Thanks, Scott. Much appreciated! I can say it's nice to see a bevy of familiar names here as well.
Janina Scott Berry writes: > 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. > 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. 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