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Top Ten Mac OS X Tips for Unix Geeks
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 tip: Use OS X CD to level wobbly computer desk!
[n8.r0n] http://petesweb.spymac.net/
Ooohh, baby...
I still think Aqua is pretty
You sound so gay.
you aint l337
-5q33z
hey now, i just upgradeed to MSN 8 i am ever so l337.
WTPOUAWYHTTOTWPA
What's the point of using acronyms when you have to type out the whole phrase anyways?
You sir, are and idiot...
I am a homosexual. I bought an Apple computer because of its well earned reputation for being "the" gay computer. Since I have become an Apple owner, I have been exposed to a whole new world of gay friends. It is really a pleasure to meet and compute with other homos such as myself. I plan on using my new Apple computer as a way to entice and recruit young schoolboys into the homosexual lifestyle; it would be so helpful if you could produce more software which would appeal to young boys. Thanks in advance.
with much gayness,
Father Randy "Pudge" O'Day, S.J.
Buh-bye commie liberal jewboy.
At a guess, the liberal Democrats in control of CNN had the story pulled for fear it would damage Wellstone's Senate campaign. While his liberal constituents have no problem with the Senator sucking the man-juice (and symbolically, the very life essence) of the pilot, the crucial independent "swing" voters would certainly object to that kind of behavior.
Fortunately, I've got the text of the story here:
Senator Wellstone Declares "Man-Juice Life-Saving and Delicious
Senator Wellstone was found alive beneath the charred remnants of his plane this afternoon. When asked how he survived the grueling ordeal, he exclaimed "The sweet salty taste of my pilot's semen granted me the superhuman strength I needed to survive! And to add a little zest, I also took a big bite out of his right buttock as he breathed his last! After all, he won't be doing much with it now that he's dead."
The pilot's relations had no comment when asked whether they thought the Senator forced fellatio, or if the life-saving blowjob was consentual sex.
Yes, it's hard to believe because it's not true...
Oh my goodness an inconsistency in user interface!
Quickly, someone mod him down for pointing it out.
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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.
Random is the New Order.
"ROTFLMAO"
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Refrain Of The Fag: Lick My Anus Often
Like macs being gay and unix not.
Poor people suck. Why would you want to admit you are poor.
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]
Apple laptops are effectively unusable for unix users.
I am a long-time Unix user. That means I need to have the Ctrl key to the left of the A key. This is a genuine need, not merely a want; it is based upon ergonomics. The Ctrl key is heavily used in unix, and it must be easily accessable. It cannot be off in the lower left corner of the keyboard where it is difficult to get at, and where it distorts the position of your left hand such that you can't easily type other keys while holding the Ctrl key down.
Apple desktop keyboards are now all USB. They are all OK. The CapsLock key can be re-mapped into a Ctrl key.
Unfortunately, even in this modern age, all Apple laptops have built-in ADB keyboards. The ADB keyboard is broken-by-design. It is, in general, not possible to remap the CapsLock key into a Ctrl key.
There are some exceptions, but they are horrible kludges. They are horrible kludges because the original design of the ADB keyboard was a horrible kludge. The correct solution would be for Apple to re-design their laptop motherboards to use built-in USB keyboards. This hasn't happened yet. If you run Linux, use Debian's solution. For Mac OS X users, uControl works. There are no solutions (that I know of) for either NetBSD or OpenBSD. Please note once again that the "solutions" above are in fact kludges, because of the original bad design of the ADB keyboard.
Apple is (currently) ignoring Unix users! This is not merely speculation on my part. In an on-going email exchange I am having with an Apple employee (whom I won't name) in their marketing department, the Apple marketing person directly stated to me that Apple was catering to their historic Mac customers, and is purposely ignoring the Unix market. He also claimed that Apple would soon start paying more attention to the Unix market. I won't hold my breath. Apple has been ignoring Unix users for more than 12 years. I expect that trend to continue. (Also note that my Apple contact indicated that Macs would never ship with a 3-button mouse, even though Apple intended to port almost all X-window software and deliver it either on a CD/DVD or installed directly on each Mac's hard drive. How Unix friendly is a 1-button mouse with X programs that often require 3 buttons?)
Apple has now lost two opportunities to sell me hardware. I really wanted an Apple laptop for their superior battery life, and for the PowerPC with Altivec CPU. (The Altivec is vastly superior to the x86 line for DSP.) Because I can't live with the broken-by-design built-in ADB keyboard in all Apple laptops, Sony and IBM sold me laptops instead. If Apple fixes this problem, they will sell me a PowerBook next year; if they don't, I'll still be running OpenBSD on x86 hardware, and wishing I could use a Mac.