I have found SVN indispensable to my development processes. Many a day has it been a boon to just roll back to the last working copy rather than spend 'tear-jerking, head-scratching' hours trying to debug an application. I was also brought up on Windows - so inspite of my crossover to Ubuntu the command like is not my first port of call if I can help it. You can imagine my trepidation then when first I discovered that TortoiseSVN for Linux did not exist - OMG I thought I'm doomed. It seemed that for a long time I could not find any possible replacement of a GUI type - every thing seemed to be command line. A most ghastly experience I assure you. There was of cource subclipse which installed into Eclipse but not every thing I want to access from a repository needed to be set up as a project so that was not really the solution though I must confess it provided temporary reprieve. Then, I came across a site which mentioned RapidSVN as an alternative to Tortoise on Linux. To make matters more interesting it was available for me to install in the Synaptic - I proceeded to install RapidSVN at a speed that would have made Usain Bolt positively pedestrian.
I have not been disappointed at all, in fact I've been pleasantly surprised. It does not carry all the gewgaws that Tortoise does but, it is far more straight forward and I particularly like the way it keeps a reference of the project working copy you have created as a bookmark. It also allows you to add existing working copies to its bookmark list.Thus you can see all your SVN projects at once and decide what or whatnot to commit or update. Its a really cool piece of kit which I wish was also available for Windows. I recommend it- its very good
I'm pleased to put up this link to an article of mine on the Adobe Developer Center. If you are interested in creating an audio playlist with Flash Media Interactive Server 3 then this is a resource you can use.
Streaming AAC/MP3 files with Flash Media Server 3. I will be putting an associated article on converting the playlist to a Papervision 3D modeled version
"Frings can only get better for the Germans"
Gary Lineker, 25th June 2008.
"Here was one for Yakin but, he was found lacking".
Gary Lineker, 7th June 2008.
Very well said.
Linux distributions are released at a much shorter intervals than any other operating system. The fallout is thus the fact that it becomes difficult for software to confirm support for definitive distros. This is the case when you try to install Adobe Flash Media Interactive Server on the new Ubuntu Hardy Heron. A regular install will initially fail. What you will get is a Terminal warning telling you that the Hardy Heron distribution is not supported.
Jake Hilton very kindly guided me through the process. First get the Ubuntu patch written by
Markus Bertheausudo apt-get install libnspr4-devNext download the FMIS installation files and extract them to a folder of your choice. Change directory (cd) to that folder and
sudo ./installFMS -platformWarnOnlyIf you continue installation from that point, it will succeed but, the service/daemon will fail to start - as there seems to be no feature to help FMIS set up its own user group. Continue the installation in the following manner:
wget http://www.bluetwanger.de/~mbertheau/flash-media-server-3-ubuntu.patchpatch -p1
Thats it. Well not quite, Flash Media Server 3.5 and later also come with an embedded Apache 2.2 server. On Ubuntu you wish to install the FMIS Apache server there are a few extra steps that need be followed. Jake Hilton walked me through fixing apache on my FMIS install. He has updated his blog with the information required to do this. The steps to be followed are HERE
