ssh

I like using iTerm on the Mac (http://iterm.sourceforge.net) for SSH because it offers a number of improvements over the builtin terminal app. But one hassle is that the delete key (it's Delete on MacBooks, Backspace on Apple keyboards), when SSH'd into a Linux box, doesn't delete the character to the left but instead the character to the right. Here's how to change that:

if you've noticed that ssh connections seem to take a *long* time using Tiger you may need to apply the following fix, which has made life move a little mo' smoothly for me: