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Or where is the damn VPN over ICMP / DNS setting in SoftEther Because the infrequent times I need to install a SoftEther server I seem to waste half an hour trying to locate this setting. BUT, it's already enabled by default. Well enjoy this tip and if this has helped do thank me by following me on twitter @danielsokolows .

March 14, 2014 Update - I have sold am selling my 'Developer 3' for life instance See performance stats below and email me at 'cloudatcost-dev3-for-sale [at] danols.com' if interested. Below is latest performance snapshot - it's usable but not for what I need. Make me an offer in the comment section, the first reasonable amount will be accepted and we'll use a paypal for the transaction. oot@debian7:~# . test-linode.sh $ openssl speed sha1 ... type 16 bytes 64 bytes 256 bytes 1024 bytes 8192 bytes sha1 34431.17k 90492.32k 200161.54k 303043.38k 328540.16k $ dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=5k oflag=dsync && rm test 5120+0 records in 5120+0 records out 335544320 bytes (336 MB) copied, 84.5891 s, 4.0 MB/s ... Resolving ipv4.download.thinkbroadband.com (ipv4.download.thinkbroadband.com)... 80.249.99.148 Length: 536870912 (512M) [application/zip] Saving to: `/dev/null' ... 536,870,912 1.18M/s...

Setting up persistent Starbound on Debian Starbound is a Terraria survival/build like game set in space. Based on watching few videos and playing it for a bit I concluded that except for the over abundant life and loot on every planet this game appeals to me very much. And so along with my minecraft.danols.com server I have decided to run a starbound.danols.com 24/7 dedicated one for Starbound; below is how I did it. Get a dedicated Debian linux server If you don't have yet a linux server I recommend going with Linode Xen VPS hosting - the basic first package will suffice. I have been with them for over 5 years now and can not say enough good things about them. Yes, there are chepaer alternatives out there but heed the warning that you get what you pay for. With the basic package I am able to run a Freeswtich VOIP server, Minecraft, email, and few websites. Their setup instructions are solid so use that to provision a Debian 7 instance. Please use the above link or ...

Installing the Eclipse ANT plugin directly All Eclipse distributions have ANT Java based build support (you'll find 'org.apache.ant_*' in your Eclipse install) however unless you also install the Eclipse Java development tools (JDT) you will be missing the ANT Editor view. Rather than installing the entire JDT package we can install the ANT UI component directly using Eclipse's P2 director through the command line as follows $ cd $ ./eclipse -application org.eclipse.equinox.p2.director -repository http://download.eclipse.org/releases/kepler -installIU org.eclipse.ant.ui Installing org.eclipse.ant.ui 3.5.400.v20130514-1341. Operation completed in 19162 ms. Afterwards to activate the editor go to 'Window > Show View > Other > Ant' or right click 'XML' files and choose 'Open with > Other > Ant Editor'. If you found this useful feel free to follow me on twitter twitter @danielsokolowski .

Working with zipped staticresources in Eclipse IDE As I work toward mastering Salesforce's APEX language one of the thing that surprised me is the convention to store static resources (js, css, images, etc.) as a zipped archive in the Salesforce.com cloud; my uneducated guess this is so to avoid the Data limit imposted. To Edit staticresources in Eclipse IDE directly (most of my Team uses Sublime + Maven which I am evaluating and those experiences are for another blog) one could use the Eclipse Zip Editor plugin, however it does not have a handy url install and requires a manual one. Installing Eclipse Zip Plugin There is no friendly site install url, and selecting the local or archive install results in Eclipse throwing an error; the only way I was able to install is using Eclipse dropins folder mechanism. Download Eclipse Zip Editor form their site Unzip the plugin In the unziped folder navigate to the subfolder plugins Copy the file Navigate to your Eclips...

How to macro program the Dual Strike in Windows 8 By far I consider the Dual Strike Sidewinder the best Frist Person Shooter (FPS) controller device. Sadly though this controller is no longer manufactured and although Windows 8 does include the needed drivers the bundled software that allows you to program and create macros no longer works - without this functionality the controller is nothing but a shadow of it's potential. Xpadder to the rescue I stumbled onto this utility after reading this post and in my testing it is the perfect solution, not only for this controller but for any that you mihgt have and not only for controller aware games! That is if you ever wanted to play Minecraft, Xenominer, or Starmine with your favorite controller well with Xpadder you can make that happen. Yes it's not free and costs $9.99, yes it's not the best looking software, and yes the site look like it was made at the same time as my Dual Strike Sidewinder stopped selling bu...

Automatically update crafbukkit server to latest development version Modify as need and place or link the below script into your '/etc/cron.daily/' folder; remember not to use dots in your cron files as they will not be read - for example name it or soft link it as 'update-crafbukkit-minecraft'. #!/bin/sh # # file: update-craftbukkit-minecraft.sh /etc/init.d/minecraft-server.sh stop wget -N http://dl.bukkit.org/latest-dev/craftbukkit.jar # got the link by reading here: http://wiki.bukkit.org/Setting_up_a_server and guessing to change '-rb' to '-dev' rm minecraft_server.jar ln -s craftbukkit.jar minecraft_server.jar /etc/init.d/minecraft-server.sh start You can find my minecraft setup and my minecraft init.d startup script at an older post Minecraft Server on Debian .