP log in inside ubuntu 7.10
First I needed to install the following packages or plug-in to the network manager
- "pptpd" and "pptp-linux", pptpd is the microsoft protocol for Point to point Tunneling protocol, this plug in to the network manager will allow to to set up the vpn client.
- vpnc plug in to the network manager will allow to start the connection and the connection.
Fig: The network Manager with Vpn plug-in
This install can be done easily using the synaptic Package Manager
once install you can establish the vpn connection and it will be ready for the remote desktop. On the option choose RDP or RDPv5 also filling the IP address of your Windows XP box.
Fig: The Terminal Server Client
Fig: WIndows XP log in inside ubuntu 7.10The only problem I got now is my slow and unreliable broadband connection.
I have a poor 500K/s with talk talk, I should go back to BT but the price is double.
I wish I were in Paris with a fibre to the home connection....
Extra note:
If you want to VNC to an old windows machine such as windows 2000, windows 95/98:
TightVNC as the server on window and the "Terminal Server Client" (using VNC for the protocol option) on the remote linux box works perfectly.
I have a poor 500K/s with talk talk, I should go back to BT but the price is double.
I wish I were in Paris with a fibre to the home connection....
Extra note:
If you want to VNC to an old windows machine such as windows 2000, windows 95/98:
TightVNC as the server on window and the "Terminal Server Client" (using VNC for the protocol option) on the remote linux box works perfectly.
Tuesday, 22 May 2007
A great PC without the M$ tax
I received my new MythTV PC from efficient PC UK.
It took a bit more time for them to send it out as they had to fixed the latest bugs, configuration of the new Ubuntu 7.04 and MythTV. But the results is good :
Thanks to the community, Ubuntu and efficient PC, to give us our freedom back.
It took a bit more time for them to send it out as they had to fixed the latest bugs, configuration of the new Ubuntu 7.04 and MythTV. But the results is good :
- A SILENT desktop PC based on Asus barebone PC (borebone PC meaning that the motherboard + Case + power supply are all design as one bloc, making the PC more efficient in term of space, and noise) the most noisy part is the CD/DVD when working. A big change for my other PCs, no more factory noise fans to listen to, and I can now appreciate the music and videos thru the PC.
- A low price option compare to the thousand pounds needed for a M$ equivalent system. This system gives you open office (.org) to do all office works, a lot of open source software which can be added easily through a Graphical interface no more command lines needed (Well, almost... except maybe for Nviada driver)
- I can even use it to go to Second Life, as the desktop is ready for the open GL standard.
- My most used software on the desktop are : Firefox, OpenOffice.org, SecondLife, Azarus (a bit torrent client), QuantaPlus (for web design) and more....
- There is even a very nice software to create genealogy Trees .... and much more... Picasa to sort out your photos can also be installed.
- oh I forgot... the replacement of itunes, or windows media player, without the intrusion, or the eye of the providing company. A great software for music, it's Amarok a really good example of the power of the IT community.
Thanks to the community, Ubuntu and efficient PC, to give us our freedom back.
Wednesday, 9 May 2007
Googles really have senses...
Yes the Google team are not just surfing the net and playing, they answer to my problem very quickly with a pseudo-personalized email. I was quite impressed, I thought what their would never have time to take care of my problem since they must have thousands of request a day... but they did it very quickly.
In case that this happen to you and can't log in to Google Adsense when using your Google account after registering, you can try again again but check you use the user as name@gmail.com and not the name@googlemail.com. Small bug init? ...
So I will now reactivate my Ads and hope for some little cash... Well it's always good to hope...
In case that this happen to you and can't log in to Google Adsense when using your Google account after registering, you can try again again but check you use the user as name@gmail.com and not the name@googlemail.com. Small bug init? ...
So I will now reactivate my Ads and hope for some little cash... Well it's always good to hope...
Monday, 7 May 2007
Google no senses...
I have tried to setup google Adsense with my google account, which worked almost straight away. But I can't log in to the Adsense account. I was supposed to log globally with the google account and then I would not need to log again with Adsense. Well it is what they say when you fill the form...
But when I try to log in with adsense is saying that it wants a different log/password than the google one, and I don't have one...
The option during the online application was whether to use google account or another way, I should have chosen the later.
I can remove the ads of the site from now until the problem is solved ...
Shame it was a good motivation to write good blog....
But when I try to log in with adsense is saying that it wants a different log/password than the google one, and I don't have one...
The option during the online application was whether to use google account or another way, I should have chosen the later.
I can remove the ads of the site from now until the problem is solved ...
Shame it was a good motivation to write good blog....
Tuesday, 1 May 2007
Laptop with ubuntu, ready to go
An new era has started with ubuntu 7.04 arriving, dell is now shipping its computers with linux installed, but they are not the only one.
Already one small company started to take the risk to build great PC with Ubuntu. This company, "efficientPC" targeted at first the PVR market. They build several silent desktop with MythTV, and they used good technology too with Asus motherboard and Nvidia graphic card they created great PC, which can be used as PVR.
And the are now continuing they effort and releasing Asus Laptop with all the needed gadgets and tools for a starting price of £599 including VAT... I think that they came right in time as the new ubuntu 7.04 is now ready to compete against ....
hasta la vista....
more more info see their site at http://efficientpc.co.uk
Already one small company started to take the risk to build great PC with Ubuntu. This company, "efficientPC" targeted at first the PVR market. They build several silent desktop with MythTV, and they used good technology too with Asus motherboard and Nvidia graphic card they created great PC, which can be used as PVR.
And the are now continuing they effort and releasing Asus Laptop with all the needed gadgets and tools for a starting price of £599 including VAT... I think that they came right in time as the new ubuntu 7.04 is now ready to compete against ....
hasta la vista....
more more info see their site at http://efficientpc.co.uk
Sunday, 29 April 2007
Swicth to talktalk, Be patient....
My talk talk logs
Here few of my logs while switching with talktalk....
It is maybe cheaper than its competitors at 20 pounds for phone and broadband but you have to be really patient...
03/04/07
Expecting to get connected to the internet with talk talk. BT disconnected us late the night of the 02/04- 03/04
we already had 2 weeks of phone services with talktalk which was working fine. And we were wanting for the faster 40GB limit to arrive....
From this date we couldn't receive any call, the phone was not ringing any more.
We first call them (didn't note date and time) about the broadband but they said that it was still not activated, and they will do it in the next coming days.
We call them again (didn't note date and time) to report that the phone couldn't receive any call any more. they will fixed it in few days. I guessed that they needed to put the new adsl equipment then after that it would all work fine....
07/04/07
->We received SMS on F mobile saying that it was “fixed” we replied by “NOT FIXED” .
08/04/07 Easter
->We call them, the SMS didn't seem to work they thought it was fixed..
they said that “ they will credit us an amount in our bill”
between 08/04 11/04/07
->(f) call them after wait and then transfer to 2 broadband dept. the internet start working.
Also I tested the phone through the technical help desk to conclude that the line was too weak for us to receive call.
11/04/07
(f) call them from university phone.phone twice,
-> one time for 5 mins wait then ringing and nothing.
->another one waiting 20 mins then ringing then nothing...
12/04/07
->Receive SMS again (internet was working, could send call but couldn't receive and the line was very weak when calling) reply “NOT FIXED”
13/04/07
->(f) call them. they said “it should be fixed quickly and it is classify as urgent”
received SMS fixed. reply “NOT FIXED”
14/04/07
>Receive SMS again , reply “NOT FIXED”
->(f) called later, we tested different things with the phone (line is still weak need to be fixed) then I was waiting them to call me back on my mobile... still waiting
->(f) called later, wait 10 mins then ringing then nothing...
->(a) called later
Tested the phone and line.....
He'll check.. on Monday with BT
operator from Cape town ext 2713311
Low voltage BT need to increase voltage on exchange.
17/04/07
->8.30 am, (a) called girl to check & she should call back. She didn't call
->7.30 pm, (a) called again
19/04/07
->10.15 am
call to 080 0873527 option 5 5
5 mins in queue then ringing then blank or dead and the other side.
->10.20 am call again thru option 3 2.. and something
answered security then transfer to another team “broadband” I thought I was already there!
thru the other team, they ask me the same question. then they told me that “internet can not work until the line is fixed” I told then that is been 2 weeks that we have this problem! then ask them to put if they know when it would be fixed... they had to put me to another team..... wait again, security question AGAIN, the line went really weak with this Indian accent woman speaking very fast, couldn't hear much, she was telling me to call again in order to get better line... I had to end the call 10.49
->13.40 call again option 5 5
put password for (a) xxx
need to call 0870 0873527 with option 3 1 2 for update end of call 13.47
->13.47 call 0870 0873527 with option 3 1 2. “An engineer should contact us within 24 hrs on my mobile”. end of call 13.53 (not bad, answer straight away after selection)
20/04/07
->12.20 am suddenly internet start working no engineer called
->14.40 am internet stop working for no reason...still no news from talktalk engineers.(do they hired any?? Never see or talk to any engineer, only operator whose know the normal procedure thru thr phone.)
->14.44 am call 0870 0873527 with option 3 1 2.
got thru somebody she put me on hold.... hoops now somebody else answer asking again security bla bla bla ... put me on hold to see what going on. (do they know anything??)
15.05 be patient....
15.10 still nothing.
15.11. she s back, asking questions which i already answer many times before. I told her that we can call but not received calls and internet is not working.
15.13 put on hold again. she needs to do some checks???
15.18 waiting....15:20:06....15:24:01...more than 10 minutes.... and a total of... it will be 1 hour soon what i will be on the phone.... to achieve what??....15:28:11....
15:31:14...she is back. Engineer are changing the profile of the line... not sure it will help but lets hope.
15:34:08 back on hold again..
15:36:01 she needs to transfer to another team . security check again
15:39:36 transfer to another team... they start to p$ me off
15:40:52 back in a queue.... security again... broadband team. “2 days before to be fixed.” (yesterday was 24hours)
15:49:50 end of call duration 1.06 hours
21/04/07
->10.30 am received SMS saying that it is fixed. replied that it is NOT FIXED.
->11.?? am (a) called for around 1hour
->14.20 am received SMS saying that it is fixed. replied that it is NOT FIXED. (off course the SMS will be ignore like all the previous ones. If we call them tomorrow they will probably think that it is fixed...)
22:55:33 internet working.... for how long??
22/04/07
->10.00 am internet is not working (looking at the log of the modem it stopped at around 2.22 am)
->11:02:44 call 0870 0873527 with option 3 1 2.11:06:30 answered. nice guy(English accent ) reproted the fault again, he log us again for the engineers to look at it. He will try to give us forward call to mobile phone request done by email to talktalk!...as the system tells him not to....11:11:56 end of call
26/04/07
->16.45 talktalk called me on my mobile to ask me to disconnected all equipment so that engineers can do some test on the line. As I was away from the house, they ask me to disconnected it for tomorrow morning.
->19.00 the phone is working ringing. not internet. Looking at the log file of the router the internet went up and down many times during the day.
->22.30 internet working(for some time only)
27/04/07
->09.00 am f disconnected all equipment for talktalk to test the line... (although I don't believe they will manage to do it during the morning...)
29/04/07
->14.00 I noticed that the new internet speed of the modem is 8126/443 (Bandwidth Down/Up(kbps))
a big improvement from the talktalk start of around 6000/144
15:05:48 disconnected reconnected at Bandwidth Down/Up(kbps)2577/244
15:40:39 disconnected reconnected at Bandwidth Down/Up(kbps)8126/369
Conclusion
After 3 weeks of time wasting with talktalk we finally have our phone line working properly. As concern the broadband connection... still going on and off, and we start to be fed up calling them, so we order Virgin Media as they are coming in our area. Hopefully the quality of their broadband is better, also being a cable company, I hope that they will be hopefully adopting Fiber To The Home (FTTH) earlier than their competitors..... (and be able to surf like at 50Mega up and down like it is already happening in France.... keep dreaming... these british companies still have a long way to go...)
Here few of my logs while switching with talktalk....
It is maybe cheaper than its competitors at 20 pounds for phone and broadband but you have to be really patient...
03/04/07
Expecting to get connected to the internet with talk talk. BT disconnected us late the night of the 02/04- 03/04
we already had 2 weeks of phone services with talktalk which was working fine. And we were wanting for the faster 40GB limit to arrive....
From this date we couldn't receive any call, the phone was not ringing any more.
We first call them (didn't note date and time) about the broadband but they said that it was still not activated, and they will do it in the next coming days.
We call them again (didn't note date and time) to report that the phone couldn't receive any call any more. they will fixed it in few days. I guessed that they needed to put the new adsl equipment then after that it would all work fine....
07/04/07
->We received SMS on F mobile saying that it was “fixed” we replied by “NOT FIXED” .
08/04/07 Easter
->We call them, the SMS didn't seem to work they thought it was fixed..
they said that “ they will credit us an amount in our bill”
between 08/04 11/04/07
->(f) call them after wait and then transfer to 2 broadband dept. the internet start working.
Also I tested the phone through the technical help desk to conclude that the line was too weak for us to receive call.
11/04/07
(f) call them from university phone.phone twice,
-> one time for 5 mins wait then ringing and nothing.
->another one waiting 20 mins then ringing then nothing...
12/04/07
->Receive SMS again (internet was working, could send call but couldn't receive and the line was very weak when calling) reply “NOT FIXED”
13/04/07
->(f) call them. they said “it should be fixed quickly and it is classify as urgent”
received SMS fixed. reply “NOT FIXED”
14/04/07
>Receive SMS again , reply “NOT FIXED”
->(f) called later, we tested different things with the phone (line is still weak need to be fixed) then I was waiting them to call me back on my mobile... still waiting
->(f) called later, wait 10 mins then ringing then nothing...
->(a) called later
Tested the phone and line.....
He'll check.. on Monday with BT
operator from Cape town ext 2713311
Low voltage BT need to increase voltage on exchange.
17/04/07
->8.30 am, (a) called girl to check & she should call back. She didn't call
->7.30 pm, (a) called again
19/04/07
->10.15 am
call to 080 0873527 option 5 5
5 mins in queue then ringing then blank or dead and the other side.
->10.20 am call again thru option 3 2.. and something
answered security then transfer to another team “broadband” I thought I was already there!
thru the other team, they ask me the same question. then they told me that “internet can not work until the line is fixed” I told then that is been 2 weeks that we have this problem! then ask them to put if they know when it would be fixed... they had to put me to another team..... wait again, security question AGAIN, the line went really weak with this Indian accent woman speaking very fast, couldn't hear much, she was telling me to call again in order to get better line... I had to end the call 10.49
->13.40 call again option 5 5
put password for (a) xxx
need to call 0870 0873527 with option 3 1 2 for update end of call 13.47
->13.47 call 0870 0873527 with option 3 1 2. “An engineer should contact us within 24 hrs on my mobile”. end of call 13.53 (not bad, answer straight away after selection)
20/04/07
->12.20 am suddenly internet start working no engineer called
->14.40 am internet stop working for no reason...still no news from talktalk engineers.(do they hired any?? Never see or talk to any engineer, only operator whose know the normal procedure thru thr phone.)
->14.44 am call 0870 0873527 with option 3 1 2.
got thru somebody she put me on hold.... hoops now somebody else answer asking again security bla bla bla ... put me on hold to see what going on. (do they know anything??)
15.05 be patient....
15.10 still nothing.
15.11. she s back, asking questions which i already answer many times before. I told her that we can call but not received calls and internet is not working.
15.13 put on hold again. she needs to do some checks???
15.18 waiting....15:20:06....15:24:01...more than 10 minutes.... and a total of... it will be 1 hour soon what i will be on the phone.... to achieve what??....15:28:11....
15:31:14...she is back. Engineer are changing the profile of the line... not sure it will help but lets hope.
15:34:08 back on hold again..
15:36:01 she needs to transfer to another team . security check again
15:39:36 transfer to another team... they start to p$ me off
15:40:52 back in a queue.... security again... broadband team. “2 days before to be fixed.” (yesterday was 24hours)
15:49:50 end of call duration 1.06 hours
21/04/07
->10.30 am received SMS saying that it is fixed. replied that it is NOT FIXED.
->11.?? am (a) called for around 1hour
->14.20 am received SMS saying that it is fixed. replied that it is NOT FIXED. (off course the SMS will be ignore like all the previous ones. If we call them tomorrow they will probably think that it is fixed...)
22:55:33 internet working.... for how long??
22/04/07
->10.00 am internet is not working (looking at the log of the modem it stopped at around 2.22 am)
->11:02:44 call 0870 0873527 with option 3 1 2.11:06:30 answered. nice guy(English accent ) reproted the fault again, he log us again for the engineers to look at it. He will try to give us forward call to mobile phone request done by email to talktalk!...as the system tells him not to....11:11:56 end of call
26/04/07
->16.45 talktalk called me on my mobile to ask me to disconnected all equipment so that engineers can do some test on the line. As I was away from the house, they ask me to disconnected it for tomorrow morning.
->19.00 the phone is working ringing. not internet. Looking at the log file of the router the internet went up and down many times during the day.
->22.30 internet working(for some time only)
27/04/07
->09.00 am f disconnected all equipment for talktalk to test the line... (although I don't believe they will manage to do it during the morning...)
29/04/07
->14.00 I noticed that the new internet speed of the modem is 8126/443 (Bandwidth Down/Up(kbps))
a big improvement from the talktalk start of around 6000/144
15:05:48 disconnected reconnected at Bandwidth Down/Up(kbps)2577/244
15:40:39 disconnected reconnected at Bandwidth Down/Up(kbps)8126/369
Conclusion
After 3 weeks of time wasting with talktalk we finally have our phone line working properly. As concern the broadband connection... still going on and off, and we start to be fed up calling them, so we order Virgin Media as they are coming in our area. Hopefully the quality of their broadband is better, also being a cable company, I hope that they will be hopefully adopting Fiber To The Home (FTTH) earlier than their competitors..... (and be able to surf like at 50Mega up and down like it is already happening in France.... keep dreaming... these british companies still have a long way to go...)
Tuesday, 24 April 2007
At least a good MythTV PC
I found out a great supplier for ubuntu MythTV at http://efficientpc.co.uk, I have just order one of their PCs, the machine seems to have great specs as concerns MythTV, also it is a silent PC. No fan turning... The perfect PVR for me without having to the price tag of M$
As soon as I receive the beauty I'll write a quick review...
As soon as I receive the beauty I'll write a quick review...
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