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about:config settings to harden the Firefox browser. Privacy and performance enhancements.
To change these settings type 'about:config' in the url bar. Then search the setting you would like to change and modify the value. Some settings may break certain websites from functioning and rendering normally. Some settings may also make firefox unstable. I am not liable for any damages/loss of data.

Not all these changes are necessary and will be dependent upon your usage and hardware. Do some research on settings if you don't understand what they do. These settings are best combined with your standard privacy extensions (~~HTTPS Everywhere~~ No longer required: Enable HTTPS-Only Mode, NoScript/Request Policy, uBlock origin, agent spoofing, ~~Privacy Badger~~ etc), and all plugins set to "Ask To Activate".

Installing Ubuntu on a Mac

Desktop linux has been late to the show with high dpi support, but gnome seems to be leading the pack. I decided to try again. It's worked fairly well out of the box. Here are my steps if anyone wishes to repeat.

Booting into Ubuntu Live Image

Download the iso from http://ubuntugnome.org/ubuntu-gnome-14-10-is-released/
Insert usb stick, umount using diskutil and dd the image. (make sure to use the right devices when using dd, your setup may vary)

tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

tmux new -s myname

	from boto.utils import parse_ts
	from django.core.files.storage import get_storage_class
	from storages.backends.s3boto import S3BotoStorage

	"""
	make sure you have this setting
	AWS_PRELOAD_METADATA = True
	and that you have python-dateutils==1.5 installed
	"""