You don't have to be a slave to OS X! Here's a guide to a sane dual-booting setup with Ubuntu 12.10 on your shiny MacBook Air. This is written and tested for a MacBook Air 5,2 (Mid 2012), but likely works the same with any modern Macbook.
Install according to instructions at this URL:
| function standup(){ | |
| open -a Safari.app 'http://www4.gotomeeting.com/join/757080295' | |
| } | |
| function tech_talk(){ | |
| open -a Safari.app "https://www4.gotomeeting.com/join/495279919" | |
| } | |
| function book_club(){ |
| alias copy_empty_dir_tree='find . -type d | xargs mkdir -p ' |
| replaceDoubleByteChars: (str) -> | |
| result = for char in str.split('') | |
| @charMap[char.charCodeAt(0)] || char | |
| result.join('') |
| # Run with: rake environment elasticsearch:reindex | |
| namespace :elasticsearch do | |
| desc "re-index elasticsearch" | |
| task :reindex => :environment do | |
| klass = Place | |
| ENV['CLASS'] = klass.name | |
| ENV['INDEX'] = new_index = klass.tire.index.name << '_' << Time.now.strftime('%Y%m%d%H%M%S') |
| " project specific vimrcs | |
| " ie in root of project have a .vimrc that will be sourced in addition to the | |
| " ~/.vimrc | |
| set exrc | |
| set secure |
| alias idg_restart='idg stop && sleep 2 && idg startup' | |
| alias iss='idg stop && sleep 2 && idg start' | |
| alias issmdot='idg stop && sleep 2 && idg start mdot' | |
| alias ix='idg stop' | |
| alias dns_flush='dscacheutil -flushcache;sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder' | |
| alias pivotal_number="git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD | egrep -o '\d+'| head -n 1 | tr -d '\n'" | |
| alias pivotal_copy="pivotal_number | pbcopy" | |
| alias jj="jam upgrade && jam install" | |
| alias remove_vcr_cassettes="rm -rf spec/vcr_cassettes/*.yml" |
| git clone git@github.com:zph/trello-archiver.git | |
| cd trello-archiver | |
| vim config.example.yml # Add credentials to file | |
| mv config.example.yml config.yml | |
| ruby -v | |
| rvm use 1.9.3-p484 # Any version 1.9 or > will work. It's more annoying to get it working with the 'system ruby' | |
| bundle install | |
| bundle exec ruby bin/trello_backup.rb |
| gem 'jruby-jars', JRUBY_VERSION # prevent warbler from requesting version greater than JRUBY_VERSION | |
| gem 'warbler', '1.3.6' | |
| gem 'activerecord-jdbcsqlite3-adapter' | |
| gem 'jruby-openssl', require: false |
| " resize current buffer by +/- 5 | |
| nnoremap <C-left> :vertical resize +3<cr> | |
| nnoremap <C-down> :resize +3<cr> | |
| nnoremap <C-up> :resize -3<cr> | |
| nnoremap <C-right> :vertical resize -3<cr>" |