Problem getting connection with nx client

Posted on Sat 21 January 2012 in Linux • Tagged with freenx, nx

The NX protocol is a remote X protocol and software quite similar to VNC but over ssh.

While using it for a machine there was this strange behavior that the session was not working anymore and can't be reestablished. Reinstalling and configuring the nx server software didn't fix the problem …


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Another explanation of Flattr

Posted on Mon 09 January 2012 in Blogging • Tagged with Flattr

Here again I found a wonderful video explanation about Flattr:

Would be nice if you join this nice idea and leave some bugs on each thing you enjoy on the internet. This micropayment system is a good thing to give something back to the people who helped you out with …


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CoRD a nice RDP client for Mac OS X

Posted on Sat 07 January 2012 in Mac • Tagged with Mac, rdp, tools

Searched for an alternative for Microsoft RDP client for Mac and found CoRD. It's a nice free and open source tool for Mac and works fine unitl now.

Nice features are:

  • Bookmarks
  • All sessions in one window
  • Quick connection
  • Share folders

CoRD Application Screenshot Mac OS X

I will include a more detailed review of this …


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Converting certificates

Posted on Sun 18 December 2011 in Security • Tagged with Apache, Nginx, SSH, ssl

If you are running a webserver with https you maybe get a certificate for your site some times in a different format as you expect it.

The easiest way of converting the certificates is using the openssl tool.

For example if you get a certificate in .pfx format you can …


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Slow iTerm or Terminal start

Posted on Fri 16 December 2011 in Mac • Tagged with iTerm, Terminal

If your iTerm or Terminal needs some time to start and the bash needs some time to appear if you create a new window.

Short solution is to delete the logs if they are to big:

sudo rm -rf /private/var/log/asl/*.asl

Here the source from os x …


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Introducing some tools to the ADempiere and iDempiere project for better quality management

Posted on Fri 14 October 2011 in ADempiere • Tagged with ADempiere, Jenkins

In every software development project there is the need for quality assurance and quality management for the code. To make this work more efficient there exist a big number of tools to do this task.

For the ADempiere and iDempiere project I was working together with Redhuan (red1.org) on …


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ssh -X doesn't work on CentOS

Posted on Thu 13 October 2011 in Linux • Tagged with CentOS, security, SSH

If you installed the server without GUI it may is useful sometimes to have a GUI output via ssh on an different computer.

You can connect with ssh to the server and present the output on you local machine by using ssh with the option -X. You need to be …


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Pfsense 2.0 is released

Posted on Wed 12 October 2011 in FreeBSD • Tagged with Firewall, pfSense, security

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pfSense 2.0 is finally released now. This is quite a nice peace of software.

A lot of functionality like:

  • VPN Gateways: OpenVPN, IPsec, PPTP
  • IP and Portfiltering
  • Webmanagement
  • FreeBSD based
  • Memory stick version available

Problem with deleting email in Exchange server

Posted on Thu 08 September 2011 in Microsoft • Tagged with exchange, microsoft, outlook

Had some problems on an Exchange server with deleting some special messages. The email was shown like all others but it was not able to delete the email. After some research and testing it finally worked by enabling the Cache-Mode in one Outlook client connected to the mailbox synchronizing it …


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Build the iDempiere Project using Eclipse with buckminster

Posted on Wed 07 September 2011 in iDempiere • Tagged with buckminster, Eclipse, iDempiere, OSGi

This tutorial explains the setup of an development environment for building the iDempiere project.

First download a the newest Helios(3.6) version of Eclipse. Be careful Helios is not the newest version of Eclipse but you need the newest version of Helios 3.6.2.x.

Now start Eclipse …


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