Linux Virtual Hosts with Apache2
January 28th, 2009
The following is an embedded Google Doc where I have kept track of changes made to my Ubuntu 8.10 Linux system as I have configured it with a custom root folder from which Apache2 serves web sites a virtual host that points to the root web folder.
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Meld on OS X
January 21st, 2009
So far the best diff viewer I have used is Meld, which up to now I could only use on my Ubuntu Linux partition. But now, thanks to Macports, I got it running on OS X. Yeah!
Update
I wrote this article about a year ago. As usual, technology advances, and this time it is in our favor. The hack for the .xinitrc is no longer necessary. On my machine I can install Meld straight from MacPorts and it runs straight away.
This took a bit of work, but I finally got Meld to run on OS X. The installation is very easy…just tell Macports to install Meld. In your terminal type:
sudo port install meld
Getting Meld to run on OS X was a bit trickier. When launching it normally I kept getting this error: Read the rest of this entry »
Theming Wine
January 14th, 2009
Tip
Theme Wine apps to better integrate with Ubuntu’s Human theme
Resources
- How to install a theme in Wine
- Look to the section entitled “Using Theme/Skin”
- Ubuntu Human theme on Deviant Art
Notes
I had read quite a bit about Wine’s theming capabilities being limited, slow, and rather useless, but thought I would give it a go anyways. I was pleasantly surprised to find that after following these instructions Wine ran just as fast and looked a lot better. Read the rest of this entry »
Best of both worlds :)
January 5th, 2009
One of the great benefits of Linux is the wealth of great opensource software. Prior to this experiment I thought all this software could only run on Linux, but recently I discovered that this is not true. Much of my favorite software on Ubuntu Linux can be run on OS X 
Geany running on OS X
