Jabber is a decentralized, open, instant messaging system, similar to AOL Instant Messenger. If you aren’t using it, you probably should be. It’s supported by most major clients, such as gaim and Trillian.

Consequently, the first major accomplishment of today was getting the Jabber server to run on freya. The jabberd server is now running and is fully operational at jab.ds-x.com. I had to open ports 5222 (server to client communications) and 5269 (server to server communications) on the router to get it to work. I can be reached at barik@jab.ds-x.com.

The second accomplishment of the day was getting Openbox and WindowMaker to work on the Microsoft Windows machine here at home. It’s currently running on Cygwin/X and gives me the familiar Linux environment that I’m used to.

Purchased a 2.4 GHz router range-extender antenna (278-845) from Radio Shack after accidently breaking the antenna on a Linksys card at the house.