A bit off topic, but I know there are a lot of smart Mac evangelists on the list so I thought I''d pose the question here. I made the switch to OS X after Apple moved to the x86 platform. Now that VMWare can be ported to OS X, it''s a practical platform for me. I''m an ex *nix admin, so I ''get the drift''; however, I''m looking for a good guide to OSX to help the transition. Not so much a ''dummies'' guide on how to organize the family photos, but something outlining idiomatic usage for productivity-intensive use such as software development. Any tips? Thanks -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Rui Carmo''s HOWTO Switch to the Mac is pretty good. It is not focused on programming, but I find it very useful. http://the.taoofmac.com/space/HOWTO/Switch%20To%20The%20Mac Congratulations on your switch. On 4/26/06, John <jwalker@gmail.com> wrote:> A bit off topic, but I know there are a lot of smart Mac evangelists on > the list so I thought I''d pose the question here. > > I made the switch to OS X after Apple moved to the x86 platform. Now > that VMWare can be ported to OS X, it''s a practical platform for me. > > I''m an ex *nix admin, so I ''get the drift''; however, I''m looking for a > good guide to OSX to help the transition. Not so much a ''dummies'' guide > on how to organize the family photos, but something outlining idiomatic > usage for productivity-intensive use such as software development. > > Any tips? > > Thanks > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >-- Eduardo Fern?ndez Corrales - 0xefc.com
O''Reilly has some really really good titles for you. Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks, for example, is a great read. Running Mac OS X Tiger is good, but not as advanced. And of course, the Tiger Nutshell book by them is a great reference, like most of the nutshell books. -ray On 4/26/06, Eduardo Fernandez Corrales <eduardo.fernandez@gmail.com> wrote:> Rui Carmo''s HOWTO Switch to the Mac is pretty good. It is not focused > on programming, but I find it very useful. > > http://the.taoofmac.com/space/HOWTO/Switch%20To%20The%20Mac > > Congratulations on your switch. > > > On 4/26/06, John <jwalker@gmail.com> wrote: > > A bit off topic, but I know there are a lot of smart Mac evangelists on > > the list so I thought I''d pose the question here. > > > > I made the switch to OS X after Apple moved to the x86 platform. Now > > that VMWare can be ported to OS X, it''s a practical platform for me. > > > > I''m an ex *nix admin, so I ''get the drift''; however, I''m looking for a > > good guide to OSX to help the transition. Not so much a ''dummies'' guide > > on how to organize the family photos, but something outlining idiomatic > > usage for productivity-intensive use such as software development. > > > > Any tips? > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > _______________________________________________ > > Rails mailing list > > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > > > > -- > Eduardo Fern?ndez Corrales - 0xefc.com > > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails > > >
On Apr 26, 2006, at 10:13 AM, John wrote:> A bit off topic, but I know there are a lot of smart Mac > evangelists on > the list so I thought I''d pose the question here. > > I made the switch to OS X after Apple moved to the x86 platform. Now > that VMWare can be ported to OS X, it''s a practical platform for me.No need to wait for VMWare: http://www.parallels.com/en/products/workstation/mac/ -- -- Tom Mornini
> I''m an ex *nix admin, so I ''get the drift''; however, I''m > looking for a good guide to OSX to help the transition. Not > so much a ''dummies'' guide on how to organize the family > photos, but something outlining idiomatic usage for > productivity-intensive use such as software development.Welcome to the cult. :-) I''d be interested in hearing from others, too, but I don''t think you''ll find so much as a complete idiomatic guide but rather, good advice in bits and pieces relevant to your specific needs. One thing that really helped me was the O''Reilly''s "Mac OS X for Unix Geeks" that Ray mentions. I know you''re an experienced *nix admin but OS X is a little different from the usual *BSD directory set-up and it also differs in user management and with service/daemon management (launchd is awesome!). Additionally, there are Mac OS X-specific BASH commands like ''fs_usage'' and you can find a pretty complete list here: www.ss64.com/osx Another example of how Mac OS X is a little different: it''s generally a good idea to edit Apache''s httpd.conf file in: /etc/httpd/users/your-use-name.conf ...instead of /etc/httpd/httpd.conf to be "upgrade safe" although both files are there. For setting up your Rails and/or web development environment, www.hivelogic.com is a pretty good source as is www.entropy.ch/software/macosx. And of course, all technically-inclined Mac users should read daringfireball.net. And finally, if you have specific questions, the other folks on this list will no doubt have some good advice for you.