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...
Posted by savs at October 22, 2003 8:30 PM