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  1. 2007-11-21

    1. Flatten the complete system and reinstall Leopard.

      1. I prefer installing everything my own.

      2. Do not install Epson, Xerox and Lexmark printer drivers.

        ...

      3. Install only German language packs.

        ...

      4. Don't install the Office trial, no iWork trial either.

      5. Don't install GarageBand.

    2. Install iWork.

    3. Set font smooth to medium.

    4. Set the MTU to 1492.

    5. Set the hostname to lamia.

    6. Enable SSH.

    7. Disable MS Trebuchet and Verdana.

    8. Install xcodetools, dashcode, webobjects (found on the first disk).

    9. Disable Safari's so-called "safe" opening.

    10. Install macports.

      1. Port install nethack.

      2. Port install mc.

      3. Port install nvi

      4. Port install lynx.

      5. Port install coreutils.

      6. Port install findutils.

    11. Limit scrollback of Terminal.app.

    12. In Keyboard :: Modifier, keys map Caps to Control and make the F-keys behave as standard.

    13. In International :: Input Menu, enable char palette and keyboard viewer.

    14. Move the Dock to the left, use the scale effect for minimizing.

    15. In Expose, put the Dashboard on F4.

    16. Make the Battery show percentage.

    17. Remove the Bluetooth menu icon and disable it.

    18. Install X-Chat 0.13.

      1. This is an ancient version for PPC, but one that doesn't look totally ugly. It works with Rosetta. You find it on SourceForge.

      2. The Perl plugin doesn't work anymore, so you need to change the URL handlers yourself (exec open -a Safari '%s').

    19. Port install SSHKeychain.

  2. 2007-11-22

    1. Rsync all data from the old iBook, lilith.

      1. I used TCP over Firewire, which is half-way fast. (Initially I wanted to rsync to lamia in Target Disk mode, but 10.3.9 is too old for that.)

  3. 2007-11-23

    1. Install MenuMeters.

    2. Install Flip4Mac.

    3. Install ByteController.

    4. Set the Desktop background.

      1. The proportions of all the Desktop images I like don't fit anymore.

    5. Port install curl.

    6. Port install wget.

    7. Install Temperature Monitor Lite.

      1. This is most like ThermoInDock and works for the SR MB.

  4. 2007-11-24

    1. Configure Postfix.

      1. Copy the files from an existing configuration.

    2. Open iTunes for the first time.

      1. It updated the database, everything worked fine.

    3. Install Skype.

    4. Port install Ghostscript.

    5. Install XiphQT.

    6. Port install TeTeX.

      1. The TeXlive in MacPorts seems a bit too fresh to me.

    7. Install NetNewsWire.

    8. Install Adium.

    9. Install Firefox.

      1. Copy bookmarks from the 1.5 profile, leave the rest.

      2. Install extension DOM Inspector.

      3. Install extension Firebug.

      4. Install extension Live HTTP Headers.

      5. Install extension Web Developer.

      6. In about:config, set browser.tabs.loadFolderAndReplace to false.

      7. Install macfoxII theme.

    10. Install Emacs.

    11. w3m is broken due to boehmgc in MacPorts, these instructions work.

  5. 2007-11-25

    1. Install Shiira.

    2. Install from source git.

    3. Install from source vile.

    4. Port install ispell.

    5. Port install imagemagick.

    6. Port install fortune.

    7. Port install maxima.

    8. Install Transmission.

    9. Install Twitteriffic.

  6. 2007-11-26

    1. Setup Time Machine on an external Firewire drive.

    2. Install chmox.

    3. Install iStumbler.

    4. Port install gnupg.

  7. 2007-11-27

    1. Port install unrar.

  8. 2007-11-28

    1. Install Clutter.

  9. 2007-11-30

    1. Install Pester.

    2. Port install mplayer with this patch.

  10. 2007-12-01

    1. In Firefox about:config set mousewheel.withnokey.sysnumlines to false and mousewheel.withnokey.numlines to 5 for quicker scrolling.

  11. 2007-12-03

    1. Install Disk Inventory X.

    2. Install iEatBrainz.

    3. Port install id3v2.

  12. 2007-12-07

    1. Port install libsdl-ttf.

    2. Install from source atris.

  13. 2007-12-11

    1. Port install libevent.

    2. Port install db46.

  14. 2007-12-12

    1. Fix the keyboard layout.

  15. 2007-12-18

    1. Port install aquaterm.

    2. Port install gnuplot.

  16. 2007-12-26

    1. Port install nmap.

  17. 2007-12-27

    1. Install VLC.

  18. 2008-01-01

    1. Install OpenLieroX.

  19. 2008-01-06

    1. Install Inkscape.

  20. 2008-01-09

    1. Port install mtr.

  21. 2008-01-10

    1. Port selfupdate.

    2. Port install coq.

  22. 2008-01-19

    1. export LANG=en_US.utf8 to make zsh's line editor UTF8-compatible (backspace is broken else).

    2. Port install sloccount.

  23. 2008-01-20

    1. Port install ragel.

  24. 2008-02-04

    1. Install Skim.

  25. 2008-02-17

    1. Port install gtk2.

  26. 2008-02-24

    1. Port install lighttpd +ssl+cml.

  27. 2008-03-01

    1. Disable the Adium overflow menu.

  28. 2008-03-07

    1. Port install install ffmpeg+lame+faac+faad+xvid+x264+a52.>>

    2. Install iSquint.

  29. 2008-03-18

    1. In Firefox, set browser.tabs.selectOwnerOnClose to false.

    2. Install Burn.

  30. 2008-04-06

    1. Update to 10.5.2. Other than few forgotten settings, this went fine.

  31. 2008-04-11

    1. Port install iftop.

  32. 2008-04-15

    1. Install Firefox extension Safari View.

  33. 2008-05-01

    1. Port install cmake.

    2. Port install byacc.

    3. Port install icu4c.

    4. Port install xercesc.

    5. Port install boost.

  34. 2008-05-02

    1. Install DjVuLibre/DjView 4.3.

  35. 2008-05-06

    1. Port install xpdf.

  36. 2008-05-08

    1. Port install ctags.

  37. 2008-05-18

    1. Install Flickr Uploader.

  38. 2008-05-22

    1. Port install libsdl_mixer-framework.

    2. Port install libsdl-framework.

    3. Port install libsdl_image-framework.

  39. 2008-05-23

    1. Port install netpbm.

  40. 2008-06-12

    1. Port install allegro.

  41. 2008-06-26

    1. Update Emacs to CVS HEAD. FAIL: Emacs 23.0.60 has utterly broken Carbon support, and Emacs.app with Cocoa support I couldn't merge.

    2. Install Emacs 22.2 with patches.

  42. 2008-06-28

    1. Install from source nmh 1.3.

  43. 2008-07-01

    1. In Firefox, disable Preferences / Advanced / General / Use autoscrolling.

  44. 2008-07-05

    1. Update to Firefox 3.

      1. Back up your profile first, and check whether all extensions are available for version 3 as well!

      2. Install theme iFox Smooth, MacFox II doesn't exist for Firefox 3.

      3. Install firefox-mac-pdf.

      4. In about:config, set browser.urlbar.matchBehavior to 2 for saner URL completion. Get used to the awesomebar, it's worth it.

      5. In about:config, set toolkit.scrollbox.smoothScroll to false to get rid of that annoying tab moving effect.

      6. Restart Firefox.

  45. 2008-07-09

    1. Port install mutt-devel +pop+imap+ssl+sasl+headercache+compress+nntp+xlabel+smtp+trash.

    2. Port install stunnel.

  46. 2008-07-12

    1. Install Amua, a Last.fm client that uses iTunes.

    2. In Keyboard and Mouse, redefine "Move focus to next window in active application" to Apple-^ (that's the position on German keyboards).

  47. 2008-07-20

    1. In Firefox 3 about:config, set browser.ssloverridebehavior to 2 and browser.xul.errorpages.expertbad_cert to true, to get a half-way bearable way to surf self-certified pages.

  48. 2008-08-09

    1. Port install isync.

    2. Port install mailsync.

  49. 2008-08-15

    1. Port install proctools (provides pgrep and pkill).

  50. 2008-09-05

    1. Port install ucspi-tcp.

  51. 2008-09-24

    1. Port install spidermonkey +fileobject.

  52. 2008-10-04

    1. Update to 10.5.5.