Georgina Joyce <g...@gena-j.me.uk> writes: Yes definitly a name from the past.:)
I've heard though, that yasr works well with the terminal anyone tried using that with the terminal? > Hello Deedra, > > Well, there’s a name from the past. Welcome to the world of the Mac. > > You should feel quite at home with a Mac. Devices will mounted as on a > Linux system. Although, this will be on /Volumes. The terminal will > feel very familiar to you. Although, VoiceOver is not as good as > speakup in the terminal. There are 2 package management systems that > you can add to install packages within the terminal. One is called > home brew, or something like that and the other is Mac Ports. Many of > the familiar programs used on Linux appear to be available in Mac > Ports. > > I’m guessing that an IRC might be a bit clunky on the terminal with VO > but I’m only guessing. > > I have just installed the latest OS X Yosemite here and not > reinstalled Mac Ports, so not in a position to test for you. > > Here’s the Mac Ports page: > > https://www.macports.org > > Gena > > Georgina Joyce > Applied Psychologist > Training and Coaching. > Because individuals of groups matter! > >> On 5 Nov 2014, at 05:34, Deedra Waters <dee...@the-brannons.com> wrote: >> >> For the majority of my life i've been a linux user. I've wanted a mac >> for quite a while now and i'm going to get a macbook air soon. I've got >> a couple of questions though: >> >> There are certain things that i want to do in particular. >> 1. does i-chat work with irc or is it a mac specific thing? I >> particularly need an irc client because of some of the things i need to >> do. >> >> I'm also curious as to how android phones and macs get along. Only thing >> i need to do is be able to dump content onto the tablet and copy content >> from the tablet. >> >> I'm also looking for any tips or advice someone might have to offer to >> someone completely new to macs. I've got iphone experience but that died >> around ios 6 and i've not really followed any of that since.. >> >> Is there a website out there that offers suggestions for programs that >> are and aren't accessible on macs? That would probably answer the rest >> of my questions.:) >> >> Thanks >> >> -- >> Website: http://deedra.the-brannons.com >> blog: http://deedra.the-brannons.com/blog >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Website: http://deedra.the-brannons.com blog: http://deedra.the-brannons.com/blog -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
