On Tue, 2004-10-12 at 19:29, Ben Crowder wrote:
> To those who are running or have run MacOS X:
>
> I bought my Powerbook this morning and have spent a few hours
> tinkering with stuff. I feel rather like a newbie, though, and so I
> was wondering if you have any advice on good things to tweak (to make
> it feel more like Linux, at least in all of the good ways), major
> websites for info, etc. Feel free to reply off-list if you think it's
> off-topic for the list. :)
The first thing I always do is download and install fink. That's
because I don't like the BSD commands. Even ls is weird. And not
colored. After downloading fink, I put the following in /etc/profile:
if [ -f /sw/bin/init.sh ]; then
. /sw/bin/init.sh
fi
Then I took my /etc/bashrc file from linux and modified it to work in OS
X. This makes sure ls is aliased to ls --color, and so forth. I also
had problems with the terminal type not being xterm-color in OS X by
default, but I think borrowing the linux bashrc fixed that.
Finally, the defaults for vi and vim in OS X are not what I like, so
again, I borrowed the vimrc from linux and plopped it in /sw/share/vim
and /usr/share/vim (so that either vim picks up the defaults).
Definitely install Apple's X11 server so you can run cool programs like
OpenOffice and the Gimp (which has a nice mac app package). You'll also
want the full apple's developer toolset installed (or else you won't get
gcc) and the SDK for X11. Usually there is an option under
"Applications" that says "installers." You'll find the developer's
tools there. The X11 stuff is on the DVD somewhere or you can download
it (and the SDK) from apple's site.
I also prefer iTerm to apple's terminal.app, although iTerm has a habit
of getting really slow over time.
Michael
>
> Thanks,
> Ben
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