===== 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)
  * http://www.osxgnu.org/

==== reading ====
  * 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/


====software====
  * 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/
  * for[[LISP]], 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/

====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"  

<code>
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 
</code>


(see also: [[Networking Notes]])


====Key bindings====
  * http://www.deepsky.com/~misaka/MacOSX/KeyBindings.html
  * 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]] )