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28Feb/115

Compiling Darwin Streaming Server 6.0.3 Under Debian.

I was recently tasked with a Linux install of Darwin Streaming Server on a Debian server. Unfortunately for me Apple stopped making Windows and Linux builds of DSS when version 6.0 was released.

After a lot of failed attempts at compiling from source on Linux I came across a wonderful post that had a shell script that would install all dependencies, download the source plus a handful of patches, compile and install v6.0.3 on Ubuntu 10.x. A few tweaks and I was able to get it to work for my install of Debian.

For the life of me I can't find the page again where that script was located, and apparently I'm not the only one. A google search brings up a whole lot of dated material mostly for DSS 5.x.

You shouldn't run into problems with these, I've used them several times now and they work pretty well. Be sure to run them as root though.

Debian 5.0 & 6.0 DSS Compile Script:

#!/bin/bash
apt-get install build-essential wget
addgroup --system qtss
adduser --system --no-create-home --ingroup qtss qtss

wget http://static.macosforge.org/dss/downloads/DarwinStreamingSrvr6.0.3-Source.tar
tar -xvf DarwinStreamingSrvr6.0.3-Source.tar
mv DarwinStreamingSrvr6.0.3-Source DarwinStreamingSrvr6.0.3-Source.orig
wget http://dss.macosforge.org/trac/raw-attachment/ticket/6/dss-6.0.3.patch
patch -p0 < dss-6.0.3.patch
mv DarwinStreamingSrvr6.0.3-Source.orig DarwinStreamingSrvr6.0.3-Source
wget http://dss.macosforge.org/trac/raw-attachment/ticket/6/dss-hh-20080728-1.patch
patch -p0 < dss-hh-20080728-1.patch

#need to answer n then y
cd DarwinStreamingSrvr6.0.3-Source
mv Install Install.orig
wget http://dss.macosforge.org/trac/raw-attachment/ticket/6/Install
chmod +x Install
./Buildit
./Install

Download debian-dss.sh

 

Ubuntu 10.x DSS Compile Script

#!/bin/bash
sudo apt-get install build-essential wget
sudo addgroup --system qtss
sudo adduser --system --no-create-home --ingroup qtss qtss

wget http://static.macosforge.org/dss/downloads/DarwinStreamingSrvr6.0.3-Source.tar
tar -xvf DarwinStreamingSrvr6.0.3-Source.tar
sudo mv DarwinStreamingSrvr6.0.3-Source DarwinStreamingSrvr6.0.3-Source.orig
wget http://dss.macosforge.org/trac/raw-attachment/ticket/6/dss-6.0.3.patch
sudo patch -p0 < dss-6.0.3.patch
sudo mv DarwinStreamingSrvr6.0.3-Source.orig DarwinStreamingSrvr6.0.3-Source
wget http://dss.macosforge.org/trac/raw-attachment/ticket/6/dss-hh-20080728-1.patch
sudo patch -p0 < dss-hh-20080728-1.patch

#need to answer n then y
cd DarwinStreamingSrvr6.0.3-Source
sudo mv Install Install.orig
wget http://dss.macosforge.org/trac/raw-attachment/ticket/6/Install
chmod +x Install
sudo ./Buildit
sudo ./Install

Download ubuntu-dss.sh

 


If you run into problems or are just plain lazy, here is Darwin Streaming Server 6.0.3 compiled for Linux. Simply unpack the archive and run ./Install :

 

Download: Darwin Streaming Server 6.0.3 Linux Binaries

24Feb/110

Kill The Hippies Game

Kill The Hippies Game

Hehe.. was just looking at this again... Of course when I first stumbled upon it  I couldn't resist, I had to buy this game.  Looked too funny!

From the description:

Kill the Hippies a fun satirical card game. Play a Fundie religious group or person out to kill the Hippies. Each of 2-6 players leads members of the fanatical religious right in their Holy Crusade to rid the world of those dirty hippies; in only 20 plus minutes! At a party or at a pub, play Kill the Hippies. It? a card game for everyone: sinner or saint (but to have a Bible helps!) Choose the length of the game; you and your friends in faith select how many Hippies there is time to deal with. Players can Convert or Kill. Conversions are always worth more points. Contains: 100 unique cards with bloody hilarious color pictures 2-6 Players Ages 18+ 20-30 minutes

KILL THE HIPPIES on Amazon.com

19Feb/110

Web Series: Pioneer One

Pioneer One is a web series that is gaining a lot of momentum with the drama and sci-fi fanbases alike.  The creators initially raised $6000 for the pilot through the funding site Kickstarter.com.    Within the first week the pilot episode had been downloaded 420,000 times, 170,000 more downloads than predicted.  Distributed through vodo, bit-torrent and Vimeo,  the pilot was featured at the New York Television Festival and won Best Dramatic Series. They are gearing up to release episodes 3 and 4.  And I have to say it's a must watch.  the production is impressive given the low budget and the story itself as with the acting are on par with a larger flick.

From the website:
A mysterious spaceship enters Earth's atmosphere, spreading radiation over hundreds of miles of rural Montana. Officials are quick to bring up the possibility of a terrorist attack, specifically the detonation of a dirty bomb, but an investigation of the debris in Canada uncovers a live human being in a Soviet space suit in an unstable condition. A note handwritten in Russian found at the crash site says that the man is the child of cosmonauts living at a base on Mars.

Check them out at: http://www.pioneerone.tv/

I'd also highly recommend sending some cash their way after you buy me a beer for telling you about such a great series.

15Feb/110

Help Mom, There are liberals under the bed!

Kids Book???

In case you missed this monstrosity, I present to you Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed! Kill me now....

From the description on Amazon.com:

This full-color illustrated book is a fun way for parents to teach young children the valuable lessons of conservatism. Written in simple text, readers can follow along with Tommy and Lou as they open a lemonade stand to earn money for a swing set. But when liberals start demanding that Tommy and Lou pay half their money in taxes, take down their picture of Jesus, and serve broccoli with every glass of lemonade, the young brothers experience the downside to living in Liberaland.

From the Publisher

Would you let your child read blatantly liberal stories with titles such as "King & King;" "No, George, No;" or "It's Just a Plant?" Unless you live in Haight-Ashbury or write for the New York Times, probably not. But with the nation's libraries and classrooms filled with overtly liberal children's books advocating everything from gay marriage to marijuana use, kids everywhere are being deluged with left-wing propaganda. "Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed" is the book conservative parents have been seeking. This illustrated book -- the first in the "Help! Mom!" series from Kids Ahead -- is perfect for parents who seek to share their traditional values with their children, as well as adults who wish to give a humorous gift to a friend. Praised by Rush Limbaugh and hailed as "the answer to a baseball mom's prayers" by talk radio host Melanie Morgan, this book has already been the subject of coverage in The Wall Street Journal and Harper's magazine. Written by a self-proclaimed "Security Mom for Bush" and featuring hilarious full-color illustrations by a Reuben Award winning artist, it is certain to be one of the most talked about children's books of the year.

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Be sure to click to have a look inside the cover and read a few pages. Anyone else think this is supposed to be a joke, or seriously for kids?

Katherine Debrecht has more recently graced us with another fine literary work called Help Mom, Radicals Are Ruining My Country..   The description reads:

"A hilarious and entertaining way for parents to sit down with their children and teach them the origins of the new Tea Party movement and the importance of standing up for liberty and the American Dream.Follow Tommy and Lou as they struggle to keep their swing set business afloat despite 246 czars, onerous regulations and sky-high taxes in these troubling times. Will Tommy and Lou finally decide to join the other kids on the corner in standing up for freedom or will they continue to fear being vilified by the press and demeaned by Marxus Obundus (“the One”)? "

Unfortunately even the publisher has pulled this one from their website making it difficult to make fun of.

27Jan/110

IPv4 Countdown, down to the days.

ipv4

Are you ready for IPv6? Only a few days left until the ipv4 apocalypse.

 

Some interesting links:

Fox news has no idea what they are reporting on:
"Web developers have tried to compensate for this problem by creating IPv6 -- a system that recognizes six-digit IP addresses rather than four-digit ones."
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/01/26/internet-run-ip-addresses-happens-anyones-guess/

Twitter Feed reporting the countdown:
http://twitter.com/IPv4Countdown

Facebook Page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/IPv4-Countdown/162683847102050

Want a countdown widget thingy? On your phone perhaps?
http://ipv6.he.net/statistics

For those who aren't in the know of this techno-apocalypse wikipedia has the answers for you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4_address_exhaustion