random stuff about apples unix-alike
*nix tools for osX
- darwinports/macports > http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/wiki
- http://fink.sf.net (see below for X11 issue)
reading
- where it differs http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/10/22/macforunix.html
- tips + tricks
- osx for hackers (failry in depth overview of what makes osx tick…) http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/
software
- general collation
- editors
- emacs (no unix(like) is complete without it)
- audio
- supercollider http://swiki.hfbk-hamburg.de:8888/MusicTechnology/422
- document editing /etc+
- LyX works on osX (with a bit of fiddling…)
- for collaborative editing, try voodooPad, SubEthaEdit or SharedSpace
- system
- DektopManager for multiple desktops
- network / data transfer
- fugu; gui for sftp,ssh,scp http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/
- other
- GUI wrapper for command lines » http://sveinbjorn.vefsyn.is/platypus
- developer
- forLISP, try openMCL and/or sbcl
- scanning
- twain-sane \ \ http://www.ellert.se/twain-sane/
- X11
- there is one from Xfree - note that the default xterm does not read your .profile, change the xterm calling function (using “customise” in the file menu) to have the option -ls
- KDE and Qt/Mac
upgrades
list of firmware updates for upgrading machines from os9 (to 10.2 or 10.3) > http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86117
howto
launchd explained http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=20050620071558293
sharing a printer between 10.2 and os9 http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107060
a crash course in DTrace > http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.23/23.11/ExploringLeopardwithDTrace/index.html
NAT/connection sharing
network control panel “share this connection”
sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1 > /dev/null /usr/sbin/natd -interface en0 -use_sockets -same_ports -unregistered_only /sbin/ipfw -f flush /sbin/ipfw add 10 divert natd all from any to any via en0
(see also: Networking Notes)
Key bindings
- generate a keymap > http://wordherd.com/keyboards/
- emacs and unicode input ?+
other
nfs tuning between debian and osx » NFS on OsX
notes for an OsX Backup
moving the swap files to a seperate partition http://www.math.columbia.edu/~bayer/OSX/swapfile/index.html
see also: Sysadmin and Mac Startup Keys
laptop_hints
- pmset for commandline powermgmt
troubleshooting
when faced with kernel panics, daemon corruption and other quagmires … . see » OsX Recovery (and/or OsX System Integrity )