This post originates in the idea from Stephen Gallagher, who is working on rolekit: “rolekit is a daemon for Linux systems providing a stable D-BUS interface to manage the deployment of [Fedora] Server Roles”. The code of Rolekit is available here: https://github.com/sgallagher/rolekit On
Mono 4 for CentOS5
As you may have noticed, the Mono packages provided by Xamarin won’t work on CentOS5, because some libraries are too old. Yesterday, I realized that my Mono build for CentOS5 was still on version 3.12.1. So I updated my Mono packages
Kolab 3.4 on Debian Jessie
Some weeks ago, I did significant work on getting Kolab 3.4 running on Debian Jessie. I did this work in my own time, because at TBits.net we focus on CentOS7. Still the work was benefitial to CentOS as well, because
Kolab 3.4 Community Updates: Roundcube update and some other fixes
I realized it would be good to blog here about updates for the Kolab 3.4 Community Edition. Although it is a community release, and therefore does not come with any guarantuee (that is up to the Enterprise version), some people
New mono-opt and monodevelop-opt releases available
There was recently a new Mono version made available: Cycle 5 Service Release 1 (4.0.1.44) You can install it from OBS: have a look at the instructions here: https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=home%3Atpokorra%3Amono&package=mono-opt Please note, that for CentOS 6 and CentOS7, Fedora 20 and
Neue Version KontoCheck 5.6 verfügbar
Diese Woche hat Michael Plugge die neue Version von KontoCheck veröffentlicht. Entsprechend habe ich die Debian und CentOS Pakete aktualisiert: http://software.opensuse.org/download/package?project=home:tpokorra:kontocheck&package=kontocheck Ich habe jetzt auch Pakete für Debian Jessie und CentOS7 hinzugefügt. Auch der Online Dienst https://kontocheck.solidcharity.com/ wurde auf die neue Version aktualisiert. Hier
Mono 3.12.1 for various Linux distributions and recommendation of Xamarin MonoDevelop packages
First I want to say Thanks to Xamarin for providing packages now for Linux again. I am personally using the Mono packages from Xamarin for CentOS7, and the MonoDevelop package for Ubuntu from Xamarin. I have decided I will not
Nightly builds of Kolab now available from LBS
Previously, my nightly builds of Kolab have been built and hosted here: https://obs.kolabsys.com/project/show/home:tpokorra:branches:Kolab:Development There were 2 problems recently: I was not able to add builds for CentOS7. The error message is: Failed to add project or repository: unable to walk
Setting up a Remote Linux Workstation in a Linux Container (LXC)
This post shows how to setup a workstation for various Linux distributions. This uses the lxc scripts described in this blog post: http://www.pokorra.de/2015/02/setting-up-a-server-hosting-several-containers-with-some-useful-lxc-scripts/ Inside a container, you can install an LXDE or XFCE desktop and X2Go server. If you route
Setting up a server hosting several containers with some useful LXC scripts
The situation: you have rented this big server, and you want to utilize it better. But you don’t want to install all services together, rather you want to separate the various services into containers. LXC is very useful for this purpose.