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<blockquote data-quote="mathogre" data-source="post: 313076" data-attributes="member: 25890"><p>Techpriest,</p><p></p><p>Check out the O'Reilly books at <a href="http://www.ora.com" target="_blank">www.ora.com</a>. While a few of their titles are wanting, most of them are excellent. They have some of the best books in the Unix world, and they have some very good titles for OS X. In addition to the "Missing Manual", you might find "Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks" to be useful.</p><p></p><p>At an admin level, "Running Mac OS X Tiger" might even be better, based on the description of the book.</p><p></p><p>Ha! I've only had my MacBook for 4 days. However, I'm a hardcore Unix/Linux geek with advanced user level experience in Windows (3.1 thru XP Pro). D3v1L80Y makes lots of sense regarding the great differences between Windows and OS X, and you'll also find that there's also a vast difference between Unix/Linux and OS X. Knowlege and experience on the *Nix side is helpful, but not enough. Think in OS X to the extent you can.</p><p></p><p>Two items for you: GIYF; and SafariBooksOnline.</p><p></p><p>GIYF or Google Is Your Friend. If you're running into a problem, just Google it. You're not the first to experience it. If you don't find an answer to your inquiry, you're probably not using the right search words.</p><p></p><p>SafariBooksOnline. If your company subscribes to SafariBooksOnline (<a href="http://www.safaribooksonline.com" target="_blank">www.safaribooksonline.com</a>), you've got access to a most excellent resource for OS X as well as all other *Nix and even Windows. If they don't, then ask if they will. My company has a subscription with them, and employees can each get access to up to 10 books each month. I'm able to read them with Firefox under OS X, Linux, and Windows. These are complete and current versions of the books from O'Reilly and others.</p><p></p><p>Btw, I have no financial interest in either O'Reilly or SafariBooksOnline.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mathogre, post: 313076, member: 25890"] Techpriest, Check out the O'Reilly books at [url]www.ora.com[/url]. While a few of their titles are wanting, most of them are excellent. They have some of the best books in the Unix world, and they have some very good titles for OS X. In addition to the "Missing Manual", you might find "Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks" to be useful. At an admin level, "Running Mac OS X Tiger" might even be better, based on the description of the book. Ha! I've only had my MacBook for 4 days. However, I'm a hardcore Unix/Linux geek with advanced user level experience in Windows (3.1 thru XP Pro). D3v1L80Y makes lots of sense regarding the great differences between Windows and OS X, and you'll also find that there's also a vast difference between Unix/Linux and OS X. Knowlege and experience on the *Nix side is helpful, but not enough. Think in OS X to the extent you can. Two items for you: GIYF; and SafariBooksOnline. GIYF or Google Is Your Friend. If you're running into a problem, just Google it. You're not the first to experience it. If you don't find an answer to your inquiry, you're probably not using the right search words. SafariBooksOnline. If your company subscribes to SafariBooksOnline ([url]www.safaribooksonline.com[/url]), you've got access to a most excellent resource for OS X as well as all other *Nix and even Windows. If they don't, then ask if they will. My company has a subscription with them, and employees can each get access to up to 10 books each month. I'm able to read them with Firefox under OS X, Linux, and Windows. These are complete and current versions of the books from O'Reilly and others. Btw, I have no financial interest in either O'Reilly or SafariBooksOnline. Hope this helps! [/QUOTE]
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