Mac for Linux Geeks (Expert's Voice in Open Source) [Paperback]

Tony Streiler-Dennison (Author)

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ISBN-10: 1430216506 | ISBN-13: 978-1430216506 | Publication Date: January 30, 2009 | Edition: 1

Linux geeks have been attracted to Mac OS X since its 2001 release, and the fascination continues to grow with every OS update. Mac for Linux Geeks is the ideal book to support and deepen the reader’s ability to combine and hybridize the Mac and Linux OS experience. Previewing the Snow Leopard OS X revision (rumored to arrive in January 2009), this book will enables Linux users to be productive on OS X, while taking advantage of Linux tools running on OS X.

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Tony Steidler-Dennison is a longtime Linux user, dating his first experience with Linux back to 1996. He's used Linux as his sole operating system at home, developed software on Linux systems, and administered such systems in environments as diverse as robotic telescope control, online shopping, presidential politics, and commercial aviation. He's co-authored two books on Linux and over the years, he's written more than a dozen magazine articles on topics from Drupal and content management systems to podcasting with open source tools. Since February 2005, he's engineered and hosted The Roadhouse Podcast, a weekly hour of "the finest blues you've never heard." Since the purchase of an Intel-based Mac Mini, Tony has become both obsessed and fascinated with the operating system he calls "Linux with a pretty face."

Tony is currently an Avionics Systems Engineer with Rockwell Collins, Inc. in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, engineering open source solutions in the commercial aviation industry.

Product Details

• Paperback: 296 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (January 30, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1430216506
• ISBN-13: 978-1430216506
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #489,663 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not sure who this book is aimed at, October 17, 2011

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This review is from: Mac for Linux Geeks (Expert's Voice in Open Source) (Paperback)

This is a very weird book. I was expecting something that explained the differences between Mac OS X and Linux, from filesystem differences to tweaks that make the terminals function similarly. Instead the author talks about his personal journey to Linux from Microsoft products, and then again to the Mac. It's almost like it's an introduction to the Mac, and Linux references were thrown in at the last moment.