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Below is the RPM for xine-ui version 0.99.5. This RPM has been built a little differently. First, it was built on Ubuntu Linux and converted to RPM using alien. Second, I could not quickly figure out how to get the files tagged for the 0.99.5 release, so this build includes changes committed after the official 0.99.5 release. I ran the UI through some paces, and no glaring errors jumped out. Be sure to check out the About the Xine RPMs post for more information.

xine-ui — The user interface

To use this, you’ll also need xine-lib – as of this release, the most recent release of xine-lib is 1.1.7.

(To save disk space, only the current release and two prior releases will be maintained.)

Below are the library and development RPMs for xine-lib version 1.1.7. These have been built a little differently. First, these have been built on Ubuntu Linux, and converted to RPM using alien. Second, I could not quickly figure out how to get only the files tagged for the 1.1.7 release, so this is actually the in-work 1.1.8 release. I ran these builds through some paces, and nothing glaring came out. Be sure to check out the About the Xine RPMs post for more information.

xine-lib — The main xine library
xine-lib-dev — The development xine library (needed if you’re building an interface against xine-lib)

You’ll also need a user interface – as of this release, the most current release of xine-ui is 0.99.5.

(To save disk space, only the current release and two prior releases will be maintained.)

Just when I get a nice system set up here, lo and behold, Mozilla now has a 64-bit Linux plug-in available. It can be obtained from their FTP site (link for version 0.5). I’ll continue to keep the version I have here available, in case this dries up. But, unless that does, this is probably the last post you’ll see here about the 64-bit Lightning plug-in.

At DJS Consulting, we maintain 64-bit builds for two software products – xine and the Lightning plug-in for Thunderbird. These are now shown under “Hosted 64-Bit Software” in the sidebar. You can also view links for each of the categories.

Lightning Plug-In
Category Link • RSS Feed • Atom Feed

xine RPMs
Category Link • RSS Feed • Atom Feed

Along these lines, there will hopefully be a new xine (1.1.7) coming soon – stay tuned!

Akismet is, by far, the most popular anti-spam plug-in for WordPress. (It comes bundled with the download, so that gets it market share. But, it’s also very, very good.) It comes with a counter that can be put into a WordPress theme. It’s attractive, but its light blue color may not integrate well into a given theme.

I went digging around in the source code, and found the line that actually pulls the count from the database. Using this parameter, I was able to integrate a spam count into the sidebar that has a look consistent with the rest of the site.

Here’s the code that’s in use on the theme on this site.

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<li id="spamstats">
	<h2><?php _e('Akismet-Eaten Spam:'); ?></h2>
	<ul>
		<li><a href="http://akismet.com"><?php
			echo(number_format(get_option("akismet_spam_count"))); ?>
			and counting...</a></li>
	</ul>
</li>

Of course, line 5 is the important one – that’s how to get the number, formatted for whatever locale the server is set up for. (On my personal blog, the number is up over 1,400!)