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Theming Slack for OSX

(revised)

So, you love Slack, but you hate applications with large white backgrounds? Why not use Dark Mode!

Unfortunately, Slack does not have a Dark Mode, although it's on their list of possibilities.

But, don't fret - there is a solution! Because the slack native desktop apps are just wrappers around a web app, we can inject our own CSS to customize the application to our liking.

Install and configure Sendmail on Ubuntu

This should help you get Sendmail installed with basic configuration on Ubuntu.

If sendmail isn't installed, install it: sudo apt-get install sendmail
Configure /etc/hosts file: nano /etc/hosts
Make sure the line looks like this: 127.0.0.1 localhost yourhostname
Run Sendmail's config and answer 'Y' to everything: sudo sendmailconfig
Restart apache sudo service apache2 restart
$ echo "Subject: sendmail test" | sendmail -v SOMETHING@SOMEMAIL.COM

Setting up and installing rbenv, ruby-build, rubies, rbenv-gemset, and bundler

This guide enables you to install (ruby-build) and use (rbenv) multiple versions of ruby, isolate project gems (gemsets and/or bundler), and automatically use appropriate combinations of rubies and gems.

TL;DR Demo

# Ensure system is in ship-shape.

aptitude install git zsh libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libreadline-dev libyaml-dev

	#msgs_scroller_div::-webkit-scrollbar-track, #client_body::before, .client_container,
	#search_terms, #client_body, #footer, ts-message, .channel_header, ts-jumper ts-jumper-container,
	ts-jumper input[type="text"],
	.supports_custom_scrollbar:not(.slim_scrollbar) #col_channels:hover #channels_scroller::-webkit-scrollbar-track,
	.feature_sli_file_search #search_results.all, .feature_sli_file_search #search_results.messages,
	.feature_sli_file_search #search_results.files{
	background: #333 !important;
	}

	.feature_sli_file_search #search_results.all .search_message_result, .feature_sli_file_search #search_results.messages .search_message_result,

	#
	# 2 - REVERSAL
	#
	# The quickest way to reverse an array is to swap elements at either end, and repeat
	# while moving up from the left and down from the right.
	#
	# [ a b c d e f ]
	# [ f a ] - Step 1 we switched A[0] with A[-1]
	# [ e b ] - Step 2 we switched A[1] with A[-2]
	# [ d c ] - Step 3 we switched A[2] with A[-3]

	#!/bin/bash

	# IMPORTANT: You will need to disable SIP aka Rootless in order to fully execute this script, you can reenable it after.
	# WARNING: It might disable things that you may not like. Please double check the services in the TODISABLE vars.

	# Get active services: launchctl list \| grep -v "\-\t0"
	# Find a service: grep -lR [service] /System/Library/Launch* /Library/Launch* ~/Library/LaunchAgents

	# Agents to disable
	TODISABLE=('com.apple.security.keychainsyncingoveridsproxy' 'com.apple.personad' 'com.apple.passd' 'com.apple.screensharing.MessagesAgent' 'com.apple.CommCenter-osx' 'com.apple.Maps.mapspushd' 'com.apple.Maps.pushdaemon' 'com.apple.photoanalysisd' 'com.apple.telephonyutilities.callservicesd' 'com.apple.AirPlayUIAgent' 'com.apple.AirPortBaseStationAgent' 'com.apple.CalendarAgent' 'com.apple.DictationIM' 'com.apple.iCloudUserNotifications' 'com.apple.familycircled' 'com.apple.familycontrols.useragent' 'com.apple.familynotificationd' 'com.apple.gamed' 'com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.findmydevi

	# first:
	lsbom -f -l -s -pf /var/db/receipts/org.nodejs.pkg.bom \| while read f; do sudo rm /usr/local/${f}; done
	sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node /usr/local/lib/node_modules /var/db/receipts/org.nodejs.*

	# To recap, the best way (I've found) to completely uninstall node + npm is to do the following:

	# go to /usr/local/lib and delete any node and node_modules
	cd /usr/local/lib
	sudo rm -rf node*

	#!/usr/bin/env bash

	# SEE YOU SPACE COWBOY by DANIEL REHN (danielrehn.com)
	# Displays a timeless message in your terminal with cosmic color effects

	# Usage: add "sh ~/seeyouspacecowboy.sh; sleep 2" to .bash_logout (or similar) in your home directory
	# (adjust the sleep variable to display the message for more seconds)

	# Cosmic color sequence