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Getting Around
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Chapter 1 Inside the Terminal
- Mac OS X Shells
- The Terminal and xterm Compared
- Using the Terminal
- Customizing the Terminal
- Working with File and Directory Names
- The Services Menu
- Bonjour
- Alternative Terminal Applications
- The open Command
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Chapter 2 Searching and Metadata
- Spotlight
- Apple’s Hiding Places for File Metadata
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Chapter 3 Files and Filesystems
- Sharing Files with Other Operating Systems
- Files and Directories
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Chapter 4 Startup
- Booting Mac OS X
- Creating Programs that Run Automatically
- Periodic Jobs
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Chapter 5 Directory Services
- Understanding Directory Services
- Configuring Directory Services
- Managing Directory Services Data
- Flat Files and Their Directory Services Counterparts
- Programming with Directory Services
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Chapter 6 Printing
- AddPrinter
- Printer Sharing
- The Common Unix Printing System (CUPS)
- Open Source Printer Drivers
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Chapter 7 The X Window System and VNC
- Installing X11
- Running X11
- Customizing X11
- X11-Based Applications and Libraries
- Connecting to Other X Window Systems
- Virtual Network Computing (VNC)
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Chapter 8 Third-Party Tools and Applications
- Frontends for SSH and SFTP
- Mounting SSH Servers As Network Volumes
- TeX
- R with an Aqua GUI
- Open Source Replacements for Microsoft Office
- Video
- Image Editing
- 3D Modeling
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Chapter 9 Dual-Boot and Beyond
- Why Bother?
- Linux on Mac Hardware
- Emulators on Mac OS X
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Building Applications
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Chapter 10 Compiling Source Code
- Compiler Differences
- Compiling Unix Source Code
- Architectural Issues
- X11-Based Applications and Libraries
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Chapter 11 Libraries, Headers, and Frameworks
- Header Files
- The System Library: libSystem
- Shared Libraries Versus Loadable Modules
- Library Versions
- Creating and Linking Static Libraries
- Creating Frameworks
- Performance Tools and Debugging Tools
- CHUD Tools
- Interesting and Important Libraries
- Numerical Libraries
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Working with Packages
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Chapter 12 Fink
- Installing Fink
- Using Fink
- FinkCommander
- Installing Binaries Using Command-Line Utilities
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Chapter 13 MacPorts
- Installing MacPorts
- Using MacPorts
- MacPorts Maintenance
- Connecting to the MacPorts SVN Repository
- MacPort GUIs
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Chapter 14 Creating and Distributing Installable Software
- Using GNU tar
- Creating Disk Images
- Using PackageMaker
- Creating Fink Packages
- Creating MacPorts Packages
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Serving and System Management
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Chapter 15 Using Mac OS X As a Server
- Built-in Services: The Sharing Preference Pane
- The Email Server
- The Mac OS X Firewall
- Free Database Servers on Mac OS X
- The Outside World
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Chapter 16 System Management Tools
- Diagnostic Utilities
- Kernel Utilities
- System Configuration Utilities
- Third-Party Applications
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Chapter 17 Other Programming Languages: Perl, Python, Ruby, and Java
- Perl for Mac OS X Geeks
- Python for Mac OS X Geeks
- Ruby and Rails for Mac OS X Geeks
- Java for Mac OS X Geeks
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Appendix Mac OS X GUI Primer
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Overview of the Aqua Desktop
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Making the Most of Your Desktop Space
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Colophon
- Title:
- Mac OS X for Unix Geeks (Leopard), Fourth Edition
- By:
- Ernest E. Rothman, Brian Jepson, Rich Rosen
- Publisher:
- O'Reilly Media
- Formats:
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- Ebook
- Safari Books Online
- Print Release:
- September 2008
- Ebook Release:
- February 2009
- Pages:
- 432
- Print ISBN:
- 978-0-596-52062-5
- | ISBN 10:
- 0-596-52062-X
- Ebook ISBN:
- 978-0-596-15939-9
- | ISBN 10:
- 0-596-15939-0
The animal on the cover of Mac OS X for Unix Geeks, Fourth Edition, is a leopard (Panthera pardus). The leopard is the fifth largest of all the big cats, behind the lion, tiger, jaguar, and mountain lion. It weighs between 70 and 200 pounds and has a body length of four to six feet and a tail length of three to four feet. Leopards are strongly built, with a large head and powerful jaws, so they are able to kill prey much larger than themselves. They are nimble and stealthy hunters. Leopards stalk their quarry and attack with a fatal bite to the neck. They feed on a wide variety of animals, including wildebeest, monkeys, rodents, insects, fish, snakes, and birds. They often store their larger kills in trees to protect them from scavengers and other cats. Extremely agile climbers, leopards can haul prey up to three times their body weight into a tree. Leopards are the most widespread feline in the world; they can be found in Africa, India, China, and Central Asia. They are highly adaptable and live in open savannah, jungles, forests, and mountains. Leopards are nocturnal and spend their days resting in trees, where their spotted coats provide good camouflage. Most leopards have a tawny base coat with a black rosette (spot) pattern. The shade of their base coat depends on their environment: lighter colored leopards tend to live in warm, dry areas and open plains, and darker colored leopards tend to live in dense forests, as the darker coat helps them stay hidden. The cover image was drawn by Lorrie LeJeune. The cover font is Adobe ITC Garamond. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSansMonoCondensed.
