Samstag, 20. Dezember 2008

install Firefox 3.0.5 anstatt Debian's Iceweasel...

Open a console and log in as root. Enter root's password when asked:

su

Firefox depends on libstdc++5. Install it by running this command:
Code:

apt-get install libstdc++5
Next, you can either type the codes manually, or just copy and paste to avoid typos... It's really up to you (This is not a typing lesson after all):
Code:

cd /opt
wget ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0.5/linux-i686/de/firefox-3.0.5.tar.bz2
tar -xvf firefox-3.0.5.tar.bz2
ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
rm -rf /opt/firefox/plugins/ && ln -s /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ /opt/firefox/plugins

Note:
When a new Firefox version is released, all you have to do is enter as root and type:
Code:

rm -rf /opt/firefox*
rm /usr/bin/firefox




Swiftfox v2+ and Sun Java

cd ~/.mozilla
ln -s /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins/ plugins


lower latency TCP
This tweak allows the Linux kernel to lower latency on TCP connections.
This is useful for online games and interactive web sites that stream live data
and benefit from low latency to and from the server. This tweak will vary
between computers as not much can be done to lower latency from the
software side.

Go to:
/etc/rc.d/rc.local

Then add the following to a new line:
echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_low_latency

Restart for the change to take effect.