*nix tools for osX

• darwinports/macports > http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/wiki
• http://fink.sf.net (see below for X11 issue)
• http://www.osxgnu.org/

• where it differs http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/10/22/macforunix.html
• tips + tricks
  • http://www.macosxhints.com/
  • http://diveintoosx.org/
  • http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~benhdj/Mac/unix.html
• osx for hackers (failry in depth overview of what makes osx tick…) http://www.kernelthread.com/mac/osx/

• general collation
  • http://osx.hyperjeff.net/Apps/
  • http://www.macupdate.com/
• editors
  • emacs (no unix(like) is complete without it)
  • http://homepage.mac.com/zenitani/emacs-e.html (or http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/CarbonEmacsPackage )
• 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
  • http://www.cocoadev.com/
• 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
  • http://kde.opendarwin.org/
  • http://ranger.befunk.com/phpwiki/

list of firmware updates for upgrading machines from os9 (to 10.2 or 10.3) > http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86117

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

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)

• http://www.deepsky.com/~misaka/MacOSX/KeyBindings.html
• generate a keymap > http://wordherd.com/keyboards/
• emacs and unicode input ?+

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

when faced with kernel panics, daemon corruption and other quagmires … . see » OsX Recovery (and/or OsX System Integrity )