Operating Systems

6 ways how Mac OS Finder could be improved

Posted on December 14, 2008. Filed under: Mac OS | Tags: , , |

While I only have limited experience with Mac OS, I have some suggestions to improve one of the core applications of Mac OS: Finder. I have a Windows XP and Linux (Ubuntu, Redhat, Suse) background, and there are a couple of things where (for example) Windows XP Explorer works much nicer than Finder. So, I’d [...]

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Cut and Copy in Mac OS X Finder

Posted on December 12, 2008. Filed under: Mac OS | Tags: , , , , , , |

I know things have been said about this before, but today I experienced it again: The total lack of a decent Cut and Copy functionality in Mac OS. The Cut was not implemented because it could be destructive, or something. Or it might just be a forgotten bug, which makes more sense. It’s quite easy [...]

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Installing Tomcat 5.5 or Tomcat 6 on OpenSolaris

Posted on December 4, 2008. Filed under: Open Solaris |

Thanks Willi Schiegel on the OpenSolaris mailing list, I managed to install Tomcat 6. Ofcourse, it’s pretty easy, once you know how to do it. These are the steps involved: Go to http://cooltools.sunsource.net/coolstack/#Downloads Download the Tomcat package, unpack it: bunzip2 CSKtomcatbundle_1.3.1_i386.pkg.bz2 And install it like: pkgadd -d CSKtomcatbundle_1.3.1_i386.pkg

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Setting up a static ip address on OpenSolaris 2008

Posted on December 4, 2008. Filed under: Mac OS |

Yesterday, I found out that my OpenSolaris installation keeps renewing it’s IP address. It should, because by default, it’s configured to be using DHCP. While more of my machines do that, this is the only one which gets a new IP address. A bit annoying, but, since I was already planning on using a static [...]

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Installing GlassFish on OpenSolaris 2008.05

Posted on December 3, 2008. Filed under: Open Solaris |

Today, I tried installing SqueezeCenter and Tomcat. Both failed, and until now, I haven’t found a solution. I did, however, find a workaround for the Tomcat installation. Probably I can install Tomcat by downloading it from the Tomcat site, unpack it, and run it, but I don’t want to do this: I’d rather use the [...]

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cpuinfo and top on Solaris

Posted on November 13, 2008. Filed under: Open Solaris |

There are some differences between Linux and Solaris commands. I’ll try to give a brief overview here of the differences, starting with two commands I encountered yesterday. Linux Solaris cat /proc/cpuinfo psrinfo -v -p top prstat When I find more, I’ll put them up here. Suggestions welcome ofcourse!

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Logging in on Unix without a password, aka public key authentication

Posted on November 12, 2008. Filed under: Open Solaris |

My progress of my OpenSolaris configuration is going at a steady pace, and it’s now time to do some migration of data. It has been written a thousand times before, but who cares, I’m going to write it again: I want to login without passwords, so I can copy stuff using my laptop, but it [...]

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Configuring Open Solaris 2008.05

Posted on November 12, 2008. Filed under: Open Solaris |

This is my first blog item on this blog ever, and it’s not about Groovy, nor Grails, nor Java. This one is about installing OpenSolaris 2008.05, and some of my experiences while doing so. First a small disclaimer: my current OpenSolaris knowledge is limited, and I have only started playing with it for around 20 [...]

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