[ale] OSX

[Robert E. Karaffa, II]

Since I dropped/busted the last G4 TiBook my employer so thoughtfully bought
for me (actually, the LCD is hosed, the book itself is fine), the
replacement came with OS X installed.  It also had OS 9, which I had been
using until I started playing with X.  I installed Jaguar, which is very
nice, and am now hooked.  Yes, there is a command-line utility.  It can be
found in the Apps/Utilities folder on the hard drive (it's called
"Terminal").  I'm not much of a command-line person, but I finally learnt
how to nfs mount my Linux box so that I could store my ripped CDs via
iTunes.  Works like a charm, and fast, too.  However, I haven't learned how
to nfs mount the same Linux share via Airport!  I can do it hardwired...

-Bob K.


on 10/26/02 10:27 AM, Fletch at fletch at phydeaux.org wrote:

>>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Cross <decius at whack.org> writes:
> 
>   Tom> Is there anyone on this list who has taken on OSX?  I'm
>   Tom> interested in getting a real critical view of the platform
>   Tom> from a UNIX person. Most of what I've seen is marketing hype,
> [...]
> 
> 
>       I haven't personally, but I know of several `UNIX people'
> who've gotten TiBooks and rave about them.  I've been tempted enough
> to try and convince (to no avail so far) work to get me a TiBook
> (because we need an OSX box in house for testing anyhow of course :).
> 
> 
>       As for package management, for open source stuff there's fink
> which is based on the Debian dpkg and apt-get.
> 
> http://fink.sourceforge.net/index.php
> 

-- 
**************************
Robert E. Karaffa, II
Technical Director
Emory University
Flow Cytometry Core Facility
954 Gatewood Dr.
Atlanta, Ga 30329
voice: 404/712-4429
e-mail: rkaraff at emory.edu
**************************


---
This message has been sent through the ALE general discussion list.
See http://www.ale.org/mailing-lists.shtml for more info. Problems should be 
sent to listmaster at ale dot org.