Synergy: One Mouse, One Keyboard, Multiple Machines (Ubuntu/OSX)
I am overjoyed and here is why. At home I have my main machine, which is a MacBook, and my secondary machine, which is my Ubuntu laptop. Both are on the same desk. My MacBook is connected to my Samsung Syncmaster 226BW monitor. My Ubuntu laptop is to the left of my monitor.
In the past, when I wanted to work on the Ubuntu laptop, I would fire up remote desktop on the Mac to access it, even though the laptop is about 50cm's to my left. The main reason I did this, is because I do not have any keyboard or mouse attached to the Ubuntu laptop, and trying to reach across is awkward. But no more, a great tool has solved my problem.
Fastest way to connect to an Ubuntu machine
Like many, I use a remote desktop viewer in order to connect to my Ubuntu machine. My Ubuntu machine serves as a media and file server, so I have it set up in the corner of my home office and never work at the machine directly. Instead, I connect to my from my MacBook.
Up until now, I used JollysFastVNC viewer. While this vnc viewer is a little fast than Chicken of the VNC, it's still not as fast as I would expect a local connection to be.
While browsing the Ubuntu forums however, I came across a great and super fast way to connect to an Ubuntu machine, from a Mac.
How to use Finch Instant Messaging from the Command Line
Finch is a command line instant messaging client for Linux. In the age of nicely designed graphical user interfaces and desktop effects you might ask yourself why bother with a command line application? Well, it's light on resources, quick and a fun/geekish way to stay in touch.
DIY Ubuntu NAS with AFP, SMB, DLNA and iTunes
I have been posting a lot about the LaCie Network Space recently. I finally had the courage to try and tinker with it and managed to add ssh and obtain root access. I was overjoyed, I proceeded to install ipkg, a package management tool much like apt-get, but suitable for weaker or embedded systems. The first thing I did was to install rsync, which I used to backup my data to an external usb drive. About one day after my backups were finished, the Network Space froze up on me and has now become an elegant yet unresponsive black box.
So I setup up my own NAS server on my spare Ubuntu laptop that plays nice with my Mac, serves media files to my Samsung LE40B650 and even shares my music with iTunes. Updated 2010.1.1
Brother MFC-490CW & Ubuntu
Setting up the Brother MFC-490CW printer to work with Ubuntu, wirelessly, was easier than I expected. Here some useful tips.
Ubuntu 9.10: network-manager – openvpn – “vpn service failed to start”
Any ideas
?
Updated 2009.12.25
So this is quite frustrating:
Background:
In Ubuntu 9.04 I had a VPN connection configured in order to use Witopia. It worked.
Under Ubuntu 9.04 I used these instructions to set everything up.
I upgraded to Ubuntu 9.10 and now it doesn't work.
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