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These instructions assume that you are connecting to a remote server via SSH, using Telnet or other protocols require different instructions.
Using SSH, you simply pass the -X command when connecting to a remote server:
1. Open up Terminal
2. Type the following command:
ssh -Xl root linuxserver
3. Enter a password
4. Connected!
To test, you can just type in:
xeyes &
You should see a new window open and a couple of eyes watching you! This means that you have the power to use any x11 application on the remote server. (You add the ampersand to have the window open as a separate process.
Congratulations and have fun with x11!
Filed under the "Macintosh" category. The direct link to this blog entry is here.
Here's how to enable enable agent forwarding on Macintosh OS 10.5 (Leopard)
In this example, I am on the machine name "computer-5" with the username sjobs and want to get to apple.acclaim.com using a host server called aspen.acclaim.com without having to type in a username/password. This is done using agent forwarding, a cool feature of SSH, so
I emailed the administrator my id_dsa.pub file and they put it in the home directory on aspen.acclaim.com. I then ran the following steps. Items in blue is what I actually typed in when I opened up the Terminal application:
computer-5:~ sjobs$ ssh-add .ssh/id_dsa
Identity added: .ssh/id_dsa (.ssh/id_dsa)
computer-5:~ sjobs$ ssh -A aspen.acclaim.com
Last login: Fri Oct 23 18:56:24 1998 from root.netscape.com
[sjobs@comp ~]$ ssh -A apple.acclaim.com
[sjobs@apple.acclaim.com ~]$
The above is a short step of what needs to be done. Hopefully this helps you into the right direction.
Filed under the "Macintosh" category. The direct link to this blog entry is here.
A few months ago I got an iPhone, a few days after they were available to Verizon users. I have been waiting a long time for the phone and it everything that I could hope for in a phone. I haven't had any problems with drop calls or using the data portion of the phone.
I have had better phones work with my hearing aids, but this phone does an alright job. There are plenty of external hands free options, so I am not really concern about the hearing aid compatibility functionality.
Attached to this posting is the default screen that I have on my iPhone. (Click on the image to see a larger view of the home screen.)
I have it set up so that the most popular Social Media Apps are on the bottom of the home screen; Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn. Evernote App is on the home screen with the intent to use it, but I don't use it that much on the iPhone as I do on my Desktop or Laptop.
The most popular game I play on the iPhone is Words with Friends, thus it's the only app to make it on the home page.
Filed under the "Macintosh" category. The direct link to this blog entry is here.
I am thinking of getting a new iMac 3.2GHz Intel Core i3. The question is what am I going to see in performance from my current Dual 1.42 Ghz PowerPC G4 Macintosh 3.2GHz (Mirrored Drive Doors)
According to benchmarks the Power Mac G4 scored 1230 while the iMac scored 5924. An improvement of 4694! This appears to be a good reason to get another computer. My Powerbook G3, which I still use, scored a low 215 on the Benchmark test. Yikes!
The downside of the iMac is that I wouldn't be able to expand the computer any more. This isn't really a problem since the only thing that I would add would be additional disk space, and I think I would be better off using an external drive than an internal drive.
I am still on the sidelines of if I really need a new computer right now. But the benchmark testing clearly shows the power advantage that I'll see when I get the new computer.
Filed under the "Macintosh" category. The direct link to this blog entry is here.
I need to make some space available on my Powerbook G4 for upcoming vacation. There's very little space available for pictures and video that I'll be on taking on our trip. I am not sure what's using up all the disk space on my laptop, my initial guess is a lot of small files and not a few large files.
Here's the plan on freeing up disk space on the laptop:
iPhoto LibraryClean out all the old photos that I don't need, back them up to a DVD and remove the orginals from computer
iTunes Library
Remove all old pod casts. There's no need to keep archive of old podcasts. I can always goto iTunes and get the old recordings at any time.
Large Files
Search the computer for large files greater than 2MB. Backup any files that haven't been used for a while and delete them from the computer.
Mailbox
All my mail is archive on my desktop computer. I can go through my mail and delete anything I don't need. This means cleaning out the SPAM directory, there's zero reason to keep any spam mail. Pretty much the only valuable mail I have is the sent mail.
Applications
Backup all unused Application and removed them from the laptop. This includes games that I don't plan on using. I have plenty of cool games on my iPod touch and won't be taking the laptop out on the airplane to play games. Is there any reason to even have IE on my computer any more?
Using the above guidelines, I should be able to have enough space for my photos and video that I'll be taking on my vacation.
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