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Reading this made me feel better about my goals that can seem a little ambitious at times:

My objective is to Re-master Fedora Core 5 into a single CD…. am pretty much new to Linux… I have about a weeks time to accomplish this…

Good luck my newbie brother. The command line is your friend. Let Google be your companion. Use the source. May your weeks be long.

How come I can’t settle on a Jabber server? I’ve tried them all and none sticks out as my clear favorite. They all have things I love and hate about them. Oh well, I’ll pick one and get it running soon. I think I’m going to base my decision on which one has the best LDAP support.

Any ideas?

P.S. If you need me before I get my jabber server re-installed, I can be reached by email at the same address [gabe (a) gundy.org].

My brother Jordan (A.K.A. jordy) and I have salvaged a motherboard or two with bad caps on it. It can be a sweet way to get a cheap desktop system (do *not* try this with your server). It doesn’t seem like MBs are plagued by bad CAPS like they were 4-5 years ago, but you still see them from time to time. Anyway, here is a sweet write-up on the whole process. It’s a good way to go if you like to tinker, feel good about saving $ and are good with a soldering iron.

Arrrr, feed me your pets…

Ah VoIP…

My caller ID shows up as:

“COMFORT INN SUI” <3038045380>

7 out of 10 is good if your are playing “name that tune”. For caller ID, it might as well be 0 out of 10. The good news is that my VTP is better to deal with then Qwest.

Oh yeah, and my name is not Mr. Comfort Sui.

You ever get lost in Wikipedia? Tonight was one of those nights. I don’t remember how I got there and don’t remember where I exited. 2 hours gone forever.

I did happen across the Anarchist’s Cookbook page and a few related links. To my great fear and uneasiness, I read this from the Anarchist’s Cookbook’s “recipe” #23:

23. Tennis Ball Bombs - by The Jolly Roger

Ingredients:

• Strike anywhere matches
• A tennis ball
• A nice sharp knife
• Duct tape

[Snip]HOWTO[/snip]

Then, when you see a geek walking down the street, give it a good throw. He will have a blast!!

D’oh! We are all targets!

Here’s a pretty good write-up on how you can use Jingle with Asterisk for “calling” over Google Talk.
This is cool stuff.

• You could have calls coming into work (Asterisk server) ring your office phone twice and then try your office and Google Talk client simultaneously.
• You could get a call at home that your wife answers. She knows you’re not home, but sees that you are on IM. She could transfer the call to your laptop and the caller would have no idea that you are in a hotel in Las Vegas.
• You could put all your geeky buddies with Google Talk accounts on speed-dial.
• You could place calls from anywhere you have an Internet connection and route them through your Asterisk server at home.
• You could have Asterisk IM you with the caller ID of the person calling you.

Did you notice all of those points say “you could”? I have not tried this yet, but when I do, I’ll report.

Look for full Jingle support in Asterisk 1.4. Until then, you need this patch.

P.S. I wrote about Asterisk/Jingle/Google Talk in this earlier post when I first learned that it was being worked on.

Things like this underline the importance and difference between “free” (as in pizza) and “Free” (as in freedom).

What good does this “free” download do me? Trust me, I love “free,” but not if it means I have to use an O.S. that’s not “Free” or “free.” I guess that’s one way to drive people way from your site. How did I even end up at MSN anyway?!?

Seeing this makes me want to put into action my plans to revamp the Utah Open Source Planet. Wish I would have thought of it first :(

Looks like Digium gets funded. This can only mean good things for the development of Asterisk. It’s interesting to see that Digium has been in the black for a while:

Digium won’t disclose any specific data on its financial performance, but says it has been profitable since 2002, generating 100 percent growth in revenues each year since.

It takes one kind of vision to create a business around Open Source, but another to make that same business something *big*. Hopefully this first round of funding leads to the next big thing and makes a good thing even better.

However, the cynic in me doesn’t really care how they do. The code will always be there - in good times and bad. Is that wrong?

O.K. I’m over it. Go Digium! Support Digium! Buy Digium!