Rui Carmo
the.taoofmac.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2009
Rui Carmo, a Portuguese technologist, writes the Tao of Mac about Macs, ARM boards, Linux, and tech in Portugal.
What HN saysHN commenters call him a source of good advice and link his Mac switching guide and notes on running Linux on small devices.
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abrowne · 2014-04-10
I've been looking at MEO Cloud[1]. It's by Sapo.pt, a part of Portugal Telecom. I first saw it recommended by Rui Carmo of Tao of Mac[2], who I've generally thought offers good advice. (He also is Portuguese...) And, they offer a Linux download unlike most other alternatives.
[1]: https://meocloud.pt/
[2]: http://the.taoofmac.com/
[Edited for clarity and fixed links.]
rcarmo · 2014-12-14
This should run most of the existing Ubuntu and Android images without any hassle. Having owned an ODROID-U2 for a long while now, I can tell you that these things run Ubuntu 14.04 like a dream (except for the lack of OpenGL - you only get ES) and Android works great:
http://the.taoofmac.com/space/blog/2013/02/10/1230
(Mine is now running Ubuntu only, and the only gripe I have is that the kernel currently lacks enough group support to run Docker - that's only a recompile away, but I like my uptime...)
ditados · 2013-02-10
The OP obviously never read this: http://the.taoofmac.com/space/HOWTO/Switch
(Covers all his gripes and a few more - the bit about Alt-Tab and some of the Quicksilver tips are amazing)
leephillips · 2013-05-15
Maybe not "daily", but very frequently: here is a small selection of some of the small sites on my newsblur newsfeed list: [0]
http://www.jamesaltucher.com : Much self-pity, but also sometimes quite funny.
http://www.astrobio.net/latestnews_rss/news.xml : Is there life on other planets?
http://kaygun.tumblr.com/
http://www.friday.com/bbum : Coding, hardware projects, generally interesting.
http://bestyoucanbe.blogspot.com/ : Insights into the education system in regard to the raising of his neurologically non-typical son.
http://blog.lmorchard.com
http://ex-muslim.org.uk : Oppression of atheists in the Muslim world.
http://clojurefun.wordpress.com : Clojure!
http://scientopia.org/blogs/goodmath : Bad science, denialism.
http://blog.willbenton.com : Music, logic, programming, etc.
http://www.groklaw.net : Maybe not "small"; detailed analysis of important legal cases.
http://hicksdesign.co.uk/journal : Web design.
http://www.holovaty.com/ : "I'm co-creator and co-Benevolent Dictator For Life of the open-source Django Web framework"
http://prometheus.med.utah.edu/~bwjones : Combines talented photography, photoessays, and study of the retina.
http://lee-phillips.org : I regularly check my site to see if it's still working.
http://chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca : Language issues; can be amusing or stupid.
http://freethoughtblogs.com/maryamnamazie : Freedom for women in the Muslim world.
http://math-blog.com : Infrequently updated, but often…
Maxious · 2013-04-29
To be clear (because I was wondering why all these commands were required), installing a version of Ubuntu on your phone just requires Complete Linux Installer http://the.taoofmac.com/space/blog/2013/03/30/2107 (and busybox and loopback filesystem etc.)
This post is specifically about creating a new image from scratch to use with the Complete Linux Installer rather than using the ones that are provided for download in the app.
tlrobinson · 2009-05-07
Netgrowl is a Python library: http://the.taoofmac.com/space/Projects/netgrowl
Here's an example I threw together: http://tlrobinson.net/blog/2008/09/01/adding-growl-notifications-to-fa…