In any operating system, it is possible for an internet user to monitor the bandwidth usage. This is useful to keep track of internet usage in case you have a maximum bandwidth cap or download limit. To begin you need to install a software called SurplusMeter on your OS X. SurplusMeter can be downloaded from here.

Ever spent hours searching the right picture to speak the thousand thoughts lingering in your head? Ever found creating the right look for your Office document more cumbersome than writing it? If yes, then you are reading the line that will lead you to the perfect solution of how you can search, copy, paste and smile - all within a few seconds before you know it!

It would be handy to have some method to know the Internet usage and the bandwidth availability, since most of the Internet providers limit the user with a cap transfer.

Netstat Live is one such application which gives the user, the available bandwidth, the throughput of download and upload data, irrespective of using either a modem, cable modem, DSL, or even local network.

gedit is one of the little gems that you can find in the default install of any of the major Linux distributions in which you have/can choose to install the Gnome desktop environment (Fedora, Mandriva, Mint, openSUSE, Ubuntu etc.)

You usually find it in your Applications menu, under the Accessories category, with the name of Text Editor.

As you can see in the screenshot the default layout and functionality is pretty basic.

We're going to change it to provide additional functionality needed for the daily usage as a web development editor.