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shiny new mac - getting started

#Things to install on new MacBooks to make moar awesome

##Install these

  1. iTerm - terminal replacement
  2. Alfred - spotlight replacement and uber useful tool
  3. Git - Because you do version control the right way
  4. Oh My Zsh - Lets make your bash usable
  5. Sublime Text 2 - Best text editor ever (unless you're a vim gimp)
  6. Package Control - Package manager for ST2
  7. Virtual Box - VMs that work pretty well
  8. CyberDuck - General purpose SFTP/FTP/S3/Whatever client
  9. Spectacles - Organise your windows
  10. iStat Menus - really useful system metrics

##Do these things

  1. Generate an 4096 bit SSH key ssh-keygen -b 4096
  2. Create an SSH config file - See (here)[http://nerderati.com/2011/03/simplify-your-life-with-an-ssh-config-file/] for an example
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