I’m on an XP client and trying to connect to a remote W2k3 server through an ssh gateway. Set up SSH so that a local port (not 3389) is forwarded to 3389 on the server. Run the remote desktop client from the command line. “mstsc /v:localhost:[forwarded_port] /console” The /console argument lets you connect without having […]
15 inch Powerbook G4, 1.67 ghz with 128mb VRAM and dual link DVI output. $2399 ( minus 15% + tax). Come to think of it, that’s how much I paid for my Vaio 505 sophomore year. That thing lasted pretty long.. but too bad Windows 2000 wasn’t really mainstream then, because if it had come […]
It’s been a few days now, and I have a bit more to add. This thing is fantastically loud. It also feels very nice to type on once you get used to it. There is also a slight effect of not being able to type on normal keyboards, but it’s not nearly as bad as […]
This always was a pain. The traditional way to do it was to write it in your ~/.Xdefaults as Emacs*font: [some XLFD font name or alias] So it turns out there’s a much easier way. In your .emacs, just say (set-default-font “somefont”) Where somefont can even be an alias. Its much easier, and you can […]
Works mostly by the book. The only quirk is that it appears the installer thinks it has XFree86 3.x, and changes the symlink /usr/X11R6/bin/X to the XF86_Vmware server. One needs to make it point back to the xorg server by doing: % cd /usr/X11R6/bin % rm X % ln -s Xorg X And then to […]
This seems to be a question that is very relevant to my work, although we don’t quite exactly sell an open source product. I think pretty much what it comes down to, is that there are so far two (plus one) kinds of open source business models. A service-based company (supposedly like redhat) which is […]
So I’m off to Maryland for the SELinux Symposium. A bunch of HP, IBM, Redhat, and NSA guys will be there as well. Should be pretty interesting, though I’m not looking forward to the flight (being that I just made the return trip very recently). But I guess everyone’s over there huh. (Redhat in NC, […]
Finally got a chance to play with the new powerbooks two-fingered scrolling feature. Feels like it works pretty well, and seems so obvious in hind sight. I’m always the most excited about simple, seemingly obvious improvements like these. They are few and far between in the computer world, and Apple probably lays claim to a […]
Shortly after declaring that I’m back on FVWM, now I’m back on KDE. FVWM is just too annoying to build up the configuration that you want (and the default configuration is very very far from what I want). At least KDE attempts to put a GUI around it. Its really amazing just how much more […]