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If, like me, you’ve built your Ubuntu machine using LVM for all partitions except /boot, you can do a live backup of your system using LVM snapshots and the dump tool. More >
Posted by Shane in Computers
- TextMate – Programmer’s text editor
- 1Password – secure password and information manager that integrates into your browser(s)
- AppZapper – clean up behind software you decide to axe
- Boot Camp – Yeah, there’s still some Windows apps I use. (built into OSX)
- Camouflage – hide those pesky desktop icons for focus and clarity
- CoverSutra – iTunes tool for keyboard shortcuts, album artwork, Spotlight-like search, and Last.FM integration
- Cyberduck – FTP/SFTP client with drag-and-drop and Growl notifications
- Firefox 3.0 – only in release candidate status, but already a contender to finally replace Safari
- Fluid – turn any website into a .app
- Handbrake – DVD-ripping tool for converting DVDs to digital video files for your iPod, AppleTV, XBMC, etc.
- iStat Menus – monitor your CPU, memory, and network usage in your menu bar
- MacPorts – install Unix/linux tools using a tool similar to apt-get
- NeoOffice – good, free replacement for the slow and bloated MS Office
- Parallels Desktop – run Windows or Linux inside OSX
- SquidMan – run the Squid HTTP caching proxy on OSX
- SuperDuper / Carbon Copy Cloner – great backup tool
- ted – Torrent episode downloader – track your favorite TV shows!
- Time Machine – great, simple, configure-and-forget backup solution (built into OSX)
- Twitterific – Twitter client
- WhatSize / GrandPerspective – a graphical overview of what’s eating up all your harddrive space (hint: pr0n.)
Posted by Shane in Computers
- Adium Multi-protocol IM client; supports AIM, Yahoo, MSN, MySpace, Google Talk, and loads more.
- Growl pop-up notifications for anything and everything
- Safari – included with OSX
- Mail and Address Book- included with OSX
- Quicksilver keyboard-based launcher; hard to explain what it does, but useful as all hell
- Firefox browser, though I don’t use it nearly as much on OSX because of Safari
- Schoolhouse homework manager or iProcrastinate
- Colloquy IRC chat client
- Google Mail notifier
- iBackup
- NetNewsWire RSS reader
- Skim PDF reader (Preview is good, Skim is better)
- The Unarchiver for zips, rars, aces, etc.
- Transmission bittorrent client
- VLC media player for files Quicktime won’t handle
