Unix

Now, if you are unfamiliar with ctrl-z bg/fg etc.. you need to learn those.  but the most interesting thing I learned was about the disown command.

 
linkslice-4:~ Bryan$ /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb &
linkslice-4:~ Bryan$ disown %%
linkslice-4:~ Bryan$ exit

Then in another shell note that it's still running.

Link: http://www.spacerogue.net/wordpress/?p=191

Interesting take on the old L0pht, symantec etc from one of the grand-daddies of the 90's era.

I've updated this blog to 3.1.0 beta of b2evolution.  Since it's not a serious site with no community whatsoever (does anyone actually repeat visit?) I figured what the hey?  Let me know if you see problems.

Link: http://haiku-os.org

You're an old BeOS user who's been waiting patiently for Haiku to finish up. In the meantime you want to check out what they've been up to. Just one problem, you're on a Mac and don't want to buy vmware just to try it out.

1. First head to the virtual box website and install virtualbox.
2. Next head over to The Haiku website and go into the downloads section. You will want to download the latest Raw image.

3. Once the image is downloaded and unzipped you will want to open your terminal and run the following commands (tweak for your environment).

   $ cd /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS
   

$./VBoxManage convertdd ~/Desktop/haiku-alpha.image ~/Library/VirtualBox/HardDisks/haiku.vdi

You can now add the converted disk image into VirtualBox and boot Haiku.

Link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/18/hp_packaging/

HP does a stellar job of saving the planet. I didn't think anyone was worse than Dell but there's the proof.