June 2005
Beginner
280 pages
6h 48m
English
Content preview from Learning Unix for Mac OS X Tiger
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Chapter 1. Why Use Unix?
Why would any sane person want to type in a bunch of funny looking Unix commands when you can just use the mouse? After all, Mac OS X has one—if not the— best looking user interface out there, so what would compel you, a Mac user through and through, to use the Unix command line? That’s a tough sell, but you can boil it down to just one word: Power.
Lying underneath Mac OS X Tiger’s purring Aqua interface is a powerful Unix system, ready to leap into action at a moment’s notice. All you have to do is command Unix to take action. One of the greatest pleasures of using Unix within Mac OS X is that you get the benefit of a truly wonderful graphical environment and the underlying power of the Unix command line. There’s no denying it’s a match made in heaven. Even Apple promotes Mac OS X with the tagline:
| “The simplicity and elegance of the Mac, and the Power of Unix.” |
This chapter sets the stage for the rest of the book, answering the question: “Why use Unix when you have a perfectly good Mac graphical interface?” It’s an important question, and I think that within just a few minutes, you’ll agree that joining the Unix world is really like learning you have a completely separate, and even more powerful, operating system lurking in your machine.
The Power of Unix
Why you should have to remember commands and type them in is an obvious thing to question. If you’re a long-time Macintosh person who is familiar and happy with the capabilities and logic of the Aqua interface, ...
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