SmackBook Pro Revisited (Part 1)

If you have read my earlier post and have gone to the blog where this SmackBook is essentially being developed, you will - more likely than not - be lost, like me. There are codes posted on there for Bash Shells and other command lines. What I was searching for was actually a single install file that would avoid all opening up of Terminal windows and typing in Perl scripts. On the 26th of May, "nivfreak" as he is nicknamed posted one such package. I downloaded it and installed it and have been very happy with the results.

Before going further, the SmackBook version that I am currently using is listed here in the blog. It provides the link to
http://ritalin.simplylinux.org/SmackBook-0_2a.zip, but I am giving the blog link because you should really read the blog. It's relatively simple installation after that. I am not saying that the other installs do not work or anything; I am happy with this install and have not tried the others.

Next, you will need to know what Desktop Manager is, otherwise there is no point in installing Smackbook. Desktop Manager allows you to have multiple virtual "desktops", and you can switch between them using hotkeys or menu bar clicks. See here for more info. AMS tracker is a program that reads the MacBook Pro's data from the motion sensor. And the SmackBook application is used to make sense of AMS Tracker's info and trigger the Desktop Manager to switch desktops accordingly. So you smack (actually tap) and the virtual desktop changes. That's all there is to this application, but it is cool....

OK so here is my setup. I use 3 "desktops" on my Desktop Manager: the Main Desktop, the Email Desktop, and the Web Browsing Desktop. When at work, I plug in my MBP to my external CRT monitor so that each virtual desktop actually has 2 screens (the MBP LCD screen and the CRT monitor). More on this in another post.....