Setting up secure access to a cvs repository from Windows works great using these two awesome tools:
The docs explain things pretty well. The only part that can snag is getting them working together through a proxy, which required replacement of Tortoise CVS’s no-terminal ssh connection utility (tortoiseplink.exe) with Putty’s version (plink.exe). Here are the steps:
Fire it up!
A hyper-quick CliffNotes summary of X for those new to linux: The X Window System is the foundation of the GUI of modern Unices. The best part: it allows you to escape the graphical prison of a M$ Windoze(TM) operating system by running an “X Server”. The X server can display your X windows from a remote linux machine on the local machine instead (even if it’s a Windoze(TM) box). With a smart Winblows(TM) SSH client like
There are literally TONS of X servers for Windumbs(TM). However, I think I just found the best.
Then open your Cygwin shell and type “startxwin.sh”.
As a final note, I’m having a lot of luck with the newer X.org flavor of X. It’s running on my Gentoo box, my Fedora box, and the Cygwin on this laptop. All the goodies, none of the crankiness, of XFree86. :>
Life just doesn’t get any better under Windoesn’t(TM).
Corey and I are going to play with fluxbox. We have a particular extension in mind, we’ll post more info here when it’s worth it… we’re currently examining the code for both fluxbox (C++) and an extension to it called fluxspace (python)… tbc…
I’m working on pulling the thousand or so CD’s out of the attic and ripping them. I haven’t done it yet because all that old crap is only marginally interesting (nostalgia has a strong saccharin aftertaste that doesn’t take long to kick in with me) and therefore wasn’t worth the huge effort. But linux makes all things easy, so what the heck.
Steps:
Fedora Tracker pointed me towards grip, which rips cd to wav with the built-in cdparanoia ripper. Grip can also run a separate encoder that converts wav to mp3 (or ogg or whatever). FT once again led me to lame, an MP3 encoder. And that’s just about how easy it was.
Interesting mainly because this is the kind of stuff that makes linux rock. Attempting this basic task under Windows would require slumming through a whole lot of obnoxious product pitches. SOMEBODY (Gueedo Gates?) makes sure that there are no good free alternatives (I still can’t figure how this can be possible). You’d try selecting some inferior product because it claimed to be free, only to find out that was a lie. By the end you’d gladly dish out a wad of cash to make it all go away. Or be so pissed off at the process that you’re driven to spend two weeks finding a working cracked version that leaves you wondering if you’ll be the next RIAA target. All very unsatisfying.
TRY THE ALTERNATIVE! FREE THE BIRD! LEAVE THE PANE BEHIND! 😛
I have finally gotten cyrus imap and sieve up and limping along. I don’t even want to begin to document the pain it was to set up… the only thing I’ll say is… USE A PRE-COMPILED CYRUS IMAP PACKAGE if possible – after struggling along for weeks, the Fedora Core 2 RPM installed in seconds with zero problems.
Bottom line: if you want an email account on thedigitalmachine.com, now is the time to ask. :>
