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Would firewire networking be better than 100Megabit ethernet?
My office network has a fully switched 1000Megabit ethernet network. I have an Apple iMac with a Gigabit NIC and FireWire, and a Compaq laptop with a 100Megabit NIC and a 4-pin FireWire interface. ...
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Mac sees mangled filenames from Linux SAMBA share
Certain filenames in my SAMBA shares from Linux are not getting transmitted properly. It's certain files in certain folders and it doesn't affect all folders or all files within a single folder. I can ...
user33403
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Can I recover my /opt/local/bin folder that I accidentally deleted?
I'm running Mac OS X 10.5.8. I was recently uninstalling mysql5 from /opt/local/bin.
I typed:
rm -rf /opt/local/bin mysql*
instead of
rm -rf /opt/local/bin/mysql*
This deleted my entire /opt/...
Aaron
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What folders does Linux have that Mac OS X doesn't?
I was wondering what kind of folders Linux has by default (e.g. system folders such as /var, /tmp etc) that Mac OS X doesn't?
I'm pretty sure that some of these folders exist in Mac OS X but are ...
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Manual Duplex printing for Mac (and/or Linux)
My printers don't support automatic duplex printing. I'm looking for a solution for my Mac and Linux computers that I've seen with most Windows printer drivers:
Check "Manual duplex" in the printer ...
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Linux screenshots, how to take them like a mac
I run opensuse 11.2 KDE 4.3.5.
I do not have a mac, but I've used one and really like the one feature of the screenshots. Specifically, Command+Shift+3 which saves the screenshot to the desktop ...
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Linux binary support under Mac OS X?
Is there a way to add Linux binary compatibility to Mac OS X 10.5+ such as that found in FreeBSD?
For instance, and totally as an example, here is Arlequin 3.5, a population genetics software that my ...
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Syntax for find on Mac OS X
I have a project directory that contains source code and subdirectories of source code. I want to use the Unix program find to search recursively for the names of files of certain extensions. The ...
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Directories Exceeding a Certain Size?
I misread this question and thought it was asking something I've needed for a long time. My question is slightly different: how to find directories whose contents exceed a certain size. Is there any *...
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File system to choose for NAS box based on FreeNAS or OpenFiler
I'm a photographer and I have a requirement find a better method of storing my photos other than multiple USB2 drives via USB hubs.
Currently I use a Macbook Pro and 6 external drives connected via ...
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What's the equivalent of Linux's updatedb command for the Mac?
If I want to use the locate command on a Linux machine, I usually run sudo updatedb first to update the database. I can run the locate command on OS X 10.5 but I can't find updatedb. What's the ...
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Why can't Emacs on Mac OS X find the Info directory node?
The default Emacs on Mac OS X, 22.1, appears to have some problems with the info/help stuff.
When you hit C+h i, it says:
Can't find the Info directory node.
It works in AquaEmacs, but I ...
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Zeroconf SSH advertising : utility?
On my Airport Express I can set up SSH advertising for computers on my network.
I have the same option with avahi on a linux server.
What is the utility of doing this ?
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How do I recursively remove subdirectories and files, but not the first parent directory?
I'm able to use the following to remove the target directory and recursively all of its subdirectories and contents.
find '/target/directory/' -type d -name '*' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf
However, I ...
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Rsync over ssh, or something else?
I've been trying to use rsync on OSX to Linux or Unix box over which I don't have much control. I've been doing something like this
rsync -avz -e ssh remoteuser@remotehost:/remote/dir /this/dir/
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