Archive for August, 2008
As a long-time Linux user, survive on Windows
Disclaimer: Applying any of the following Windows escape routes at work might nullify your job contract. If you use any of them, it’s your own risk.
Some times I encountered the situation, people wanted me to do my magic, but all they provided was a Windows. There are (at least) two escapes off of this — [...]
my personal retrospect on FrOSCon 2008
This one is going to be a bit longer, and I made the typical mistake most inexperienced writers do — I start by what I find interesting and noticable, not by what you might want to know. So, I suggest to skip everything over and just go to the conclusion paragraph. Alternatively, you just could [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )a Linux running natively on a Windows
No news on any topic of this blog, but I wanted to give a sign of life. I’m testing a new job — well, a testing job. If you’d allow for that. It’s about testing a database frontend which was done using ColdFusion running on something other but an IIS. Folks at work wanted me [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )For purpose of reference: command history based auto-completion in Bash
A rather long time ago, I came across a Bash configuration that gave me an immediate command history search by doing nothing but using the arrow up/down keys in a Bash shell.
Examples:
Let’s assume, we have these lines in our command history:
cd ~/ruby/rails/url_shortener/
[...]
