On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 5:35 PM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Scott Granneman <[email protected]> wrote: >> If you're using a Mac, part of the great thing about it is that you >> can use all the command line UNIX tools, but the other joy is the >> great Mac UI. If you're using GUI apps on a Mac, get those that adhere >> to the Mac HIG (Human Interface Guidelines), and don't settle for some >> X-based monstrosity. > > Sure OOo and Firefox will be .dmg downloads. But I'm thinking of all > the useful utilities: gnu grep, sed, awk, perl, seq, rev, tac, sort, > join, python, etc. And then there's all the module stuff for perl, > python, and ruby. I want a package manager to handle installs and > updates. I don't want to install by hand (i.e. make config all test > install).
grep, sed, awk, perl, seq, rev, tac, sort, join, python, & ruby are all on a Mac by default. Jeez, man - it's a friggin' UNIX box. Of course it has all that on it! For perl, use cpan. For Ruby, use gem (isn't that what it's called?). For python, use ???. There isn't a package manager. For software, you do one of these: * it comes on the OS by default * you install via a DMG * you install via a PKG/MPKG * you unzip & drag it to /Applications * you compile If it's GUI software, AppFresh will cover you for updates. Barring that, many GUI apps use a free framework called Sparkle that alerts you if an app needs to be updated when you start the app. If it's CLI software, use cpan, gem, or wait for an Apple security update. You can complain there isn't a package manager, but there ain't one, and there isn't gonna be one. Linux can have one, due to the completely open source nature of the OS & its apps, but you're never gonna have one for Mac or Windows. As a Linux user - I'm typing this on Ubuntu right now - I love apt. As a Mac user, honestly, it's never been an issue. I use AppFresh, or Software Update, or cpan. No biggie. Complaining isn't going to change the nature of the beast. > Since we are talking about GUI, does the Mac have some way to remotely > dispay a desktop to multiple users, i.e. something like Windows > Terminal Services? I'd like to remotely connect into it and get my > own desktop at the same time someone else can connect and get his/her > own desktop. I'm looking for that same functionality in Ubuntu, too, > possibly using xrdp, but haven't explored it, yet. There's a modified version of VNC called Screen Sharing on desktops & Remote Desktop on OS X Server. But that's VNC - everyone sees the same desktop, so it's not exactly what you want. Dunno about a multiple user thing, but there very well could be something like that. Scott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
