Free Software for Windows

Another day, another task to complete. Today, I used FileZilla to FTP to the Curtin server and download a file. FTP, like Telnet, is a way of remotely accessing a computer or server. It is very simple to do with you simply needing to enter in the domain name or IP address and then user name and password if required and BAM, you’re connected and can view the directory structure. The prize for completing this task was the simple, yet very important piece of advice - CAPITALISATION MATTERS.

As part of Mozilla Corporation’s ongoing stability and security update process, Firefox 2.0.0.14 is now available for Windows, Mac, and Linux for free download from http://www.mozilla-europe.org.

Due to the security fixes, we strongly recommend that all Firefox users upgrade to this latest release.

If you already have Firefox 2.0.0.x, you will receive an automated update notification within 24 to 48 hours. This update can also be applied manually by selecting “Check for Updates…” from the Help menu starting now.

For a list of changes and more information, please review the Firefox 2.0.0.14 Release Notes.

If you are still running Firefox 1.5.0.x, you are highly encouraged to upgrade to the Firefox 2 series as Mozilla ceased supporting Firefox 1.5.0.x in May 2007. Simply choose “Check for Updates…” from the Help menu to begin the upgrade process.

Since the 1.6.1 release, we've been hard at work integrating several new features that have been in the works for a while.

In our last user survey, many people told us that Mixxx needed some effects besides the flanger. In response to your feedback, we had Pawel Bartkiewicz work on LADSPA integration through Google Summer of Code in 2007. LADSPA is a terribly misleading acronym for "Linux Audio Developers Simple Plugin API". As it turns out, LADSPA isn't just for Linux - it's a cross-platform effects plugin framework, and that made it the natural choice for us. Pawel did great work last Summer, but it came in middle of our 1.6.0 development cycle and in order to properly integrate his work into Mixxx, several other tasks needed to be completed first.

One of these more noticeable tasks has been to create a new tabbed view, where both the library and effects pane can be managed.

In this site I have not hidden my preference for KDE over GNOME, and also my preference for K3B. However, for K3B my comparison was mainly Nero or GNOME’s older default burning application. With Ubuntu 8 point whatever, and thus also in Linux Mint 5 (which I am currently using in one of my computers) came the Ubuntu CD Burner Brasero. And I was keen to see how it worked. Here’s a brief comparison through a real-life incident: (note I’m using Linux Mint 5 (Elyssa I think) here which has GNOME, but I’ve loaded some key KDE applications including K3B).

I’ll admit that I’m pretty hard to please, but I keep being disappointed when software is missing basic everyday functionality.

I want a proper IRC client in the form of a multi-protocol instant messenger.

Goals

Wireshark or Ethereal traces can be filtered to show exactly what you need. Their website has an awesome Display Filter Reference but sometimes it isn’t very clear on how to use them. This post aims to provide a handful of filters and how to use them.

Filter a SIP Trace by Call ID

You might want to filter a trace when you know the Call ID of a call. You may do it the following way:

sip.Call-ID contains 2211178-3446291419-730335

where 2211178-3446291419-730335 is the Call ID. Some Call IDs may contain other characters which Wireshark may not like (visible by the color of the filter field) so you may have to play with it a bit to get a unique string to look for but something which contains only characters that are “valid”.

How do you get a Call ID? Well, you would have to look through the first INVITE message to get this piece of information.