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[quote]Is it correct to compare it to applescript? Is Unix a scripting language of sorts? Sorta. 'bash' (Bourne Again SHell, the engine that makes a term window work) scripting is a scripting language. And since everything on a Unix system can b…
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One more, and the handiest one: ps = list running processes (apps) ps -e = list (extended) processes launch simpletext first, then type: ps -e | grep text it should list a number, followed by simpletext, ie 4796 simpletext so type: …
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The | 'pipe' (shift plus forwardslash-above-return on your keyboard) symbol takes the output of one command and inputs it into another. Like: cd MP3s ls | grep mp3 | cat > playlist.m3u will list the contents, send it to grep (search for te…
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mkdir = make directory (aka folder) ie: mkdir mpegs/ mv = move ie: mv pr0n.mpg /home/groverat/mpegs/ cd = change directory ie cd ../ (move 'up' one directory or: cd /home/groverat/mpegs pwd = print the directory you are in right now cp = copy ie…
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If apple do have a new filesystem that requires a reformat, it better darn well be a 'dream FS'. Reducing the minimum block size isn't a reason to upgrade to a non-backwards compatible FS. Journalling, speed, threading, guaranteed IO throughput (…
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Hey Mac Write, You might try PostGre SQL instead of MySQL, it's supposedly quite a bit faster. In fact, i believe it beats commercial DBs like Oracle, too.
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Assuming you have broadband, get Limewire and search in that. I've had great luck pirating software with gtk-gnutella, an equivalent program.
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I seriously doubt Apple uses GCC to compile their code. There are many excellent commercial compilers (CodeWarrior, for one) that are geared specifically for PPC. GCC is for small time developers and people who want to compile unix code on their …
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If you are new to linux, try Yellow Dog Linux 2.1. It's got the best Mac support. I've personally used Mandrake PPC and felt it was half-assed.
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Hi Gong, First, if you are referring to Mandrake for mac hardware, don't, it sucks. Second, you can download .iso disk images, burn them to disk under Mac OS using toast or something. Third, it doesn't have to be bootable from Mac OS. For…
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The reason there is no GUI for it is that your harddrive has to be in read-only mode to repair it. You can't fsck a read-writeable drive. So if you've booted, it's too late to fsck. Apple could implement a GUI fsck right at startup, but they are…
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And yes, Apple should get off their lazy ass and write a task manager with a little search field, where if you type 'net' it limits the list to apps with that prefix. You then select 'netscape' and click a kill button.
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type: ps -e | grep netscape to find netscape's PID That symbol in the middle (|) is 'pipe', it is shift-backslash, and backslash is right beneath delete.
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Nice! That's even tighter than FSV for linux. Pretty sweet!
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in my experience, ./configure ./make ./make install Do the trick. In fact, I wrote a bash script to do it for me, because it gets kind of repetitive. ./configure --help will usually list configure options you may want to enable.
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type: free -m to see how much free ram you have (hope it works on OSX) If you leave your system on for ages, eventually all the system stuff and apps, at one point in time or another, get loaded into ram. Restarting is like wiping the slate cle…
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Actually, it is pretty unrealistic to have a restart dialogue. First, that dialogue box would have to exist in the kernel, along with the fonts/pixmaps for it. Second, and more importantly, if you have a kernel panic, it means the core of your OS is…
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First off, I'm not whining. Nor am I flush-faced, pounding the keyboard with anger. I'm a new media artist. I do stereoscopic 3d sculptures and environments built from data, ususally (human, viral) genetic data. I need every ounce of power Apple …
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[quote]If you think it's so easy what Apple's doing lets see you go out and write a new OS like this one. For the record, Apple didn't write an OS, they took one (unix) and grafted, via carbon (ugh!) a Mac OS GUI over it. BSD unix has been around …
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Food for thought: I use linux because back in '98 '99 or whatever I first heard about OSX and what an uber-os it would be. I heard features like Pre-empt. Multi-tasking and protected memory. I looked them up found out what they were, and got excited…