On 21 May 2012, at 10:24, Steve Alligood wrote: > I used linux for years when my office got me a mac laptop. It was tempting > to dual boot, but there were several issues for what i needed it for, so I > ran a VM with linux in it and only used the mac environment for mac stuff. > > After two years of VM ware issues (use something different if you use a VM > for linux, their system integration kernel modules are always way behind the > current kernel), I finally broke down and just installed iTerm2 (not iTerm, > different product) and got reasonable terminal behavior and a very short > learning curve and I now rarely ever start that VM. > +1 iTerm2 - it rocks
> Your mileage may vary, but the tools for the Mac have come a long way over > the last few years, and VMs are often a pain in the rear. A little digging > on the Internet and your Mac may actually do what you need. > If you live in the terminal anyway, Mac has it. The thing about Mac is that it can be as simplistic or advanced as you want it to be. My non-technical wife loves it, and I, a power user and unix/linux geek, love it. Best of all the worlds in one. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
