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O'Reilly Publishing Mac OS X for Unix Geeks

Posted by pudge on from the sweet-unix-luvin dept.

vi-rocks writes "A new O'Reilly book is due for release in October: Mac OS X for Unix Geeks. Brian Jepson and Ernest Rothman are the authors. Details about the book (including a sample chapter) are available on the website. Note the sash on the top right hand of the cover reads 'Switching to Mac OS X.' They say you can't judge a book by it cover -- HUMBUG!, I've already pre-ordered :)" The sample chapter information on NetInfo has helped me already.

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  1. pudgefacker by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I hate the world,
    I hate the children,
    I hate the fucks who always mod me down,
    and don't stop living...

  2. META: Please flag PDF-links by RobotWisdom · · Score: 2, Offtopic
    In my ongoing campaign to encourage the creation of a styleguide for Slashdot blurbs, I'd like to point out again that the link to the sample chapter in this blurb will be a 'gotcha' for many readers, who need to give PDFs special handling (or skip them).

    Just marking it [pdf] would be a big help, for minimal effort. (See my other recent replies for similar style suggestions.)

    1. Re:META: Please flag PDF-links by RobotWisdom · · Score: 1, Offtopic
      "tons of explicit metadata"

      The rule is very simple: minimise 'gotchas'. Any non-standard file-format deserves explicit tagging.

      "Look at your browser's status bar"

      This is just inconsiderate interface-design. Nobody really wants to have to hover-and-peek before every click.

  3. Linux users would switch.... by fault0 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    if apple gave us free mac hardware :)

    1. Re:Linux users would switch.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      you are stupid

  4. Re: news for nerds, not news for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    (I)it says... (A)and... that, (i)It...

    Do you spray spit when you speak?

  5. Re:This is slashdot by noewun · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And for shits and grins, I haven't paid for Apple system software since, well, since ever, including 10.2.

    --
    I am a believer of momentum and curves.
  6. Re: news for nerds, not news for... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes.