Through "La Pastilla Roja" (The Red Pill) I reach Fernando Acero’s Live Journal, I find quite interesting the stance of this guy and keep reading his blog, until I find this (Fernando’s original in Spanish):
"We don’t know what OS God uses, but we use Linux"
Sister Judith Zoebelein
Vatican Webmaster
"Copyleft 2008 Fernando Acero Martín. Verbatim copying, translation and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any digital medium, provided this notice is preserved."
It’s quite interesting, it seems this quote comes from an interview she gave last year in the ScobleShow you can find the whole interview here.
Is the middle future Windows version a Linux distribution?. Will we see how all MS software works natively in their own Linux distro?. There’s plenty of possibilities to make money there for Redmond’s company…
You know quite a few companies are basing their business releasing enterprise distros of their free-gratis open source linux versions (i.e. RH or Novell), so it would make sense that a company with uncountable versions of its OS could follow a similar strategy in the near future, that could be followed by a MS-Linux-like experience.
More on OSS business models on: 451 Chaos Theory.
Step by step and thanks to the Debian team installing a powerful open-source CRM is easier than ever.
For those of you that remember my previous “geek” series posts, forget them!. Now it is even easier to install the Debian OS, to install the database, to install the webserver, the Servlet server, and most important, the Java JDK.
Why is this boring?. Well, considering I’m not a geek I find it entertaining, because it’s easy, because I can focus on the core, the business model, not the technicalities!. If you’re a geek though, you’ll find it anathema, boring, obtuse…
I carry on later my dear colleagues!
As simple as preparing tea (actually, I’m quite bad doing it, that’s why I’m a coffee guy). You can install and configure your own Linux server with this CD.
It’s the last Debian Linux distribution, prepared for installing from the web. This CD enables you to install the entire operating system. It contains just the minimal amount of software to start the installation and fetch the remaining packages over the Internet either using analogue PPP dial-up or using an ethernet connection. This may be through a PCMCIA adapter on laptops.
If you check previous posts (”I’m not a geek” series) you’ll find out how easy it is to make it work. Currently I’m researching a complete server & desktop environment just using open source free software. This includes from webserver to office suite, from a simple spreadsheet to more powerful mathematical tools.
What are you waiting for?.
Or, how I managed to set up my personal web server.
Do you remember “I told you i’m not a geek!!!”?. Well, I’m the following stage, installing Hipergate. In the meantime, find how I’ve set up the web server in Debian Sarge (note: as I’m just a newbie I don’t think I’m capable of giving the exact procedures, Google a little bit; this is not a HOWTO).
1) Apache 2.0.54: use “aptitude”.
2) Java 1.5: debianise with “java-package”/”fakeroot make-jpkg”/”dpkg” [Check The Crazy Squirrel website]. My JAVA_HOME is /usr/lib/java.
3) Tomcat 5.5.9: download to your drive (i.e. /usr/local/tomcat) and include the line “export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/java” in the “startup.sh” file.
4) Integrate Apache and Tomcat: I’ve found a lot of sites recommending this, since Apache is efficient for static pages while Tomcat is the best for dynamic contents.
What I’ve done is install the libapache2-mod-jk2 with “aptitude” and follow the instruccions in the file /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/jk2.conf; after messing around with the proposed example file workers2.properties I’ve been able to connect both servers (HTTP and JSP). Restart both servers.
And it’s working! …at the moment.
