Janina, Welcome to the list. Great to see you over here.
> On Nov 5, 2014, at 9:24 AM, Janina Sajka <jan...@rednote.net> wrote: > > Hi, Deedra -- and Hi Georgina! > > Here's yet another Linux person showing up on a Mac list. > > After about half a year with a Macbook Air I can't claim to be all that > new to Mac. I can, I think, confidentally answer the question about IRC, > because I have regular need of IRC in my work. > > My first efforts to bridge the gap were to try and run familiar Linux > applications using VMware. While this works very well on a robust > network with AC power, it hasn't worked at all well on crowded wifi > using battery power. > > Which takes me to a plus one for homebrew. I prefer brew to macports > because it takes care of more of the details. At the end of a successful > brew session you get an executable under /usr/local/bin, and it just > works like you'd expect it to work on Linux. With macports, you're > responsible for symlinks, and maybe a bit more--I just don't recall > right now. > > So, back to IRC. Having failed to find a VoiceOver friendly IRC client, > I simply brewed up irssi and copied over my ~/.irssi directory. Works > like a charm under Terminal. > > Oh, and for all those glorious flac files that Apple doesn't want you to > listen to, just brew up mplayer and enjoy your tunes the way you already > have them. No need to convert to alac. > > Janina > > Georgina Joyce writes: >> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > > Janina Sajka, Phone: +1.443.300.2200 > sip:jan...@asterisk.rednote.net > Email: jan...@rednote.net > > Linux Foundation Fellow > Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) > Chair, Protocols & Formats http://www.w3.org/wai/pf > Indie UI http://www.w3.org/WAI/IndieUI/ > > -- > 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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