Category Archives: Linux

Simulate iPhone Safari (MobileSafari) on PC/Mac

December 14, 2007 – 12:38 pm

The method introduced here is illustrated on a Linux box, you may do the same on BSD, OS X, or any other OS’es as long as wget is installed.
Why Simulate MobileSafari ?
Because I’d like to download the applications using PC/Mac, then transfer to iPhone through SSH, this is much faster than installing directly on iPhone [...]

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Understanding memory usage on Linux

March 5, 2007 – 2:49 pm

This entry is for those people who have ever wondered, “Why the hell is a simple KDE text editor taking up 25 megabytes of memory?” Many people are led to believe that many Linux applications, especially KDE or Gnome programs, are “bloated” based solely upon what tools like ps report. While this may or may [...]

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