http://dryice.name/blog Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:01:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is ideal if we can live in a Unix only world. However sometimes we'll need MS windows. In this part we'll talk about using OpenSSH, or SSH in general, on MS Windows platform. On the OpenSSH Alternatives for Windows page, there is a list of available free/open source software. ... http://dryice.name/blog/freebsd/835/ Well, although I have no problem using IPod on my FreeBSD box, I got another question: my wife want to manager her IPod on her company notebook, which runs Windows and not allowed to install iTunes. After some digging on the Internet, I found Yet another iPod manager. It runs on ... http://dryice.name/blog/misc/ipod-again/ Well keeping an USB key with my is pretty convience. It is pretty convience for the virus to travel via my USB key too. So having an anti-virus software on my USB key is a must. And what I found is portable clamwin. Like most anti-virus software it can download the ... http://dryice.name/blog/usb_key/portable-anti-virus-software/ Well it's easy to get more and more apps with me on an USB key, it is not easy to start them: I'll need to go through the folders and find the .exe that I want. pstart fixed this. It is a program starter, and build with USB key in mind. ... http://dryice.name/blog/usb_key/pstart-starter-for-usb-key/ The first thought that I need a USB key is that I'll need to maintain my servers in case of emergency, not in front of my desktop. As my servers are running FreeBSD, the most important thing I'll need is a SSH client. Among the open source clients, sshwindows and putty ... http://dryice.name/blog/usb_key/ssh-client/ As most people who don't use M$ windows as their desktop, Firefox is my favirot web browser. It is a good idea to keep one on my USB key. Fortnately someone has done a binary build that suitable for a USB key, that is Portable Firefox. It is in pretty good ... http://dryice.name/blog/usb_key/portable-firefox/ The first thing for my USB key is a good editor, and this turns out to be the hardest. As I am an Emacs user, the idea thing is to bring Emacs with me. However, it is too laaaarge for a USB key. It'll take half of my 256M key, and ... http://dryice.name/blog/usb_key/the-choice-of-editor/ Well as my notebook is getting old, and pretty heavy, I'm trying to find out a way to do my work when I'm not in front of my desktop. A USB key looks like the most light weight solution so late last year I've got my self a unibit 256M one. ... http://dryice.name/blog/usb_key/my-usb-key/