Mac for Linux Geeks

by Tony Steidler-Dennison

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781430216506
Publisher:	Apress
Publication date:	01/30/2009
Series:	Expert's Voice in Open Source
Edition description:	1st ed.
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

The Backstory.- The Comparison: Linux vs. Mac OS X.- Dual-Booting and Virtualization.- Building Out the Linux Environment.- Using the Many Apple and Linux Tools.- Routine Mac OS X System Administration.- Backup, Security, and Automation.- Mac OS X and Code.- Hybridizing Your System.