threedaymonk + unix   48

Mosh: the mobile shell
‘Remote terminal application that allows roaming, supports intermittent connectivity, and provides intelligent local echo and line editing of user keystrokes.‘ Works over SSH in a terminal.
ssh  unix  linux  terminal 
7 weeks ago by threedaymonk
Free your technical aesthetic from the 2010s: A rejection of the rejection of the 1970s
‘You’ll be surprised how much diversity, hope and optimism there was, back when our technical aesthetics were completely enslaved to the 1970s.’
computing  unix 
march 2012 by threedaymonk
lsof
How to find all kinds of information with lsof.
unix  linux  network 
october 2011 by threedaymonk
Learning Unix
Miguel de Icaza’s recommendations on books to improve Unix skills.
programming  unix  linux  reference  education 
september 2011 by threedaymonk
RetroBSD
‘RetroBSD is a port of 2.11BSD Unix intended for embedded systems with fixed memory mapping. The current target is Microchip PIC32 microcontroller with 128 kbytes of RAM and 512 kbytes of Flash.’
bsd  unix  microcontroller 
august 2011 by threedaymonk
Applying the Unix Process Model to Web Apps
‘The unix process model is a powerful way to approach running your web app. Procfile gives us a way to declare process types, and Foreman gives us an easy way to run the app’s processes in both development and deployment environments.’
webdev  unix  sysadmin 
may 2011 by threedaymonk
A Tarsnap-Alike for Private Storage
‘ddar is an open source userspace de-duplicating archiver for Unix.’
backup  unix  linux  archive 
march 2011 by threedaymonk
The Cognitive Style of Unix
Asserts that the learning curve of command-line tools assists in internalisation and thus to better long-term performance.
unix  interaction  ui  learning 
february 2011 by threedaymonk
Linenoise
‘A minimal, zero-config, BSD licensed, readline replacement.’
unix  linux  cli  readline  library 
march 2010 by threedaymonk
XQuartz
Updated X11 for OS X.
osx  x11  unix 
february 2010 by threedaymonk
lockrun - Run cron job with overrun protection
‘Before launching the given command, it insures that another instance of the same command is not already running.’
unix  linux  sysadmin  cron 
november 2009 by threedaymonk
uzbl
‘A browser that adheres to the unix philosophy.’
unix  linux  web 
may 2009 by threedaymonk
Kenneth Thompson - Wikiquote
‘If you want to go somewhere, goto is the best way to get there.’
quotes  programming  unix 
january 2009 by threedaymonk
XMLStarlet Command Line XML Toolkit
Lightweight set of command-line XML tools. No Java, no pointing and clicking; ideal for scripting.
xml  unix  linux 
december 2008 by threedaymonk
wmjump
‘Keyboard navigation of the desktop. Use the keyboard to switch between windows and workspaces.’
unix  linux  x11  desktop  utility 
december 2008 by threedaymonk
VWM
Viper Window Manager (VWM) is a lightweight, extensible window manager for the console.
wm  console  unix  linux 
december 2008 by threedaymonk
Less is more in modern X
How to use hotplug to replace xorg.conf customisations.
x11  xorg  linux  unix  hotplug 
november 2008 by threedaymonk
9vx
Plan 9 running in userspace on Linux/BSD/OS X. Very clever.
unix  linux  osx  bsd  plan9 
june 2008 by threedaymonk
fish
‘fish is a user friendly command line shell for UNIX-like operating systems’
linux  unix  shell 
june 2008 by threedaymonk
Launchy
Launch URLs, email clients, and applications from Ruby on any platform.
ruby  linux  unix  windows  osx  browser 
may 2008 by threedaymonk
Multi-Pointer X Going Mainline
Could be very interesting for pair programming.
unix  linux  gui  reevoo-developer 
may 2008 by threedaymonk
Application settings for dark terminals
Handy for user-hostile distros like RedHat.
terminal  linux  unix 
april 2008 by threedaymonk
xpra
Like screen for X applications.
unix  x11  linux 
march 2008 by threedaymonk
MogileFS
Open-source distributed filesystem. Useful for caching generated images?
webdev  filesystem  distributed  unix 
june 2007 by threedaymonk
rq
‘ruby queue (rq) is a zero-admin zero-configuration tool used to create instant unix clusters.’
ruby  queue  cluster  unix 
july 2006 by threedaymonk
mod_fcgid
A binary-compatible alternative to Apache’s mod_fastcgi module, with a useful approach to ensure reliability.
fastcgi  apache  webdev  unix 
february 2006 by threedaymonk
Zoem
A TeX-like macro/programming/authoring system.
programming  unix  microformats 
february 2006 by threedaymonk
zsync
Like rsync, but for large-scale file distribution.
software  unix 
november 2005 by threedaymonk
ssh-keyinstall
A utility to automate the creation and installation of shared-secret authentication for ssh
unix  linux  ssh 
july 2005 by threedaymonk
Context Free
An environment for editing and rendering CFDG design grammars.
graphics  programming  osx  windows  unix 
may 2005 by threedaymonk
trickle
lightweight userspace bandwidth shaper
unix  bsd  linux  bandwidth 
january 2005 by threedaymonk

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