Posted by Michael Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:36:00 GMT
Apple uses the tightvnc protocol for remote desktop. So install tightvnc:
sudo apt-get install xtightvncviewer
Then update your default programs to use it instead of what’s included in Ubuntu Desktop:
sudo update-alternatives --set vncviewer /usr/bin/xtightvncviewer
That’s it. In ubuntu’s RDP client, select the vnc protocol when connecting to a mac.
Posted by Michael Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:52:00 GMT
You’ve got port 3306 (MySQL) firewalled off and you want to use a MySQL GUI every once in a while (or maybe a bunch).
This is a snap with ssh.
On your local Linux/BSD/Mac/Unix machine (works in cygwin too) edit your .ssh/config file and add:
Host somemysqlserver Hostname server.mydomain.com #your mySQL server FQDN or IP User bob #replace with your valid ssh server username LocalForward *:13306 localhost:3306Now do:
ssh -f -N somemysqlserver
You can now connect to your localhost port 13306 and it will forward to your MySQL server’s port 3306.
Plus, it’s free and probably already installed on your systems.
Need help? support@imapenguin.com
Posted by Michael Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:13:00 GMT
According to an Appleinsider article today, certain Seagate drives, specifically those with model numbers ST96812AS and ST98823AS are flawed and can cause data loss.
Make sure you back them up and get them replaced.
To see if you have an affected drive:
Email support@imapenguin.com if you need assistance.
Posted by Michael Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:22:00 GMT
Get it here, while it’s hot off the presses. I know, we’re such nerds…
Here’s an emulator screenshot.
Posted by Michael Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:42:00 GMT
We’re not going to “cover” tomorrow’s launch of OS X Leopard, but we are heavy users of OS X. We will be upgrading ourselves and helping our customers upgrade. If you need help or just need to ask a question, support@imapenguin.com is the place. Advice is always free :-)
Posted by Michael Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:35:27 GMT
Zultys auto attendants need an 8bit Mono U-law format wav file. Most recording software will give you a stereo 16bit format at the very least. To convert via sox (available for Unix machines including Macs) simply do:
sox -c 2 Audio.wav -c 1 -r 8000 -U Audio2.wav
Posted by Michael Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:02:57 GMT
Dave Benjamin just updated his step by step guide to install Rails on a Mac.
Mongrel + Ruby + Rails + Mac = Yum.
Posted by Michael Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:58:23 GMT
I’m as excited as the next guy about some of the things introduced with the now famous iPhone introduction in the Macworld 2007 keynote. There are two (maybe 2 and 1/2 if you count having to switch to Cingular) reasons I wont have the version that Steve Jobs introduced:
Keyboards are essential to what business users are using their phones for - email.
I have an aging Treo 650 which has BOTH the touch interface and the keyboard. You use your fingers on the Treo to press the virtual keypad on the screen when dialing phone numbers. My accuracy rate for hitting the flat button is probably about 50% in a 10 digit number. So if I dial 703-555-1212 10 times, I’ll get all 10 digits correct half the time. Can you imagine typing emails with that kind of accuracy?
Most Treo/Blackberry/etc users type hundreds of emails a week on their devices. They bought the thing BECAUSE it has a keyboard.
Apple, can you say TomTom?
As an open source and Apple developer, this to me is just incredulous. What’s the point of having OS X on the thing if I can’t put my OS X apps on it?
The answer: marketing hype.
So close, yet so, so far away.
Posted by Michael Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:07:58 GMT
Imapenguin has it on good authority that Steve Jobs will announce something new today!!
You heard it here first folks. That’s right. SOMETHING new.
It wont be called SOMETHING, but it will be SOMETHING.
We also know that it will be the most over reviewed and talked about new product of today.
Just remember, Imapenguin brought you this information first folks.
Oi.
Posted by Michael Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:45:00 GMT
From 1998 to 2005, various Linux and FreeBSD desktops including KDE, GNOME, Blackbox, etc were my primary desktop. Then in the spring of 2005, my wife bought a Mac. I used it for maybe an hour one night and bought one the next day.
I use Linux for servers exclusively (notice I don’t use OS X for servers), but my trusty Thinkpad which has been Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, and now Ubuntu still sits as second fiddle.
So why can’t a guy at Imapenguin, a longtime Linux user, move back to where he “should be”? It’s pretty simple really, the Mac I use gets out of my way. Never on my Mac do I get “Kernel 2.6.17-xxx update is ready to be installed”, which clobbers my VMWare drivers every time it upgrades.
Can you imagine my mother having to decide if she should update her kernel? Yea, me either. My mom is a smart lady, but she doesn’t know what a kernel is and shouldn’t have to. She uses her computer to do things. She doesn’t use it for the sake of operating a computer.
Come to think of it, I’m as geeky as people get, and I’m in the same boat. Sure I program on my computer, but I don’t actually want to maintain the one I’m developing on. I want it to just work so I can do things like program.
I’m still using a Mac because it always just works. It runs the software I want, (Open Source and otherwise) and generally stays out of my way.
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