Jun 9 2005
O’Reilly Releases Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks
With Apple’s release of Tiger, Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks (Jepson and Rothman, O’Reilly, USD$34.95), the latest edition of the popular book, has been revised and expanded to cover further changes to what is now, ironically, the world’s most widely-used Unix system.
The new edition tackles this task in five distinct parts:
- Getting Around–Shows how to navigate and adapt Mac OS X’s Unix core,
how to use the Terminal application and Tiger’s new Spotlight metadata
search, how to install the X Window user interface and manage printers
with the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) - Building Applications–Takes geeks through the Mac OS X system and
includes ways to compile 64-bit code with the GNU Compiler Collection - Working with Packages–Includes chapters on working with Fink and
Darwin Ports to download Unix and X11 software - Serving and System Management–Explains how to use Mac OS X as a
server, including how to monitor system status, how to set up and
configure free databases such as MySQL and PostgreSQL, and describes
versions of Perl and Python that ship with Mac OS X - Appendixes–Offers a primer to Mac OS X terminology and a list of Mac
OS X’s various development tools
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