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Top Ten Mac OS X Tips for Unix Geeks

Posted by michael on from the um,-install-debian-instead? dept.

Lisa writes "There are big differences between Mac OS X and Unix machines. In this MacDevCenter article, Brian Jepson has assembled ten tips to help achieve a smooth transition from Unix to OS X."

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  1. Re:Number eleven by standsolid · · Score: 0, Troll

    hey now, i just upgradeed to MSN 8 i am ever so l337.

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  2. Re:Talk about bad design... by brad-x · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh my goodness an inconsistency in user interface!

    Quickly, someone mod him down for pointing it out.

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  3. Re:tell me WHY before WHAT by Drakonian · · Score: 1, Troll

    If you are perfectly happy with your command line then stay with Linux/Unix. Switch to OS X if you want to be able to run Photoshop, Office, Illustrator, etc.

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  4. OS X is NOT Unix by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why? Filenames with spaces EVERYWHERE break a lot of scripts and unix commands. Mac line endings break scripts. The "unixlike" backend of OS X is a bastardized version of BSD that should not even exist. The best thing you can do is get a shell open and SSH into a real UNIX. For your sanity!! Even their gui is less intuitive than Windows.

    [this sent from an Emac running OS X 10.1.5 so I know what I'm talking about]