Apr 7
sharing-media-via-itunes-daapd

Sharing media over the network using iTunes media sharing is easy, but it’s even better when you can set up FreeBSD as  your backend media library server.  We can achieve this by using mt-daapd and mDNSResponder.

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Dec 13
openfire-jabber-server-and-im-gateway

As I work in a large corporation who have all their satellite offices (like my own) connect to the Internet through a central structure, I decided I didn’t want some IT nerd reading all my IM’s. SSH wasn’t good enough - I wanted a robust solution that didn’t take much tinkering and would support all the protocols I use (MSN, Yahoo, AIM, Gtalk, soon SIP).
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Dec 12
rtir-request-tracker-incident-response

RTIR is an incident response module for RT, so clearly we had to take a little peek at the goods. This is really meant for incident responmse / network operations teams.

RTIR is built on RT, but provides different functionality. Read here for more information regarding the usefulness of RT and RTIR.
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Dec 12
rt-request-tracker

A friend of mine is installing RT for use in the company he works for. I thought I’d give it a spin to see what the fuss was about. Here’s what happened! Read the rest of this entry »