My notes are your notes…
December 31, 2006 Leave a comment
HowtoForge – Linux Howtos and Tutorials
HowtoForge is the source for Linux tutorials.
HowtoForge provides free hosting for Linux tutorials and discussion forums for everything related to Linux.
December 21, 2006 Leave a comment
macosxhints.com – An assortment of potentially interesting free apps
At times, I will run hints here which are pointers to third-party apps that seem to do interesting things. The decision as to whether to run such a hint is purely subjective; if it seems like the program does something interesting, then I’ll usually run it. If it’s open source, the odds are even higher, as perhaps someone will learn something by looking at the source. And almost always, these apps will be from small one-person shops, who typically have trouble getting the word out about their programs.
On the other hand, I don’t want macosxhints to turn into a software update and release announcement site, so I’d rather not have such hints be the majority of our content. So it’s a fine balancing point between providing useful information to the community and straying too far from the site’s real mission of providing OS X hints.
Over the last week or so, I’ve received quite a few such “this app does XYZ” type of hints. Instead of running each as a separate “hint,” I thought I’d just post them here as a collection of potentially interesting free apps. Note that I have not necessarily tested any of these; I just thought some portion of the community might find them of interest. All of them are free, and some include source.
December 20, 2006 Leave a comment
After five years, Windows Vista is finally here. With a Mac-like interface, improved security, and far better networking, it’s a great improvement over Windows XP. Like any new operating system, though, there are things you’ll love about it, and things you’ll hate about it.
December 19, 2006 Leave a comment
A great site that archives older version of software. Maybe you’re looking for a pre-bloatware favorite application, or maybe you having been able to get AIM to work right on granny’s Pentium II. This is the place for you.
December 17, 2006 Leave a comment
According to a new post on O’Reilly.net, it appears that the next version of Apple’s OS X ‘Leopard’ will include native GTK support. It goal is to: “run Gtk+ applications without X11 on Mac OS X”. Sounds like good news for developers!
December 17, 2006 Leave a comment
| Ctrl + A | Go to the beginning of the line you are currently typing on |
| Ctrl + E | Go to the end of the line you are currently typing on |
| Ctrl + L | Clears the Screen, similar to the clear command |
| Ctrl + U | Clears the line before the cursor position. |
| If you are at the end of the line, clears the entire line. | |
| Ctrl + H | Same as backspace |
| Ctrl + R | Let’s you search through previously used commands |
| Ctrl + C | Kill whatever you are running |
| Ctrl + D | Exit the current shell |
| Ctrl + Z | Puts whatever you are running into a suspended background process. fg restores it. |
| Ctrl + W | Delete the word before the cursor |
| Ctrl + K | Clear the line after the cursor |
| Ctrl + T | Swap the last two characters before the cursor |
| Esc + T | Swap the last two words before the cursor |
| Alt + F | Move cursor forward one word on the current line |
| Alt + B | Move cursor backward one word on the current line |
| Tab | Auto-complete files and folder names |
December 16, 2006 Leave a comment
Here is a handy list of default passwords to use for a reference.
