extremely roundabout way of writing to NTFS usb HDD on MacOS Lion

This is an extremely roundabout way of writing to NTFS usb HDD on MacOS Lion ...
Install Virtualbox and the extension pack (via extensions sub menu)
Install any Win OS as a virtual machine,
use USB filters to capture the USB HDD for the windows host

use local file sharing to transfer files from local disk to the USB HDD.

YMMV .... lemme know if you need details will post more later

bash_profile bashrc Mac users think differently

Been trying to hack my Macbook to replace my Ubuntu work environment.
although MOST things are portable .. but I am finding that Mac users actually live with a lot of inconveniences for which there are hacks / solutions ..

like the aerosnap feature in Win7?
do yourself a favour and get this
https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt


One thing that brings a chuckle to my face.
There's a lot of sites that 'solves' the missing bashrc problem by inserting in the the bash_profile that 'Mac uses instead'
http://superuser.com/questions/147043/where-to-find-the-bashrc-file-on-mac-os-x-snow-leopard-and-lion

Oh gosh just rename your bashrc to bash_profile and hope ur bash customizations ain't Mac averse

I am still trying to find how to write to NTFS in Lion .... I can't believe that if it's working fine in Ubuntu I might possibly have to fork out money to implement this. Seriously Apple should just pay for the NTFS licence just to make the point that Mac is friendlier to multi platforms OR allow users to implement NTFS write with the caveat that it's a reverse engineered hack


Update:
vim syntax isn't turned on by default (WHY??)
quick fix

cp  /usr/share/vim/vim73/vimrc_example.vim ~/.vimrc

context coloring in bash Terminal (Why would Mac ship with default B&W color schemes?)
http://superuser.com/questions/324207/how-do-i-get-context-coloring-in-mac-os-x-terminal
Check out the link above,
essentially insert these 2 lines

export CLICOLOR=1export LSCOLORS=GxFxCxDxBxegedabagaced

into your .bash_profile (not .profile )

Note: when working with vim, try to remember that crtl works as control and command is as per Linux / Win (not fun to mix up the keys on important documents)

add this alias will keep you from pulling your hair out when working in Mac and Linux environments

alias md5sum='md5 -r'

Note that it will mean nothing in Linux
But if you liked to use 'md5sum -c' like me, you might have to install md5sum proper :( I am delaying this but I don't think looking md5sums by eye is fun or accurate)

No fuse-ntfs-3g on CentOS 5.4!!

[root@node00 ~]# yum install fuse fuse-ntfs-3g
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * addons: mirror.usonyx.net
 * base: mirror.usonyx.net
 * extras: mirror.usonyx.net
 * updates: mirror.usonyx.net
Setting up Install Process
Package fuse-2.7.4-8.el5.x86_64 already installed and latest version
No package fuse-ntfs-3g available.
Nothing to do

What????????
This is so sad.... apparently ntfs is broken from 5.2 onwards.. How can this happen?