Archive for the Category: Linux

SQLite v3.8.6 Released

August 18, 2014 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.8.6. http://www.sqlite.org/news.html SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Mozilla Firefox 31.0 Released

July 22, 2014 Roger Lacroix

Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v31.0. http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. To display web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine, which implements most current web standards in addition to several features that are intended to […]

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Troubleshooting WebSphere MQ Installation Issues

July 10, 2014 Roger Lacroix

There is a new article on IBM’s developerWorks called: “Troubleshooting WebSphere MQ installation issues” http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/library/techarticles/1407_hans/1407_hans.html It has lots of diagnostic tips for MQ issues AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris and Windows. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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WMQ V8 and MQAUSXJ Client-side Java Bug

July 4, 2014 Roger Lacroix

The following was recently reported: When MQAUSXJ is used with a client application that is using WMQ V8 Java Jar files, the connection is closed with reason code 2407. It appears that IBM changed the behavior of a field, instead of empty (i.e. blank) field, they now set the field to null. If anyone is […]

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WebSphere MQ Fix Pack 7.1.0.5 Released

June 12, 2014 Roger Lacroix

IBM has just released FixPack 7.1.0.5 for WebSphere MQ http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24037553 Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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Mozilla Firefox 30.0 Released

June 10, 2014 Roger Lacroix

Mozilla Firefox has just released Mozilla Firefox v30.0. http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. To display web pages, Firefox uses the Gecko layout engine, which implements most current web standards in addition to several features that are intended to […]

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Red Hat Unveils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

June 10, 2014 Roger Lacroix

Red Hat has just released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. http://www.redhat.com/about/news/press-archive/2014/6/red-hat-unveils-rhel-7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) is a Linux distribution developed by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market. Red Hat Enterprise Linux is released in server versions for x86, x86-64, Itanium, PowerPC and IBM System z, and desktop versions for x86 and x86-64. […]

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SQLite v3.8.5 Released

June 5, 2014 Roger Lacroix

D. Richard Hipp has just released SQLite v3.8.5. http://www.sqlite.org/news.html SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world. The source code for SQLite is in the public domain. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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TrueCrypt – Something very Strange is going on!!!

June 2, 2014 Roger Lacroix

I don’t know what is going on with TrueCrypt. If you are using TrueCrypt then you should remove it immediately from your computer (do NOT upgrade it either). Late last week, TrueCrypt’s web site posted a very strange message: WARNING: Using TrueCrypt is not secure as it may contain unfixed security issues This page exists […]

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Downloading WebSphere MQ v8.0 from the Passport Advantage Web site

May 28, 2014 Roger Lacroix

IBM has posted an article detailing the part number and description for downloading WebSphere MQ v8.0 from IBM’s Passport Advantage web site. http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24037501 The article has part numbers and descriptions for both MQ Server and MQ Client for AIX, HPUX, IBM i, Linux, Solaris and Windows. Regards, Roger Lacroix Capitalware Inc.

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