[nylug-talk] My PC laptop dies. I am having to use a Mac.

[Brandorr]

Check this out: http://blog.medallia.com/2006/05/smacbook_pro.html

This is a cool virtual desktop concept.

On 10/20/07, H. G. <tekronis at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/20/07, Brandorr <brandorr at opensolaris.org> wrote:
> >
> > Well, I need to know:
> >
> > - Fusion or Parallels?
>
>
> Parallels.  (But really, choose to your taste.)
>
> - How do you do system administration of the underlying OS?
>
>
> Depends.  What are you trying to do?  Its designed to be stupid simple.
> Don't like an app? Drag it out of Applications and into the Trash bin.
> Passwords and users are managed by NIS(I think).  So to get at user,
> group and etc. information, you'd use the 'nicl' utility.
>
> 'nicl . -list /' will give you a readout of the top level NetInfo directories.
> 'nicl . -list /users' shows you the users the system recognizes.
>
> - What is the best browser? Opera, Safari, Ffox, or Camino
>
>
> Again, your taste.  (I'd recommend Opera.)
>
> - Are there any good IMAP clients that index your stores for fast searching?
>
>
> Grab your favorite open source imap client using MacPorts or Fink.
>
> - Is fink the way to go for Opensource apps?
>
>
> Up to you.  I use MacPorts.
>
> - What is the best terminal program?
>
>
> iTerm (http://iterm.sf.net)
>
> - What is the best program for keyboard shortcuts? (I want to be able
> > to pop up terminal windows with a few keystrokes.)
>
>
> Quicksilver. (http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/
> ) It will take some getting used
> to, but Quicksilver is _the_ way of doing this on the Mac.
>
> - What the heck is widgets/dashboard? It seems like a waste.
>
>
> Agreed.  You can Google around to find an article telling you how to
> disable them.
> Though some websites do provide widgets which will run in your Dashboard, so
> its not _entirely_ pointless.  You can run iStat Pro in your Daskboard to
> give you
> running 'top' information: see which processes are consuming the most
> memory,
> CPU time, available disk space, network activity, etc.
> (http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/status/istatpro.html)
>
> - Are iCal, iChat, etc worth using?
>
>
> *shrugs*  Only way to find out is to try.  You can always remove them if you
> despise
> them.
>
> - What is supposed to be so good about Mac OS X?
>
>
> Nice GUI + UNIX infrastructure, with a lot of the standards you'd
> expect from a UNIX
> machine.  All your favorite programming environments are easily
> accessible in a terminal
> (many terminal apps to choose from); there is also the integrated X
> server.  Not the
> newest X around, but it does quite well for SSH X sessions.  Run Photoshop
> and Illustrator
> problem-free while at the same time spawning a make process with gcc
> instances crunching
> away.
>
> - RSS Reader?
>
>
> Got me there.  (Safari?)
>
> - I hear that Macs make good developer laptops. Why?
>
>
> Same answer as the "whats supposed to be so good about them".
> UNIX programming environment with the addition of an nice GUI
> if you need it.  If you want to use Mac native tools and compilers,
> you can download Xcode.  If you want GNU stuff instead, you can
> get it through Fink or Macports.
>
>
> - Are there any "must have" apps I should go download?
>
>
> For media, there is VLC, if you want, but if you'd prefer to use Apple's
> own player (Quicktime), you can download Perian (http://perian.org/) to
> give Quicktime support for more formats, ie., Windows stuff and DivX
> stuff.  I think Colloquy is a decent and pleasant IRC client.  Nowhere
> _near_ as powerful as irssi, and I don't think it packs half the features
> of XChat, but it will do the job nicely if all you want to do is just chat.
> (http://colloquy.info/)  I recommended iTerm already; its a better
> Terminal than Terminal.app, which is the native Mac OS X Terminal
> accessible under 'Applications/Utilities'.  Also, a lot of Mac programmers
> swear by Textmate, (http://macromates.com/), but if you're a vim or
> emacs man, then just pop it up in iTerm.  I know I might be forgetting
> some, you'll get more suggestions from others.
>
> Oh, yes, the excellent iStat Menus.  If you hate the Dashboard, then
> iStat Menus (http://www.iSlayer.com) will give you running top information
> in your menubar, at the top of your screen.  You get one-click drop down
> menu info on CPU, disk, memory, network, time, whatever.  Its nice.
>
> P.S. I didn't break my Viao on purpose, it's just that my hd is
> > spewing smart errors.
>
>
> My condolences.
>
> On 10/20/07, Zachary Whitley <mail at zacharywhitley.com> wrote:
> > > Brandorr wrote:
> > > > Anyone know a UG or mailing list where I can get help?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > What exactly is the problem?
> > >
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