* Mac OS X combines the Unix power developers need with Mac's ease of use, offering a unique combination of technical elements with enhanced performance, compatibility, and usability
* Shows readers how to use the Terminal application and the command interface, and explores the many Unix applications using step-by-step screen shots
* Readers will learn how to manage, create, edit, and transfer files; configure the Unix environment; navigate permissions, directories and files; run Unix utilities; and configure and run the Apache Web server
Welcome to the only guidebook series that takes a visual approach to professional-level computer topics. Open the book and you’ll discover step-by-step screen shots that demonstrate over 160 key Unix tasks you can do on Mac OS X, including:
- Using the terminal application
- Navigating the file system
- Working with pico, vi, and emacs text editors
- Customizing the shell
- Writing shell scripts
- Sharing files between computers
- Using system administration commands
- Installing and using Internet applications
- Running the X Window System
- Developing new Unix applications
Productivity tools and much more on CD-ROM!
- OpenOffice.org, a free office productivity software suite
- Gimp, a GNU image manipulation program
- XFree86 to run X Window System applications
- Plus a searchable e-version of the book