Pomona
While I love my shell-based Linux machines, I started working for
AppleCare phone tech support in December of 2002. Pomona was my first
Apple computer. I upgraded to a G5 iMac in 2005 and gave Pomona to my then
girlfriend (now wife), Ruth.
| SkilmNET iMac |
| CPU |
800 MHz PowerPC G4 |
| RAM |
512 MB |
| Storage |
80 GB IDE HDD and a Superdrive (DVD-R / CD-RW Combo) |
| Network Connection |
Built-in 10/100 Ethernet |
| OS |
Mac OS X 10.2.3 (eventually 10.4.11) |
| Kernel |
Darwin 6.8 |
| Services |
| telnet (telnetd) - Remote Access/Control |
| ssh (OpenSSH) - Remote Access/Control (encrypted) |
| dns server (BIND) - Name resolution (internal) |
| smb fileserver (Samba) |
Pomona's History
- Jan. 8, 2003 - Brought the SkilmNET iMac home from the Apple
Store in Towson,
MD. Setup and configured the machine for network access and
services.
- Feb. 14, 2003 - Updated pomona to Mac OS X 10.2.4. This also increased
the Darwin kernel version to 6.4.
- Mar. 12, 2003 - Installed a new 256 MB stick of RAM in pomona uping
the total amount of memory to 512 MB. This makes running VirtualPC
much more tolerable.
- Apr. 11, 2003 - Updated pomona to Mac OS X 10.2.5. This also increased
the Darwin kernel version to 6.5. Installed a few security updates for
sendmail, etc.
- May 15, 2003 - Updated pomona to Mac OS X 10.2.6. Darwin kernel
increased to version 6.6.
- June 29, 2003 - Added a printer to pomona. She now shares an HP
Photosmart 7350 with the other Macs in the house. Still working on
a way to get it to play nice with Windoze...
- July 7, 2003 - Installed new version of Webmin
(1.100) remote admin utility.
- Sept. 23, 2003 - Updated to Mac OS X 10.2.8. Darwin kernel increased
to version 6.8.
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You can learn more about Mac OS X, the commercial operating system from
Apple, at this
website.
For those curious about the open source core of Mac OS X, Darwin,
you can read more here.