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Turn Your Terminal Into a Quake-like Console

Nowadays everyone needs to have a little eye-candy on their and, although most of the people that use the Terminal can easily be considered as being a little bit on the geek side and will always prefer over good looks, I’m pretty sure that none of them will refuse having a really nice looking and always ready Terminal at their disposal, just a key shortcut away.

And, by saying it will be just a key shortcut away, I don’t mean that you’ll be able to launch a Terminal each time you’ll push the magic button combination. No! The Terminal will just slide down over your ’s and will hide again under the menubar when you will not need to use it anymore. Just like the console I mentioned in the title.

SIMBL and Visor

How can this be achieved, you ask? Well, it couldn’t be any simpler! All you will have to do is to SIMBL, a plug-in and place it in the right location on your ’s hard-drive.

Just in case you’re wondering, SIMBL allows you to easily hack into a Cocoa and patch it to change its behavior according to your own taste. Don’t worry now because you will not have to do any hacking around on your beloved Terminal because other people have already done it for you and have packaged all the necessary changes into an easy deployable plug-in.

The SIMBL plug-in that will do the magic and transform your Terminal into a Quake console is named Visor and has been created by Blacktree. This little guy is the Terminal Tooth Fairy all the geeks have been waiting for – at least the loving geeks out there that have been wishing for such a thing right from the first time they’ve written a inside a ’s console.

How it’s done

Let’s get to the actual steps that you will have to go through to be able to enjoy the Terminal heaven I promised you since the beginning.

First Step

Go HERE and SIMBL. The installation will go like a charm, and the only thing you will have to do throughout the entire process is to agree to the license and push that ‘Continue’ until the finish.

Second Step

Go HERE and the Visor SIMBL plug-in by copying it to the following path: ~/Library/ /SIMBL/Plugins.

Third Step

Restart the Terminal and take a look in your menubar, in the notification area. That little black icon representing a shell prompt says: YOU’RE DONE!

Configure your new toy

Now that you’re done with the boring part, let’s get to the thing that will help you make the most out of your new toy. To configure Visor you just have to click on its icon in the notification area and select ‘Visor Preferences’ from the menu.

The first thing that you will have to configure is the hotkey that will trigger Visor. Next you can select a Quartz Animation to be played inside the Visor Terminal window in case you’ve had enough with the transparency or the image backgrounds that the Terminal already allows you to customize.

The ‘Transitions’ preferences allow you to specify if you want Visor to slide and/or fade the Terminal window while it appears/disappears from and into the menubar. If you are a hardcore eye-candy lover, you can select both because the effect is quite nice and will surely draw a little bit of attention while you’re playing (to read, ‘writing down the weird looking shell commands that allow you to do stuff via text interface just because it looks cool’) with your revamped Terminal.

The last option to be set is that of whether you want the Visor status menu item to be shown in your menubar or not. I recommend you let it be so, because you never know when you might grow bored with the present screensaver you have embedded in your Terminal (yes, screensavers do come in Quartz Animation format and yes, you can set them up to run inside your terminal with the help of Visor - just as an example I’ve used a screensaver named Green Time just so you can see it can be done).

The last (blurred) touch

If you are all setup and enjoying the extra eye-candy, I guess you just could be up for more. There is more SIMBL sweetness ready for your Terminal out there in the wild and I’m just going to mention another bit of it here. The plug-in that I want you to get acquainted with now is named and, I suppose, you’ve already got an idea of what it is capable of.

As you might have already guessed, is a one-trick pony and, clearly, it has something to do with blurring. The trick is that, upon placing the bundle inside the SIMBL Plugins folder, it will blur the image showing underneath the Terminal window – that is if you have setup your Terminal to be transparent, so you can be able to see what is happening behind it.

To go HERE and place the included bundle file into ~/Library/ /SIMBL/Plugins. After doing that, restart the Terminal and try to get a look of what’s behind it. If the image looks blurry, then everything is set and ready to go.

Now, if you have a of course, go out there and impress people with your new super-charged Terminal. Also, if you have other for beautifying the dull environment inside everyone else’s Terminal , let us know about them.

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How to Move Web Applications to Your Desktop

Although many people have their favorite apps setup as their homepage on their browsers, there are times when running a app inside its own window - in a separate process - could come handy. Think about having your clogged up with way above 30-40 tabs open and crashing at random times.

Then, you will just have to open it again and fire up the interface you were working with at the time of the crash. A app will automatically eliminate the need of restarting your work flow all over again just because a buggy decided that he had enough.

That’s only a quick example why one would need a app to run on its . To be able to do it, you will have to use an developed by and named Prism. It enables the end user to easily integrate any type of into a friendly environment.

Why use it

Most probably the final users of the apps will be those who don’t know a lot about computers, the kind of people who consider a app like a distinct . This is actually a good thing if you see it from the developer’s point of view because, this way, people will tend not to think that they are on the .

Thus, the app will get a temporary status of , a fact that, added up to the lack of toolbars and other specific elements, will help the end user to get a lot more focus on the task at hand and greatly reduce distractions.

Wondering what other uses you might have for such an app? Well, you could use it to stay logged on into a calendar account without having to re-login when switching between your accounts, easily access a local app inside a business environment where you do not need a full browsing experience, and the list could go on.

Also, Prism will allow the developers to easily create apps that can run on Prism without having to worry about specifically targeting Prism, because a app that will run in a modern standards compliant will automatically be able to run in Prism.

Prism is an built on , therefore it is cross-platform (runs on OS X, and ) and supports technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

How to use it

First of all, go HERE and Prism to your . After mounting the downloaded dmg file, copy Prism to your Applications folder and run it by double clicking on its icon.

In the window that will appear you will get access to all the options you will need to configure the app you want to create. I have chosen the app as an example, but you can migrate to your any other app you may want to.

In the URL field fill in the link to the app you have chosen and write down the name that Prism should give it after making it available on your . The ‘Show location bar’, ‘Show status message and progress’ and ‘Enable navigation keys’ can be selected or left as they are according to your own taste. In case you want your app to only be able to go to a single location (like the aforementioned for example), be sure not to select the location bar.

The ‘Create ’ option sub-group will help you choose the places where you want the app to be available and the ‘Icon’ option will allow you to quickly select an image that you wan to associate with the app you want to create. You will be able to choose between the app’s fav icon (as it is called in the Prism interface ‘the icon from the ’) or to select a custom image from your .

The next step is to push the OK button and Prism will take care of everything. The app will be available on your , Dock and/or Applications Folder, according to what you have chosen on the app creation interface.

Who would use it

I suppose many people will not get the idea behind the Prism project and will think it is just a feature-less . That’s what I’ve thought in the beginning too but, after considering all the things everyone had to say ( developers, users, people who don’t have a lot of know-how), I think Prism might prove very useful in the business environment.

Here, when somebody wants to access a app, the need for toolbars and all types of add-ons and buttons is almost close to zero, therefore being able to access the app in a and focused environment should prove very helpful in maximizing the amount of attention on the task at hand and, in the end, creating a more productive environment.

I’m not saying others won’t find it useful too (the Calendar example above should fit the profiles of a lot of people), it’s just that this type of approach doesn’t feel natural to most users. Many have already said it just resembles too much making a shortcut to the actual website where the app runs or even giving up on the multi-tabbed experience.

Whatever your position on this subject may be, feel free to comment and leave your opinion on the usefulness of Prism in a world dominated by multi-tab capable browsers like Safari, , , and many others.

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Howto Sync Wireless iPhone with Amarok

The following allows you to wirelessly sync an with in 7.10, including adding, editing and playing songs and playlists.

Note :- it requires a jailbroken .

Step1 :- Set up the

On your :

Click Settings ? General and set Auto-lock to Never. This will ensure the keeps the open.

Click Settings ? and select your . Click the Static button and change the to something outside the dynamically assigned range of your . For example, if your router normally assigns 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.5, try 192.168.1.10. This will ensure your is always contactable at the same address for syncing.

Open Installer.

Click on All Packages ? OpenSSH ? .

Click All Packages ? BSD Subsystem ?

Step2 :- Set up

A third party source provides the ipod convenience package needed to properly mount and unmount an or , and for gtkpod users, a newer gtkpod that’s required for the and .

First you need to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

add the following line

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ipod-touch/ gutsy main

Save and exit the file

Update the source list

sudo aptitude update

the ipod-convenience and packages

sudo aptitude ipod-convenience

When asked, enter the of your or that you selected earlier. When asked for a folder to mount your or , either leave the default of /media/ipod or another folder if you prefer - just remember to use that folder name for rest of this . The package will make the folder for you.

Step3 :- Set up

Click Applications ? Sound and Video ?

When you first open up :

Click Settings ? Configure .

Choose Media Devices.

Hit Add Device.

Select Media Device for the plugin type.

Point it at your mount point, /media/ipod.

Back in the main app, click the blue cog icon called Configure Device just above the or . For Pre-Connect , add -mount, for the Post-Disconnect , add -umount

Click Connect. After entering your , your or should now appear in .

You can now add, edit, and delete music to the like any other device. Just drag the music files into , and hit Transfer to move them to your . When you’re done, stop any music playing from the and click Disconnect.

Music should show now up in the immediately.

Note: If music doesn’t show up immediately this may be due to a bug recent BSD Subsystem packages missing the killall . If so, you can killall for , move the ‘killall’ file to /usr/bin/on your , and enable the execute permission.

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Photoshop CS4 to be 64-bit for Windows, but not Mac

Adobe’s flagship product, Photoshop, will become a 64-bit application in the next major revision to the company’s bundle of creative pro applications, Creative Suite 4. However, the 64-bit version will only be available to Windows users because of a change Apple made at its Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in 2007.

The good news is that Adobe will make a 64-bit version for the Mac in the future.

“We can reassure people that literally from the day we found out Carbon 64-bit was cancelled, we have been figuring out what we need to do to get there,” John Nack, senior product manager for Adobe Photoshop, told Macworld.

At WWDC 2007 Apple discontinued its Carbon 64-bit program, which left company’s like Adobe without an avenue to make its current codebase 64-bit. What Adobe has to do now is transition all of the old Photoshop code to Apple’s native Cocoa programming language, where it can then be made 64-bit.

“If you want to go 64-bit on the Mac, you have to port to Cocoa and that’s not a trivial task,” said Nack.

Adobe said that they have been working on the Carbon 64-bit version of Photoshop for some time and had planned on releasing a version for Creative Suite 4 (CS4). However, with the changes at WWDC 2007, that is not going to happen.

“Our feeling has been to deliver 64-bit on both platforms for this release,” said Nack. “We could hold back the Windows 64-bit version until we could catch up on the Mac, but that didn’t seem fair to those customers.”

If one good thing can come out of the delay, Nack says Adobe will gain valuable experience in writing 64-bit applications, albeit for Windows.

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iPhone Dual Boot

How would you like to have two iPhones in one? NerveGas of Dev Team reveals that the team has been using to the for months. The team has decided to release the hack enabling users to multiple versions of the software/OS “from” the .

This should present users with quite an advantage once the 2.0 is out, meaning they’ll be able to have a bootable jailbroken software version, as well as a non-jailbroken software version available at the same time on their device. -making is involved: (more…)

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Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 vs OSX Leopard - Comparison Part 2

Thinking about installing a new operating system? Something different, stable and reliable? Maybe the Linux OS Ubuntu 7.10 or OSX Leopard10.5 ?

I have both OS X 10.x and Ubuntu 7.x running on separate laptops, and have used them for over 2 years now. The similarities are outstanding in more than a few ways. Below is PART 2 of my reviews and summary of main features of the latest Ubuntu 7.10 (codename Gutsy Gibbon) which have made it so appealing over Apple's OS X.

First and foremost, lets not forget that you get what you pay for, and since Ubuntu is free compared to the OS X Leopard, there are going to be some obvious added applications and tools in OS X which Ubuntu does not have (similar applications can be added in Ubuntu in most cases, again at no cost since there are no license fees and its open source).

My intent here is to educate the average user on their options. For the average user, installing a new operating system may seem challenging, not to mention learning its new interface and features. This is the main reason why Apple's OS X is so popular, its simplicity and features are key strengths. A PC running Ubuntu can be as easy as a Mac to use , the key is configuring it properly, there is no need to be intimidated with Ubuntu. Let me show you.

The Installation

Getting Ubuntu is easy, installing it was also a breeze ever since version 7.04. As outlined in my PART 1 review of the process briefly here in my video tutorial. I recommend you download the CD Installer and create a bootable installation CD. The minimum memory requirement for Ubuntu 7.10 is 384MB of memory and 4Gigs of space (for OS X Leopard its 512MB of memory and 9 gigs of space). What I was initially surprised of is the built in support for dual boot (OS X Leopard has Boot Camp) I had Windows XP already installed and Ubuntu allowed me during installation to setup partions and allocate space for the new OS to be installed keeping my Windows (XP or Vista) installation intact, and at the same time created the boot manager (aka Grub Boot Manager) which allows you to select the operating system on bootup.

One thing to note here is that you should have a network connection for Ubuntu auto update to later get updates online. Detection of hardware was smooth on my Lenovo T60 laptop (Dual Core PC), I did not have to get any additional drivers for my ATI X1400 to get anything to work. The fact that Ubuntu can run on different processor platforms (x86 architecture, PentiumTM, CeleronTM, AthlonTM, SempronTM and 64bit AMD and Intel chips) and is not setup to be proprietary to specific hardware making Ubuntu attractive to anyone with a basic Pentium chip to the most high end Quad Core PC.

The Desktop

Once you finish installation you would have also created the primary account ID and password during the setup wizard. this user ID has the permissions of a super user (Administrator access) for further configuring Ubuntu later.

The default desktop is not blue and does not look like OS X Leopard. However it is clean, intuitive and easy to navigate. The screen shot I have here is after I configured the appearance and added a Dock to mimic Leopard [Click to enlarge] which shows you how flexible this operating system can be.

Details on installing the AWN Manager and the Dock will be described in detail in PART 3 of my review summary.

Your first instinct may be to check out the menus and programs that come by default.
I found that there was a generous amount of standard applications and accessories. The main applications menu has the necessities such as the Open Office Suite (similar to Microsoft Office) , Evolution Mail (very similar to OS X Mail app) and Firefox (under the Internet menu option) and a generous set of multimedia utilities to play video, audio and manage your photos.

The menus are well organized and as you would expect shortcuts to be bundled under specific groups. Intuitive and straight to the point. These menus can be further configured to display more or less items as desired under the system preferences option for the main menu. Details of configuring appearance are in my Part 3 review and desktop effects is in PART 4 of my review.


The "Places" menu option allows you to browse your PC and / or network drives , just as the "Finder" option in OS X does. In my case I have this PC Dual Boot with a NTFS file system for Windows and have mounted my windows drives (using the NTFS Configuration Tool) so I can access them normally (I will post a how to video on this later).

The System Preferences gives you all the access you need to tweak and configure your computer, set your preferences for not just appearance but also screen resolution, power management , get hardware information and much more. [Click to watch the video]



Watch my video walkthrough of the workspace area

This is where most customization can be done regarding the theme and desktop effects.

The most popular Desktop effect for Ubuntu is the 3D Cube, Expo and Desktop Plane, which allows you to have virtual desktops (Workspaces) . In OS X Leopard this 3D Cube view does not exist, however there is the what Apple calls "Spaces" which performs similar functions. However I did find that Ubuntu 7.10 had many more desktop effects and eyecandy effects than Leopard did after I enabled the Compiz "Advanced Desktop Effects"

Ubuntu can be more than just eyecandy, use it as a secure method to connect online, worry less about viruses that plague the Windows OS, it has support for wireless and bluetooth connectivity and is not a resource hog. I find Ubuntu smooth with all the Desktop Effects I have enabled.

Read my PART 3 review summary of Ubuntu 7.10 vs Leopard I will show how to configure various areas of the Ubuntu OS and where to get additional addons to spice up your experience similar to Leopard. If your interested in learning about a few pros and cons on Ubuntu 7.10 read my previous article.

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Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 vs OSX Leopard - Comparison Part 3

An important aspect of any operating system is its support and available applications. In this portion of my review comparison with OS X Leopard, we continue where I left off in Part 2, regarding customization.

After installing Ubuntu, the desktop is clean and ready for you to customize. All applications and tools are accessible via the menus or command line. If your used to a GUI windows interface your most likely inclined to start adding shortcuts (known as launchers in Ubuntu) to the desktop area and even change the way it looks. This is a important distinction to OS X, because Apple has pretty much set the interface and layout of the workspace to a more permanent look and feel (which many have no problem with). In Ubuntu you can change beyond just icons and wallpaper , almost anything can be altered with a little work, but lets start with the easy stuff first.

First View

You will notice the top and bottom panels in Ubuntu (OS X just has the 1 panel at the top) , These are the two bars that run along the top and bottom of the screen. By default, the top panel shows you the main menu bar, the date and time, and the launcher for the help system, and the bottom panel shows you the list of open windows and the workspace switcher. If you dont have a large monitor or dislike the bottom panel showing for example, these can be removed or set to autohide, resized or moved to the side of the screen.

In OS X the Dock performs similar functions to the Ubuntu panel. The OS X Dock can also be manipulated as in Ubuntu. The only obvious difference is the Dock has a reflective 3D look with the icons which can now be stacked and comes with applications and widgets which you would have to get separately in Ubuntu.


So first off, if you want to make your Ubuntu experience into something more familiar you will need to get add-ons and customize a little.

In my case I decided not to mimic the Windows Vista look and went for the OS X theme and feel.
The options for changing the appearance are straight forward in Ubuntu, the only thing is, there isnt a huge variety of themes to change into by default installed, so you will need to download the themes and icons that you want first, then install those and then set them as the defaults for the system.

Installing things

Before you install anything make sure you have all the needed Ubuntu repositories installed. If you dont enable access to these areas you wont be able to properly get addons and updates for these. The areas I am referring to are namely universe and ubuntu-updates. This can be done in System -> Administration -> Software Sources by enabling 'recommended updates' under the 'Updates' tab, and also enabling 'Community-maintained Open Source software' under the 'Ubuntu Software' tab. In some cases you will need to enable access to 3rd party repositories which isnt always obvious, and example of this is described in the installation for the Ubuntu AWN Dock. However, once you have enabled these you can access beyond what is available for download within the Ubuntu Add/Remove option, giving you even more addons and features.

The Add/Remove Applications option in Ubuntu is a treat. All OS's should have this. Unfortunately OS X or Windows doesnt have this ability to add both community maintained and supported apps aswell as third party apps, not just the system default ones. This saves you time having to search for programs and worrying about compatibility issues and if it will work or not. The main area Ubuntu lacks some more applications is multimedia support, so you will want to start there.
For Music management you can use Rhythmbox , for movie playing use Totem but its recommended that you use the Add option in Ubuntu to install more mature and better multimedia applications like MPlayer or Xine for playing video files for example. Good thing you dont have to worry about iTunes and Quicktime taking over. I added under the "Other" category of Applications types the FFmpeg plugin for GStreamer so I could play back various video files such as DivX , I added the Ubuntu Restricted Extras for flash support and the Compiz Advanced Desktop Effects support for enabling a better multimedia (and eyecandy) experience for example.

Changing Appearances

Like with anything if you want something you have to go get it yourself. I visted SourceForge to download the OS X Leopard theme. You will see there a Mac4Lin package to download which will later be used to replace your default Ubuntu Theme. So the goal of this OS X theme is to look somewhat like this in the end.

However I did some changes so I could not completely look like OS X (I want the best of both worlds) and ended up with this desktop instead.

Instructions on how to install the theme and icons are listed here. Once you have download the package and followed the instructions all you need to do is switch the theme and icons set. Access the System Menu, then Preferences to get to the Appearance option. Select it and your almost done.

The Dock

Next you want to hide the bottom panel or move it to the side (by dragging it over), then right click on the bar to access the properties and set it to autohide for example, or just remove it.
With a free bottom portion of the screen to work with, now you need to access the addon packages for installing the Dock known as the Avant-Window-Navigator.



I found the step by step instructions for installing it on the official Ubuntu Forums, specifically here. If you are a Mac user running Leopard you have the option on further customizing your Dock theme by installing additional ones which I found instructions for here. Other than that for Leopard there isnt any advanced customization for changing the workspace area, mostly because it works well the way it is, so in Leopard what you see is what you get.

Boot, Login and Splash Screens

In Ubuntu you can change the Bootup, Login screens and Splash screens to match your theme. Its easy as just opening up the Login Window Preferences in System ? Administration ? Login Screen and drag and drop your theme onto the window. Confirm the dialog window that pops up to use your new theme. For the Splash screen you need to install the Splash Screen Tool from the Add/Remove option I mentioned earlier. then you can access it in System ? Preferences ? Splash Screen. Note, ensure your images that you are replacing are PNG image format.

Once you have done the customization throughout you will be pleased of the results for sure.

Next in Part 4 of my review is enabling all the Advanced Compiz Desktop Effects like the 3D Cube. I examine what I find stands out and compares with Leopard's features.

Click here for PART 4

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How to Speed Up a Hard-Disk Drive

No one ever bought a car or a because it could go slower. If your hard-disk drive seems to take forever to go about its business, or if it’s having trouble keeping up with your CD-R burning , chances are it’s time for a tune-up and .

Step 1: Close any open applications. Disable antivirus , screen savers and other background programs. Make sure you’ve quit all programs in by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete once (don’t press it twice or you’ll restart the ).

Step 2: will show you a list of applications running. Highlight each application (one at a time) and click on End to close each one. (more…)

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Using Group Policy to Secure and Manage UNIX, Linux and Mac Systems

This new webinar from www.centrify.com has been announced lately - featuring my good pal Jeremy Moskowitz - it’s gonna be awesome!

Check out the content and sign up for a great show - 100% guarantee:

 

Five Top Benefits of Using Windows Group Policy to Secure and Manage UNIX, Linux and Mac Systems

    Date:           February 21, 2008    
    Time:          2 p.m. Eastern US (11 a.m. Pacific)    
    Duration:     1 hour  

 
In this live webinar, Linux, UNIX and Mac admins will get a concise overview of how Group Policy works from Jeremy Moskowitz, author of authoritative works on both Windows Group Policy and Windows/Linux integration. Centrify’s David McNeely will then explain the workings of the Group Policy engine that is seamlessly built into DirectControl and the unique benefits of using it for non-Windows policy enforcement. He’ll also demonstrate using Windows Group Policy to lock down user and security settings on a Mac desktop system.

Register now (*CLICK HERE*) and we’ll send you a free copy of our complementary white paper on extending Windows Group Policy to Linux, UNIX and Mac.

 

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Windows Apps On Os X

Apple’s move to Intel architecture opened up a whole new world of possibilities, and it was not long before software, such as Parallels, VMWare and Boot Camp, came and made lots of those possibilities reality. Now, with Leopard released, new information about how the Mac OS reacts to Windows executable has come to light.

The abundance of speculation has been spurred by two independent reports. The first, a thread on the Wine mailing labeled ‘Interesting Behavior of OS X’, has Steven Edward’s describing that Leopard has an undocumented loader for Portable Executables, which are used in 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows. (more…)

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