Tag: osx
Safari 4 Beta
So today I jumped over my head and went nutz by installing Safari 4 Beta.
I Hate it! Changing the tabs position is messing up with my productivity. Is gaining 1 extra line worth it ?
On the good side: It’s fast, and thats noticeable; coverflow is pretty but not something that again can add to my productivity.
I’ll [...]
Posted: March 7th, 2009 under English.
Tags: Apple, osx, review
Comments: 2
Bypassing a restrictive Firewall using SSH
If you are faced with a restrictive firewall implemented by your local admin. But luckily enough to have access to a SSH server! You can use the following tip:
A SOCKS proxy can easily be setup using SSH, in a terminal type:
ssh -D 8080 -Nf your.sshserver.com
Then just change your Browser/Application settings to point towards localhost port [...]
Posted: February 20th, 2009 under English.
Tags: linux, osx, tip, unix
Comments: 6
Secure Screen Sharing
At home I keep a MacMini Media Center which from time to time I access it remotely. Usually I do this through the SSH Server in OS X. But eventually I might need to access it through a GUI. Here comes in hand Apple’s OS X nifty tool called “Screen Sharing” which is actually a VNC [...]
Posted: February 3rd, 2009 under English.
Tags: Apple, osx, tip
Comments: 1
Top 10
Answering Alfredo’s challenge:
My MacBook:
$ history|awk ‘{a[$2]++ } END{for(i in a){print a[i] ” ” i}}’|sort -rn|head
148 ssh
63 ls
50 cd
29 ping
28 sudo
23 traceroute
21 scp
17 vi
17 ifconfig
15 route
My Linux Workstation:
$ history|awk ‘{a[$2]++ } END{for(i in a){print a[i] ” ” i}}’|sort -rn|head
111 vi
67 make
66 cd
61 svn
54 ls
39 sudo
22 pwd
10 man
8 grep
7 more
Posted: April 11th, 2008 under English.
Tags: Fun, linux, osx
Comments: none
bash in living color
For all of you switchers from Linux to OS X, that cannot live without a bash terminal open 24/24:
You have probably, and sadly, realised that your Terminal does not come with “so nice to have” color tagging of files in your ls command.
Your 1st idea was probably to pickup your old trusty (and awfully hacked) [...]
Posted: December 5th, 2007 under English.
Tags: osx, tips
Comments: 1
