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change README to talk about ubuntu
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lyleunderwood committed Jul 1, 2011
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Note: This Ubuntu version is currently a bit hacky,
but it definitely works (for me).
..................... dotjs ........................

dotjs is a Google Chrome extension that executes
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so dotjs runs a tiny web server on port 3131 that
serves files out of ~/.js.

You don't have to worry about starting or stopping
this web server because we put a pretty great plist
into ~/Library/LaunchAgents that handles all that
for us.
The Ubuntu version creates a .desktop launcher in
~/.config/autostart which means the daemon will
start when the user logs in and stop when the user
logs out. Implementation as an Upstart script has
been done but is a bit more complicated. This
version stays as true to the original as possible.

The dotjs Chrome extension then makes ajax requests
to http://localhost:3131/convore.com.js any time you
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## Requires

- OS X
- Ubuntu (tested with 11.04)
- Ruby 1.8
- rake (gem install rake)
- Google Chrome
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