akihikodaki

Linux Desktop on Apple Silicon in Practice

I bought M1 MacBook Air. It is the fastest computer I have, and I have been a GNOME/GNU/Linux user for long time. It is obvious conclusion that I need practical Linux desktop environment on Apple Silicon.

Fortunately, Linux already works on Apple Silicon/M1. But how practical is it?

• Two native ports exist.

larvel

#!/bin/bash

USER=user
MYSQLPASSWORD=password
MYSQL="/usr/bin/mysql"
MYSQLDUMP="mysqldump --max_allowed_packet=800M" 
TESTSERVER=mynewserver.mydomain.com
FOLDER=/usr/local/atlassian/
EXCLUDE="--exclude *.pid --exclude backup/*.zip --exclude atlassian-confluence.log* --exclude catalina.*.log --exclude localhost.*.log --exclude updateTestServer.sh* --exclude daily-backup-* --exclude backup-*.zip --exclude atlassian-jira.log.* --exclude catalina.out --exclude *confluencedata/index* --exclude *confluencedata/backups/* --exclude *prosjektwiki/confluencedata/backups/* --exclude *old/"

brianshumate

If you'd like to experiment with Terraform on macOS locally, a great provider for doing so is the Docker provider. You can get set up in a few simple steps, like so:

1. Install Docker

Install Docker for Mac if you have not already.

maikell

Kickstart driven CentOS 7 install from USB

None of what is written below is particularly original, however, I was unable to find a method documented on the internet at the time of writing that successfully created a kickstart driven CentOS 7 USB installer.

My interest was in doing this manually as I require this USB (image) to be created from a script. Therefore, I did not look into using ISO to USB applications - in addition, these typically do not allow custom kickstart files to be used.

References

Much of the process described below was found on the CentOS Wiki page on Installing from USB key, and from the Softpanorama page on the same subject. I thoroughly recommend reading all of the latter as it highlights the shortcomings/dangers associated with the steps below.

USB key preparation

kmem-count.fish

#! /opt/homebrew/bin/fish

function getnames
	sysctl kstat.unix.kmem_cache | grep buf_size | \
	sed 's,.buf_size:.*,,' | \
	sed 's,kstat.unix.kmem.cache.,,'
end

function getbufsize
	sysctl -n kstat.unix.kmem_cache.$argv.buf_size

kevinelliott

macOS 10.12 Sierra Setup

Custom recipe to get macOS 10.12 Sierra running from scratch, setup applications and developer environment. This is very similar (and currently mostly the same) as my 10.11 El Capitan setup recipe and 10.10 Yosemite setup recipe. I am currently tweaking this for 10.12 Sierra and expect to refine this gist over the next few weeks.

I use this gist to keep track of the important software and steps required to have a functioning system after a semi-annual fresh install. I generally reinstall each computer from scratch every 6 months, and I do not perform upgrades between releases.

This keeps the system performing at top speeds, clean of trojans, spyware, and ensures that I maintain good organizational practices for my content and backups. I highly recommend this.

You are encouraged to fork this and modify it to your heart's content to match your o

kevinelliott

Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan

Custom recipe to get OS X 10.11 El Capitan running from scratch, setup applications and developer environment. This is very similar (and currently mostly the same) as my 10.10 Yosemite setup recipe (as found on this gist https://gist.github.com/kevinelliott/0726211d17020a6abc1f). Note that I expect this to change significantly as I install El Capitan several times.

I use this gist to keep track of the important software and steps required to have a functioning system after a semi-annual fresh install. On average, I reinstall each computer from scratch every 6 months, and I do not perform upgrades between distros.

This keeps the system performing at top speeds, clean of trojans, spyware, and ensures that I maintain good organizational practices for my content and backups. I highly recommend this.

You are encouraged to fork this and modify it to your heart's content to match your own needs.

kevinelliott

Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite

Custom recipe to get OS X 10.10 Yosemite running from scratch, setup applications and developer environment. I use this gist to keep track of the important software and steps required to have a functioning system after a semi-annual fresh install. On average, I reinstall each computer from scratch every 6 months, and I do not perform upgrades between distros.

This keeps the system performing at top speeds, clean of trojans, spyware, and ensures that I maintain good organizational practices for my content and backups. I highly recommend this.

You are encouraged to fork this and modify it to your heart's content to match your own needs.

Install Software

mmstick

#!/bin/bash
cd /tmp

if ! which lynx > /dev/null; then sudo apt-get install lynx -y; fi

if [ "$(getconf LONG_BIT)" == "64" ]; then arch=amd64; else arch=i386; fi

function download() {
   wget $(lynx -dump -listonly -dont-wrap-pre $kernelURL | grep "$1" | grep "$2" | grep "$arch" | cut -d ' ' -f 4)
}