First I want to say that I am glad that there is https://obs.kolabsys.com, the OBS instance maintained and sponsored by Kolab Systems. Jeroen put a lot of work into making that system work. Unfortunately, it seems Jeroen is the only
Cycle 6: Mono 4.2.1 and MonoDevelop 5.10.0 for Linux
This post is about the latest Mono release, and its availability for older Linux distributions. Thankfully, Xamarin provides Mono packages for the most current Linux distributions at http://www.mono-project.com/download/#download-lin I used to build mono-opt for Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora and OpenSUSE, since
New Roundcube 1.1.3 release for Kolab 3.4 Updates
There has been a new release of Roundcube: https://roundcube.net/news/2015/09/14/updates-1.1.3-and-1.0.7-released/ I noticed that because Epel already has version 1.1.3, but Kolab 3.4 Updates still has 1.1.2. Now there is an installation conflict, because yum wants to use the epel version, but that leads
Authentication with Partial Passwords and processing the shared secret with PHP
Recently at TBits.net, we wanted to even better secure the authentication to a web application that we provide to our customers. There are several options to extend authentication: security questions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_question another security token, eg. a YubiKey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_token partial passwords: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_Password and more…
Cycle 5 – Service Release 4: Mono 4.0.4 and MonoDevelop 5.9.6
There have been new stable releases of Mono and MonoDevelop: https://releases.xamarin.com/stable-release-cycle-5-service-release-4/ I have updated the mono-opt and monodevelop-opt packages. 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 To use mono-opt, you need to call the
MonoDevelop and xterm console output
There was a question on the mono IRC about how to Copy&Paste from a Console window when running a console application from within MonoDevelop. I tried to reproduce that, and first got the error: cannot execute … File name has
Neue Version KontoCheck 5.8 verfügbar
Letzte 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 Auch der Online Dienst https://kontocheck.solidcharity.com/ wurde auf die neue Version aktualisiert. Hier können sowohl manuell Umwandlungen von Kontonummer/BLZ auf IBAN/BIC durchgeführt werden, als
Easy installation of LightBuildServer
After quite a lot of refactoring, the latest LightBuildServer release 0.2.2 is now available, quite cleanly packaged for Fedora 22. The most important improvements are: runs now with uwsgi server and nginx uses sqlite to cope with persistent states, instead of
Fedora 22 on Jiffybox
I am using Jiffybox for developing and testing. It easy to create a new virtual machine, and start from fresh again. Unfortunately, Fedora 22 is not available yet. See for details: https://www.df.eu/forum/threads/76789-Update-auf-Fedora-22 For the moment, the only way is to upgrade your Jiffyboxes
Cycle 5 – Service Release 2: Mono 4.0.2 and MonoDevelop 5.9.4
There have been new stable releases of Mono and MonoDevelop: https://releases.xamarin.com/stable-release-cycle-5-service-release-2/ I have updated the mono-opt and monodevelop-opt packages. 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 To use mono-opt, you need to call the