CentOS 6.2 - Revision history

Marc Saric at 16:03, 1 May 2025

2025-05-01T16:03:47Z

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			= CentOS 6.2 =

	Installation notes for CentOS 6.2 (updated to version 6.5 meanwhile) on my AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+. You can find more complete Howtos on the Net, so I won't repeat this here.		Installation notes for CentOS 6.2 (updated to version 6.5 meanwhile) on my AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+. You can find more complete Howtos on the Net, so I won't repeat this here.

2014-03-03T22:12:16Z

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	Installation notes for CentOS 6.2 (updated to version 6.4 meanwhile) on my AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+. You can find more complete Howtos on the Net, so I won't repeat this here.		Installation notes for CentOS 6.2 (updated to version 6.5 meanwhile) on my AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+. You can find more complete Howtos on the Net, so I won't repeat this here.

	= Download =		= Download =

2014-02-17T22:08:59Z

Oracle Java

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	After installation it needs to be configured as the default choice in case you also have OpenJDK installed in parallel		After installation it needs to be configured as the default choice in case you also have OpenJDK installed in parallel
	<pre>		<pre>
	sudo jdk-7u40-linux-i586.rpm		sudo rpm -Uhv jdk-7u40-linux-i586.rpm
	sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/latest/bin/java 1		sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/latest/bin/java 1
	sudo update-alternatives --config java		sudo update-alternatives --config java

2013-09-15T14:38:13Z

Jitsi

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	= Jitsi =		= Jitsi =

	Given the fact, that we do live in a surveilance state ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States you] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain can] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada choose], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand in] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia which] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France one] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany you] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden want] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swizerland to] [ be~~] [~~watched~~] [~~though]), a more secure video call client should be considered.		Given the fact, that we do live in a surveilance state ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States you] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain can] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada choose], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand in] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia which] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France one] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany you] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden want] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swizerland to] be watched though), a more secure video call client should be considered.

	[https://jitsi.org/ Jitsi] does this (and is even easier to use than Skype and the most recent incarnation of Google+ Hangouts).		[https://jitsi.org/ Jitsi] does this (and is even easier to use than Skype and the most recent incarnation of Google+ Hangouts).

2013-09-15T14:37:38Z

Skype

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	sudo rpm -Uhv skype-2.2.0.35-fedora.i586.rpm		sudo rpm -Uhv skype-2.2.0.35-fedora.i586.rpm
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			It does not work really stable (issues with connecting to other Linux clients, it works a bit better if connecting to a Windows client.

			Unless you where hiding under some stone, you may know that Skype has severe security issues.

	Don't use.		Don't use.

2013-09-15T14:36:17Z

Skype

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	sudo rpm -Uhv skype-2.2.0.35-fedora.i586.rpm		sudo rpm -Uhv skype-2.2.0.35-fedora.i586.rpm
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			Don't use.

	= Jitsi =		= Jitsi =

2013-09-15T14:36:02Z

Jitsi

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	[https://jitsi.org/ Jitsi] does this (and is even easier to use than Skype and the most recent incarnation of Google+ Hangouts).		[https://jitsi.org/ Jitsi] does this (and is even easier to use than Skype and the most recent incarnation of Google+ Hangouts).

	Download from ~~webpage~~ and install		Download from https://download.jitsi.org/jitsi/rpm/ and install

	<pre>		<pre>
	sudo rpm -Uhv jitsi-2.2-latest.i386.rpm		sudo rpm -Uhv jitsi-2.2-latest.i386.rpm
	</pre>		</pre>

			See e.g. the Jitsi homepage for more information on using it with e.g. Jabber (XMPP) and ZRTP secured video chat. It's pretty simple.

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2013-09-15T14:34:19Z

Skype

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 sudo rpm -Uhv skype-2.2.0.35-fedora.i586.rpm
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2013-09-15T14:19:45Z

Oracle Java

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	= Oracle Java =		= Oracle Java =

	CentOS comes with OpenJDK support. If you want the red pill, go to http://~~www~~.oracle.com/~~technetwork~~/java/~~javase~~/~~downloads~~/jdk-~~7u2~~-~~download~~-~~1377129~~.~~html~~ (current version) and download the appropriate rpm package (in this case the 32bit JDK package for development, not only the basic JRE).		CentOS comes with OpenJDK support. If you want the red pill, go to http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u40-b43/jdk-7u40-linux-i586.rpm (current version) and download the appropriate rpm package (in this case the 32bit JDK package for development, not only the basic JRE).

	After installation it needs to be configured as the default choice in case you also have OpenJDK installed in parallel		After installation it needs to be configured as the default choice in case you also have OpenJDK installed in parallel
	<pre>		<pre>
	sudo ~~rpm -Uhv~~ jdk-~~7u2~~-linux-i586.rpm		sudo jdk-7u40-linux-i586.rpm
	sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/latest/bin/java 1		sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/latest/bin/java 1
	sudo update-alternatives --config java		sudo update-alternatives --config java

2013-03-25T20:20:12Z

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	Installation notes for CentOS 6.2 on my AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+. You can find more complete Howtos on the Net, so I won't repeat this here.		Installation notes for CentOS 6.2 (updated to version 6.4 meanwhile) on my AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+. You can find more complete Howtos on the Net, so I won't repeat this here.

	= Download =		= Download =