Diary of a Switcher #2

Somewhat at a loss for where to really get started, I’ve turned to O’Reilly for a plethora of useful resources. Here’s some links I found handy:

  • I’ve switched from Windows, so now what? … useful to know that CTRL-click gives me the “”right mouse button” menu. Incidentally, it’s really nice that you can configure mouse speed on a per-mouse basis – so the trackpad is slow and the usb mouse is fast, for example. This article also explains the mystery of the Home/End keys.
  • Switcher stories“it may be the case that there’s an even larger wave of switchers from Linux and other Unix platforms” — so very, very right. “Everything works. I’m not sure the power of that simple statement gets my mental state across. Everything *JUST* works” — so very, very right.
  • Utilities for Switching on the Cheap — useful since the hardest thing is going to be going from the world of Free (as in beer) software to the Mac world where it seems you pay for everything…
  • Ease into the Switch — lots of great hints on how to deal with the Dock, amongst other things.
  • Top 10 Mac OS X tips for Unix Geeks — essential reading.
  • To p Mac OS X hints part one and part two — all good stuff.
  • Implementing BIND on OS X — ah-ha! Now all I need to do is figure out how to add extra network interfaces or associate extra IP addresses with an interface. On linux, this was done as eth0:0, eth0:1 etc….
  • Just in case it all goes horribly wrong … iBooks love Linux.

I’ll add more as I get through the pile of tabs I’ve opened in Camino…

Related posts:

  1. Diary of a switcher #1
  2. Home (sort of)
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