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Summary: Apt title
Review: This book gives an old command-line hack like me a great start to getting a feel for Darwin/OS X. Lots of good nitty-gritty information, and pointers to where to find more.
Rating:
Summary: Apt title
Review: This book gives an old command-line hack like me a great start to getting a feel for Darwin/OS X. Lots of good nitty-gritty information, and pointers to where to find more.
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Summary: Lives up to its title
Review: This book lives up to its title. I would have wished it were a bit more than it is, but I can't complain too much: it is a quick introduction to Mac OS X for those of us already comfortable in the Unix world. Half the book covers major conceptual differences (directory services vs. traditional /etc/passwd, Aqua vs. X11 etc.) and the other half covers compiling, both source and the kernel. A final chapter explains how to run X11 under Aqua. There's a good appendix that lists and briefly explains some of the more important files and directories, and another that gives more details on a few command line tools. This is worth picking up if you are going to investigate Mac OS X.
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Summary: Unix Geeks?
Review: This is a very slight book, with only slightly useful information. There is way too much time teaching supposed "Unix Geeks" what a shell is, rather than just saying, "Here are the shells that are available..." I found this book insulting to my Unix-geekness and not very useful for my desire to understand OS X. Very disappointing, coming from O'Reilly.
Rating:
Summary: Unix Geeks?
Review: This is a very slight book, with only slightly useful information. There is way too much time teaching supposed "Unix Geeks" what a shell is, rather than just saying, "Here are the shells that are available..." I found this book insulting to my Unix-geekness and not very useful for my desire to understand OS X. Very disappointing, coming from O'Reilly.
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