NFS is a legacy file sharing protocol which continues to have wide support in the Linux world. Depending on your needs, there may be better alternatives to using NFS network shares. However, if you're a Mac user in the context of a mixed network environment and your Linux administrator doesn't want to support Apple's File sharing Protocol, then this solution may be for you. Included are instructions on configuring NFS shares on the server side for Linux noobs like myself.

NFS Server

I come across a million postings about the best way to rename multiple files at once from the command line. Of course there are nearly as many solutions. Sure, it's possible (and sometimes desirable) to write a shell script using a combination of sed, awk, mv, and so on. But the solution I've found most useful and flexible for everyday file operations is a Perl script by Larry Wall and available at the CPAN repository

Download & Install

Subversion is a robust, open source version control system for software development. CodeIgniter is a powerful but lean Object Oriented PHP-based web development framework which utilizes the Model-View-Controller approach.

For quite a while, I used CVS for my revision control, but recently migrated to Subversion due to it's superior capabilities. If you're developing multiple CodeIgniter web sites which share system code and you're looking into implementing a revision control system. Here are some guidelines.

Setting up an SVN Server

Since my household is primarily Mac based, I wanted to setup my Ubuntu server as an AFP/Time Machine backup server for the LAN. Not surprisingly, this proved possible, but not trivial. First I'll provide a summary of the necessary steps, then detailed instructions for the terminal savvy folks.

On the Linux Side

1. Download, build, install & configure netatalk (AppleTalk & AFP services)
2. Configure the afp daemon
3. Setup your AFP shares
4. Install and Configure Avahi (Bonjour service advertising)

On the Mac Side

Like many of its underlying features & functionality, Mac OS X inherited context menus from the NEXTSTEP operating system. Also known as "contextual menus" (which I find clumsier to say), they pop-up upon user interaction such as a right-click of the mouse. For all you die-hard, one-button mouse users, they are available by holding the control key when clicking the mouse button. But you probably knew all that already or you wouldn't be here.

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