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17 years ago
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asemisldkfj
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here's what I need

environment
uno (gets rid of brushed metal, themes inconsistent apps like Mail with nicer buttons)
cleardock (I hate the Dock background)
weatherpop (temperature and weather in the menubar)

internet
camino (web browsing)
adium (instant messaging)
colloquy (irc)
azereus (bittorrent)

multimedia
itunes
tunekeys (itunes global keyboard shortcuts)
quicktime (with quicktime pro serial)
flip4mac (allows itunes to play wmv files)
perian (tons of quicktime codecs)
a52codec (for some pesky avi files)
max (cd ripping and encoding)
burn (duh)

graphics
seashore (image editing, based on the gimp but doesn't require Apple's X11)

text
neooffice (openoffice sans X11 requirement)

that's all I can think of right now!
asemisldkfj's avatar
17 years ago
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asemisldkfj
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iscrobbler (last.fm client)
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17 years ago
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asemisldkfj
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candybar (system icon changer)

cog (audio player, handy for stuff like flac files)
mediafork (dvd ripping)
nestor's avatar
17 years ago
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nestor
nestor
vlc
quicksilver
google notifier
asemisldkfj's avatar
17 years ago
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asemisldkfj
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try loading up quicktime with codecs and get a serial for quicktime pro. I bet you'll ditch vlc :).
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17 years ago
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asemisldkfj
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transmission (bittorrent)

the new version of transmission is allowed on oink.me.uk!!! I'm pumped. I love transmission. bye-bye azereus.
nestor's avatar
17 years ago
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nestor
i like transmission too but i can't find any encryption... :(
asemisldkfj's avatar
17 years ago
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asemisldkfj
the law is no protection
yeah, I think the only client for os x that does encryption is azereus. what do you need the encryption for? an https tracker or something? I've only heard encryption for bittorrent referenced in passing.
nestor's avatar
17 years ago
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nestor
nestor
behind killer firewall (university)
phi_'s avatar
17 years ago
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phi_
... and let the Earth be silent after ye.
boot camp

:P
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17 years ago
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asemisldkfj
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haha, good one phi_. boot camp is definitely neat. I've got Windows installed for a few games.
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17 years ago
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nny
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parallels
nestor's avatar
17 years ago
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nestor
nestor
anyone know how to remove the eject button from the finder bar?
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17 years ago
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asemisldkfj
the law is no protection
finder bar? like the finder's toolbar? you can go to view --> customize toolbar...
nestor's avatar
17 years ago
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nestor
nestor
no, that only customizes the toolbar in finder windows... i mean the actual bar. the one with the little apple in the corner.
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17 years ago
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asemisldkfj
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oh

hold down the command/apple key and drag it out
nestor's avatar
17 years ago
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nestor
nestor
bon

merci beaucoup!
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17 years ago
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nestor
nestor
bean (nice lightweight word processor)
osxvnc
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17 years ago
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nestor
whoa!

http://www.wired.com/software/coolapps/news/2 … /core_anim
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17 years ago
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maple
i like large datasets
textmate (obvious)
Quicksilver
transmit (ftp)
bit rocket (torrent)
disco (burning)
Remote Desktop Client (to windows servers) + RDC Lauchner (for multiple instances)
iTerm (for tabs)
LastFM Player
CocoaSQL
Camino
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16 years ago
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asemisldkfj
the law is no protection
I was going to make another list and then I realized that I have a text file with all of my installed applications in it.

*7zx (unzip 7-zip files)
*adium
smoothseparate lines message theme
*anacron
*boot camp assistant
*caminicon
*camino
*candybar
agua system icon theme
*canon utilities
*carboncopycloner
*cleardock
*cord
*deeper
*divx
*flip4mac
*gimp
*hp stuff
*iscrobbler
*jnetcube
*max
*neooffice
*perian
*quicksilver
*realplayer
*ssx
*stellarium
*the unarchiver
*toast
*transmission
*tunnelblick
*uno
*unrarx
*vlc
*x resource graph
*xcode 2.5
nestor's avatar
16 years ago
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nestor
does anyone use widgets? which ones are the best
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16 years ago
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maple
i like large datasets
just the one for peer guardian

2 more apps
*versions (svn gui -- nice for visual sometimes)
*peer guardian
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16 years ago
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asemisldkfj
the law is no protection
I turn off widgets :). it seems most of the useful ones are like weather ones and stuff, and I'd rather just go to a bookmark in my web browser than have some shiny thing that shows me the temperature taking up memory. it just seems most all of them are more suited to just be stand-alone applications. at least for the way I use my computer.
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16 years ago
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asemisldkfj
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I have three unarchiving programs installed, not including the one that comes with OS X :(. I need to look into that.
nestor's avatar
16 years ago
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nestor
isn't 7-zip enough? i'm looking into it for os x right now, it might be different
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16 years ago
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asemisldkfj
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I thought that I installed The Unarchiver for some reason, but I don't remember what it was, haha.

the 7zx page doesn't say exactly what it supports, but I have a feeling it doesn't do rar or something.
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16 years ago
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Carpetsmoker
Martin
From the website:
``7zX currently supports tar, zip, gzip, bzip2, UNIX compress, 7z, s7z and various kinds of segmented archives.''

Why not just use p7zip btw?
asemisldkfj's avatar
16 years ago
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asemisldkfj
the law is no protection
because I want to be able to double-click on an archive and have it unarchive. or is there a way to associate a command line program with a file type in a way that allows me to do this?
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16 years ago
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Carpetsmoker
Martin
Right, 7zx is a GUI tool ><

There's EZ 7z:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19139
asemisldkfj's avatar
15 years ago
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asemisldkfj
the law is no protection
the first beta of Camino 2 is out. now featuring draggable tabs, gecko 1.9, and middle-clicking-on-bookmarks-bar-to-open-a-new-tab (yeah, the last one is kind of silly, but I'm glad it's here now).

I've been using it since last night and it hasn't crashed once. I am loving it.