Comments on: Switched http://gravitonic.com/2004/08/switched Life, technology, and other good things Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:22:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kiran Jonnalagadda http://zmievski.org/2004/08/switched/comment-page-1#comment-334 Kiran Jonnalagadda Fri, 03 Sep 2004 15:14:40 +0000 http://www.gravitonic.com/n/?p=93#comment-334 Hi, I came in here via MMK. I've been using a PowerBook for the last year and a half and totally love it. I've put up a list of the apps I use; you may find it useful: http://jace.seacrow.com/tech/macosx (I'll be throwing in about 25 more items over the weekend.) Hi, I came in here via MMK. I’ve been using a PowerBook for the last year and a half and totally love it. I’ve put up a list of the apps I use; you may find it useful:

http://jace.seacrow.com/tech/macosx

(I’ll be throwing in about 25 more items over the weekend.)

]]> By: Jan http://zmievski.org/2004/08/switched/comment-page-1#comment-333 Jan Thu, 02 Sep 2004 21:15:19 +0000 http://www.gravitonic.com/n/?p=93#comment-333 Hey Andrei, nice to see you over here ;) If you are used to work on multiple desktops, you might want to have a look at http://wsmanager.sourceforge.net/index.php best, Jan -- Hey Andrei,
nice to see you over here ;)

If you are used to work on multiple desktops, you might want to have a look at http://wsmanager.sourceforge.net/index.php

best,
Jan
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]]> By: Fotomoto http://zmievski.org/2004/08/switched/comment-page-1#comment-332 Fotomoto Thu, 02 Sep 2004 11:35:28 +0000 http://www.gravitonic.com/n/?p=93#comment-332 And what about games ? Maybe Doom3 ? :D And what about games ? Maybe Doom3 ? :D

]]> By: Arnaud http://zmievski.org/2004/08/switched/comment-page-1#comment-331 Arnaud Wed, 01 Sep 2004 09:27:26 +0000 http://www.gravitonic.com/n/?p=93#comment-331 sshkeychain, useful when ssh'ing a lot :) sshkeychain, useful when ssh’ing a lot :)

]]> By: Tristan http://zmievski.org/2004/08/switched/comment-page-1#comment-330 Tristan Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:13:36 +0000 http://www.gravitonic.com/n/?p=93#comment-330 Welcome on board. I've switched just over a year ago, after having used PCs for much longer than I care to remember (first PC was an Amstrad 1640, with 640kB or RAM). Being able to duplicate the setup of my FreeBSD servers, down to subversions of the different apps I'm using, does make me a lot more efficient. As does not having to spend at least an hour a week figuring out why my laptop is getting sluggish. The first week with my 17' PowerBook was spent with a stupid grin on my face as I kept finding little gems in OSX. I wish you the same type of honeymoon period with yours. In terms of apps: - I've replaced the Terminal with iTerm. - Proteus deals with my IM needs. - VLC with my video needs. - NetNewsWire nicely takes care of my news addiction. - FireFox / ThunderBird take care of the rest. Welcome on board.

I’ve switched just over a year ago, after having used PCs for much longer than I care to remember (first PC was an Amstrad 1640, with 640kB or RAM).

Being able to duplicate the setup of my FreeBSD servers, down to subversions of the different apps I’m using, does make me a lot more efficient.

As does not having to spend at least an hour a week figuring out why my laptop is getting sluggish.

The first week with my 17′ PowerBook was spent with a stupid grin on my face as I kept finding little gems in OSX. I wish you the same type of honeymoon period with yours.

In terms of apps:
- I’ve replaced the Terminal with iTerm.
- Proteus deals with my IM needs.
- VLC with my video needs.
- NetNewsWire nicely takes care of my news addiction.
- FireFox / ThunderBird take care of the rest.

]]> By: Wesley Mason http://zmievski.org/2004/08/switched/comment-page-1#comment-329 Wesley Mason Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:43:46 +0000 http://www.gravitonic.com/n/?p=93#comment-329 Currently in my dock: Safari, Mail, iCal, Terminal, LaunchBar, SubEthaEdit, Transmit, Proteus, NetNewsWire, Photoshop, Illustrator, Preview, iTunes. Stuff running in background: Synergy, Salling Clicker, Geek Tool, Proteus Menu, Fast User Switching Small Menu replacement. Stuff not in dock or running: Azureus (cross platform Java BitTorrent client) and Tomato Torrent, Apple's XCode, Apple's X11 package, Camino, Opera, OmniWeb, QuickTime Pro, VLC, MPlayer X, GIMP.app, iLife '04, Unreal Tournament 2003, Quake 3 Arena, Spike, TransparentDock, Frozen-Bubble, MacPython, Mac GPG and GPG for Mail.app, Onyx, JunkMatcher, Colloquy, MS Office 2004 (or KOffice or OpenOffice depending on which way you want to go), VirtualPC + Win2K (ASE in my case). Welcome to the OS X experience, hope you're as pleased as I've been. ;) Currently in my dock: Safari, Mail, iCal, Terminal, LaunchBar, SubEthaEdit, Transmit, Proteus, NetNewsWire, Photoshop, Illustrator, Preview, iTunes.
Stuff running in background: Synergy, Salling Clicker, Geek Tool, Proteus Menu, Fast User Switching Small Menu replacement.
Stuff not in dock or running: Azureus (cross platform Java BitTorrent client) and Tomato Torrent, Apple’s XCode, Apple’s X11 package, Camino, Opera, OmniWeb, QuickTime Pro, VLC, MPlayer X, GIMP.app, iLife ’04, Unreal Tournament 2003, Quake 3 Arena, Spike, TransparentDock, Frozen-Bubble, MacPython, Mac GPG and GPG for Mail.app, Onyx, JunkMatcher, Colloquy, MS Office 2004 (or KOffice or OpenOffice depending on which way you want to go), VirtualPC + Win2K (ASE in my case).

Welcome to the OS X experience, hope you’re as pleased as I’ve been. ;)

]]> By: terry chay http://zmievski.org/2004/08/switched/comment-page-1#comment-328 terry chay Tue, 31 Aug 2004 07:19:25 +0000 http://www.gravitonic.com/n/?p=93#comment-328 Some stuff the posts reminded me that I should have emphasized. QuickSilver and LaunchBar do the same thing. I actually prefer QuickSilver (free), but it runs like a dog in Tiger so I've gone back to LaunchBar. I guess Objective Development is going to get my upgrade money. Whichever one you use should be the second item in your dock because you'll want to restart it if you have to quit. BBEdit is preferred by a lot of people who want a native mac-based GUI text editor. I can't stand their prices so I boycotted them by switching to vim and jEdit. There is a carbonized vim available, but it doesn't add much except some menu items and drag and drop. SubEthaEdit makes a great collaborative editor but its a little slow on large files (also, I think they're charging now, though I think it's free for you to use). GeekTool (which I love) will pretty much be outmoded by Dashboard in Tiger. SSHKeychain is very useful and integrates with Apple's Keychain. There is Fink (debian packages), DarwinPorts (BSD Ports) and Gentoo (portage) depending on your poison. I think I showed you Fink already (I can't remember as I got the flu just after I left). To get kCacheGrind installed you have to allow test packages and compile. The compile takes forever because Macs are dog slow at integer math. Hope this helps, terry Some stuff the posts reminded me that I should have emphasized.

QuickSilver and LaunchBar do the same thing. I actually prefer QuickSilver (free), but it runs like a dog in Tiger so I’ve gone back to LaunchBar. I guess Objective Development is going to get my upgrade money. Whichever one you use should be the second item in your dock because you’ll want to restart it if you have to quit.

BBEdit is preferred by a lot of people who want a native mac-based GUI text editor. I can’t stand their prices so I boycotted them by switching to vim and jEdit. There is a carbonized vim available, but it doesn’t add much except some menu items and drag and drop. SubEthaEdit makes a great collaborative editor but its a little slow on large files (also, I think they’re charging now, though I think it’s free for you to use).

GeekTool (which I love) will pretty much be outmoded by Dashboard in Tiger.

SSHKeychain is very useful and integrates with Apple’s Keychain.

There is Fink (debian packages), DarwinPorts (BSD Ports) and Gentoo (portage) depending on your poison. I think I showed you Fink already (I can’t remember as I got the flu just after I left). To get kCacheGrind installed you have to allow test packages and compile. The compile takes forever because Macs are dog slow at integer math.

Hope this helps,

terry

]]> By: Dan Kalowsky http://zmievski.org/2004/08/switched/comment-page-1#comment-327 Dan Kalowsky Tue, 31 Aug 2004 02:42:12 +0000 http://www.gravitonic.com/n/?p=93#comment-327 Wow a few days earlier than I had expected! Few tools I really enjoy: sshAskPass - the OS X equivalent of the unix tool KisMAC - because I like to explore networks MacStumbler - because I like to benignly explore networks too Beyond that the usual include: Graphic Converter - for those days you just need to bounce between file types. SubEthaEdit - v2 now allows collaborative Internet based group editing (very cool). Solitaire Plus! - Apple should bring back Eric's and distribute it, but alas... Oh if I remember correctly, you do have a Bluetooth phone, you should check out some of the control systems (Salling Clicker is my preferred, but there are others). Also you'll find it amazingly easy to setup your GPRS (if you have it) over Bluetooth. Wow a few days earlier than I had expected!

Few tools I really enjoy:
sshAskPass – the OS X equivalent of the unix tool

KisMAC – because I like to explore networks

MacStumbler – because I like to benignly explore networks too

Beyond that the usual include:
Graphic Converter – for those days you just need to bounce between file types.

SubEthaEdit – v2 now allows collaborative Internet based group editing (very cool).

Solitaire Plus! – Apple should bring back Eric’s and distribute it, but alas…

Oh if I remember correctly, you do have a Bluetooth phone, you should check out some of the control systems (Salling Clicker is my preferred, but there are others). Also you’ll find it amazingly easy to setup your GPRS (if you have it) over Bluetooth.

]]> By: jj http://zmievski.org/2004/08/switched/comment-page-1#comment-326 jj Tue, 31 Aug 2004 01:18:03 +0000 http://www.gravitonic.com/n/?p=93#comment-326 GeekTool (http://projects.tynsoe.org/en/geektool/) - Pretty output to your shell scripts. GeekTool (http://projects.tynsoe.org/en/geektool/) – Pretty output to your shell scripts.

]]> By: Lau Taarnskov http://zmievski.org/2004/08/switched/comment-page-1#comment-325 Lau Taarnskov Mon, 30 Aug 2004 23:28:42 +0000 http://www.gravitonic.com/n/?p=93#comment-325 A few nice OSX apps: Launch apps, find contacts, look up words in dictionaries etc. quickly: Quicksilver http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/ Multiple desktops: Desktop Manager http://wsmanager.sourceforge.net/ A few nice OSX apps:

Launch apps, find contacts, look up words in dictionaries etc. quickly: Quicksilver http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/

Multiple desktops: Desktop Manager http://wsmanager.sourceforge.net/

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