• Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server,  Mac Security,  Ubuntu,  Unix

    Basic Git Usage

    Previously we looked at installing Git on Mac OS X. Now let’s take a look at using it. The first step is to add a new local git repository that looks to a remote repository. In the following example I’m going to add a local repository called custom-safari based on the git repository at packages/custom-safari on git.krypted.com. git remote add custom-safari git://https://krypted.com//packages/custom-safari.git Next make sure you’re using the latest from the repository: git pull Then checkout from the master git branch: git checkout -b custom-safari/master Now pull the files you’ve checked out: git pull custom-safari master Now you can do your work. Edit the files, wok on them and when…

  • Windows XP

    Windows Steady State

    The typical school lab: We want to update an image once a quarter or once a year, deploy it and have nothing change between quarters. In Microsoft Windows, there are about as many ways to go about this as there are IT guys. Some will use Altiris or something like that to reimage the machines every night. Others will use policies to lock everyone out of everything and trust that. But what if you don’t have a dedicated IT staff and honestly don’t really have the time to deal with it in a smaller lab environment. Well, introduce Microsoft’s Steady State (it’s actually been around for awhile, getting renamed every…