Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 16:15:19 -0600 From: Charles Richards <richardsc@gmail.com> To: Freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: lightweight Chat client/server? Message-ID: <3CC44CAB-F062-4CD1-A8A8-D859EC5A55B6@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100803161847.12608069.wmoran@potentialtech.com> References: <4C587815.2090601@gmail.com> <20100803161847.12608069.wmoran@potentialtech.com>
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You can tune the openfire JVM configuration to run in 256MB of RAM, possibly less with only < 6 users. You also do not need to use an external DB for it - it can run with it's own embedded DB. It's probably the easiest to install / configure Jabber client I've come across, but there's a good list noted here: http://xmpp.org/software/servers.shtml Charles Richards www.charlesrichards.net richardsc@gmail.com On Aug 3, 2010, at 2:18 PM, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Depo Catcher <depocatcher@gmail.com>: >> >> I have a combination of Spark (windows client) and Open Fire (FreeBSD >> server, actually Java) for my lan. >> We've used this setup for years, but the OpenFire server takes up ~500 + >> MB. >> >> Anyways, we were looking for something a bit smaller. >> We just need to send text messages to LAN users (less than 6) and >> supports a nice windows client. >> We're not suppose to use any external services (yahoo messenger, aol, etc) > > We've been using Jabber for several years internally. Works well and > has clients for just about every OS I know of. > > Don't know if it could be considered lightweight, though, since it > requires an SQL server on the backend. If you already have another > SQL server in production, you could just install the DB there, as its > DB usage is pretty light. > > -- > Bill Moran > http://www.potentialtech.com > http://people.collaborativefusion.com/~wmoran/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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