Unix Terminal Hax

http://www.resexcellence.com has some interesting mods...
http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/ has some good stuff on learning the Terminal...

That's about all I know of that are specific to X, but don't forget that there's a whole 'Nix community out there to check out.

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unix has been around for eons (in computer terms) and there is a wealth of info to be learned from the unix comunity. one of the main benefits is that just about any unix source code can be compiled for the mac. but here are my 4 suggestions:

1) go to sourceforge.net and get a basic unix run down from http://homepage.mac.com/rgriff/files/TerminalBasics.pdf

2)download and install the mac osx developer tools. this will give you a basic c compiler.

3) download a little app called fink. fink is a a debian based file organization/download/install/uninstall program for people that really don't want to worry about ./configure. It's a great app and will give you acces to many many unix apps and scripts right from the terminal.

4) Install xfree86. xfree is a window manager that most unix apps will use. currently, source has to be written for aqua in order for it to work. So, xfree runs in tandem with aqua (or can replace it if you choose) and will let you run everything from gimp to scorched earth (one of the first rpg's) to axyftp (amazing ftp app).

that should get you started.

oh if you want a more "desktop os" feel to xfree you might want to consider installing gnome. Gnome is a little slow on an older mac and sometime can be buggy, but for someone used to a desktop, its second to none

remember to run seti!
setiathome.berkeley.edu

well here's one oldy but goody:

in the term type "bill gates" , without the quotations of course.

and here is something that was sent to the macsig email list at u of m from our apple education tech rep.:

From the terminal, type:

emacs -batch -l dunnet

quit will exit you from the program
exit will then end your terminal session


enjoy, and if you figgure out how to get the vax card in the cabnet let me know.... you'll see what i mean ;-)

truely a great "easter egg". I remember playin these text rpg's on os 6. oh and the command for repairing the vax is

put cpu in vax

Re: Unix Terminal Hax

Originally posted by tfaz1
So I've been playing around with some OS X hacks. Pretty basic stuff. RWINS mods, enabling window buffer compression, etc. I'm hooked on the Terminal.

Can anyone suggest some other OS X mods? Or a site that can teach me a little more about using Unix in realtion to OS X?

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Apple enabled window buffer compression in 10.1.2 or 10.1.3 (can't remember which), but what are these "RWINS mods" you speak of?

Isnt there tetris in emacs as well? I think I remember it...um...in the terminal type "emacs-Esc-x-tetris" in that order without the quotation marks...the arrows are the controls I think..