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This post will serve to upset both sides of the coin. Apple users wondering why I would load an inferior OS Linux users wondering why I spent all that extra money on Apple Hardware I am going to skip the religious battles over OS and platform and say that if you happen to have loaded Linux on a piece of Apple hardware this post is for you. One of the first problems you will find is that your Alt+Tab doesn’t work as expected. If you follow the instructions your Command and Alt keys will work as you had hoped with the Apple Keyboard: ...

Autologin in Ubuntu 9.10 would not default unlock your keyring for security I assume. If I am using autologin, chances are security isn’t high on the list and speed is… sudo vi /etc/pam.d/gdm-autologin and add the italic lines below #%PAM-1.0 auth requisite pam_nologin.so auth required pam_env.so readenv=1 auth required pam_env.so readenv=1 envfile=/etc/default/locale auth required pam_permit.so auth optional pam_gnome_keyring.so @include common-account session [success=ok ignore=ignore module_unknown=ignore default=bad] pam_selinux.so close session required pam_limits.so ...

It is great to see the Sun guys utilizing the technology underlying to move beyond “me too!” I am afraid that this maybe too little too late for Sun. I would love to see Sun go the route of SGI/IBM and opensource (GPL not CDDL) their cool beans technologies. One UNIX geek can only hope.

~/.evolution/mail/exchange/$mailbox/favorites Remove this folder if evolution only shows the Favorites exchange folders rather than your personal folders.

As a security expert I have to say that this is total hogwash with all the uproar over his script. I sure hope these same people practice AWESOME security everywhere else. And the world wonders why security professionals are referred to as “chicken littles” I started using Gmail as my primary mail application a little over a year ago. For the most part, it has been a pleasurable experience. However, to my knowledge thereis no simple way to make Gmail the default mailer in GNOME. Until now! ...