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Mac for Linux Geeks

AUTHOR Steidler-Dennison, Tony
PUBLISHER Apress (01/30/2009)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)
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Some might say we all want Linux with an OS X graphical user interface. Mac for Linux Geeks will assist you step by step in migrating from Linux-based systems to OS X. Dual booting, virtualization, and building out the Linux environment on OS X are discussed in detail, along with a comparative view of well-known Mac tools and their open source equivalents. Written for daily use, this concise and dependable guide will steer you across the technical landscape from your chosen Linux flavor to the OS X promised land.

  • Live with OS X, but work with Linux tools
  • Make the OS X-Linux hybrid a reality
  • Use Mac tools where possible and free software where appropriate
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ISBN-13: 9781430216506
ISBN-10: 1430216506
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 296
Carton Quantity: 14
Product Dimensions: 7.02 x 0.73 x 9.24 inches
Weight: 1.25 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
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BISAC Categories
Computers | Software Development & Engineering - General
Computers | Programming - Macintosh
Computers | Operating Systems - Mac OS
Dewey Decimal: 005.432
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Designed to assist professionals step by step in migrating from Linux-based systems to OS X, this concise and dependable guide discusses dual booting, virtualization, and building out the Linux environment on OS X, along with a comparative view of well-known Mac tools and their open source equivalents.
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Some might say we all want Linux with an OS X graphical user interface. Mac for Linux Geeks will assist you step by step in migrating from Linux-based systems to OS X. Dual booting, virtualization, and building out the Linux environment on OS X are discussed in detail, along with a comparative view of well-known Mac tools and their open source equivalents. Written for daily use, this concise and dependable guide will steer you across the technical landscape from your chosen Linux flavor to the OS X promised land.

  • Live with OS X, but work with Linux tools
  • Make the OS X-Linux hybrid a reality
  • Use Mac tools where possible and free software where appropriate
Show More
Author: Steidler-Dennison, Tony
Tony Steidler-Dennison is a longtime Linux user, dating his first experience with Linux back to 1996. He's used Linux as his sole operating system at home, developed software on Linux systems, and administered such systems in environments as diverse as robotic telescope control, online shopping, presidential politics, and commercial aviation. Tony has coauthored two books on Linux and over the years, he's written more than a dozen magazine articles on topics from Drupal and content management systems to podcasting with open source tools. Since February 2005, he's engineered and hosted "The Roadhouse Podcast," a weekly hour of "the finest blues you've never heard." Since the purchase of an Intel-based Mac Mini, Tony has become both obsessed and fascinated with the operating system he calls "Linux with a pretty face."

Tony is currently an avionics systems engineer with Rockwell Collins, Inc. in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, engineering open source solutions in the commercial aviation industry.

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