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MAC OS Installation:

Karabiner ==> map option and cmd key
install xcode
xcode-select —install
install quartz	     
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)”
brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask
brew cask install google-chrome
brew cask install dropbox
brew cask install mactex
brew cask install skype
brew cask install evernote
brew cask install sogouinput
brew cask install mactex

brew install youtube-dl

For the Blog

git clone https://github.com/robustness/robustness.github.io
gem install jekyll
sudo gem install jekyll
sudo gem install kramdown

More Configurations

  1. Dropbox:
sudo ln -s ~/Downloads ./Downloads 
Link the Downloads folder to Dropbox

  1. Boom Mendeley MacDJView uTorrent,The Unarchiver, kindle, pdftk, Office 2011, Mathematica 8.0.0 (Be careful about the correctness of the mathID as input), page monitor (a Chrome plugin), matlab

  2. homebrew

brew install tree
brew install wget
brew install astyle
brew install unrar
brew install imagemagick
brew install rename
brew install gfortran
brew install r
brew install graphicsmagick --with-magick-plus-plus
brew install fltk 
brew install gnuplot
brew install ghostscript
  1. How to get an SSH server running on a Mac
Go to System preferences -> Sharing
Check the **Remote Login** box
That is it!

  1. Mail: New messages sound: none; Play sounds for other; mail action; check for new messages manually. Jabber: alerts: play a sound, No! and adjust the sound to the minimal.

  2. Do not install: ntfs-3g, octave (matlab is better)

  • Update Terminal GNOME Fonts
Download Bitstream Vera Mono 1.10
Unzip
double click VeraMono.ttf
click Install Font
open Terminal, click Terminal->Preferences
find Font and click Change
choose Bitstream Vera Sans for Family
Size: 13
relation font choose window(?)
tick to choose Antialias text
reboot terminal
Terminal->Preferences->Settings->Window->Background-> Color and Effects -> Opacity
adjust from 90 - > 70
  • /private/etc/bashrc
`#PS1='\h:\W \u\$ '`
`PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ ‘`

####MAC resources:

  1. http://soft.macx.cn/5134.htm
  2. http://www.mechodownload.com/forum/165-applications/?prefixid=appmacintosh
  3. mechodownload.com or macx.cn

Ubuntu Installation:

a. Change terminal color

b. Install Latex:

sudo apt-get install kile texlive texlive-latex-extra texlive-math-extra texlive-pstricks texlive-science latex-beamer texlive-extra-utils latex-mk fig2ps lmodern texlive-fonts-extra okular jabref

c. Install Matlab

sudo mkdir -p /mnt/Image
sudo mount -o loop disk1.iso /mnt/Image
sudo ./install

Here you need to get rid of one warning by ln -s old new

sudo ln -s ~/Matlab/bin/matlab /usr/bin/matlab
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

tar xvfz p4v.tgz
cd p4v-2010.2.317255
sudo cp bin/* /usr/bin/ 
sudo cp -r lib/* /usr/lib/

PDFView Command:

okular %.pdf

Changed to

PDFView Command: okular --unique %.pdf

Java:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

####Software to Explore:

Zotero

Network Monitoring Tools

Joker - Why So Serious?
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