Category: Sysadmin

System administration is a special are of IT. It also has a special place in my heart. It is an interesting mixture of all the other disciplines, both common across the whole industry, and at the same time unique for each person, company, and geographical location. When I have something to say or share about system administration, I use this category.

Synergy – just move your mouse from one screen to another

Synergy – just move your mouse from one screen to another

Synergy lets you easily share your mouse and keyboard between multiple computers on your desk, and it’s Free and Open Source. Just move your mouse off the edge of one computer’s screen on to another. You can even share all of your clipboards. All you need is a network connection. Synergy is cross-platform (works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux).

ansifilter – ANSI control sequence converter

ansifilter – ANSI control sequence converter

This handy utility is useful for when you need to convert some text with ANSI control sequences into plain text or some other format, like HTML.   While there, also have a look at highlight script.