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So today at 11am, the Fed Ex delivery guy made me really happy: He delivered my new TiBook.

So I've been looking to get one of these things since a year ago. I'm pleased with the machine I got. 512M, 800Mhz, and 60Gigs at a reasonable price. My thanks to the folks at Apple for getting this thing to me quickly, even thru the faux pas of ordering with my Check Card (which has a preset spending limit of $2,500 which I CANNOT get increased... my TiBook cost more than that so I had to work out other payment arrangements...wheee!)

So this morning, I've installed Snak, Mozilla, Netscape, and Chimera (all beacause I can't stand it if all I have to work with is IE, even though it's tolerable on this machine). I've also run thru the Software Update and should have a relatively up-to-date box.

Just out of curiousity to all you Mac-heads out there: what other utilities should I throw on this thing?

Eventually I want to start using this machine for music creation: drum loops, synth washes and the like. I'll eventually put it all together at some point and put it on the internet where my (lack of) music creation skills can be ridiculed for all time (or until the heat death of the Internet, whichever comes first). Any software recommendations for such software that would work on OS X (or OS 9, which I haven't even booted into, yet).

For those who may be confused: this is not a "switch", just a new machine (my first Mac!). I have no plans on straying from Linux, I just want to learn Mac OS X as well. The OS-Game is not zero-sum.

Peace. Out.

Updated: Jan 4th, 2003 -- I've found this MacSlash story which contains some damned good recommendations for Mac OS X software, particularly this comment, from WCityMike. -- Thanks Mike!

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  • ...though I don't have a Mac box. It is extremely slick, and I wish they'd release it for x86. I'd install it over my current SuSE install, even though it isn't a 'real unix' ;-)
  • attach a two-button mouse to show CmdrTaco that single-button mice are not a must for using Macs.

    As for apps, I havent touched OSX in over a year, and dont really know how much has changed. Most of your UNIX apps should port easily (especially perl or shell scripts). As for somewhat usable stuff, try poking around apple's download site to start with: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/ [apple.com]

  • OS X (Score:2)

    by flikx ( 191915 )
    I use Mac OS X at one of my jobs. Not too bad, but I still prefer the "true" Unix experience. Just remember: fink is your friend [sf.net].

  • Head to Missing Manual for OSX, 2nd Ed [oreilly.com] if you want a book, but definitely visit the Missing CD [missingmanual.com] section of David Pogue's website, and get the tarball of programs mentioned in the book. I've found TinkerTool [bresink.de] to be great for tweaking the gui the way I like it. BTW, the new version of OmniWeb [omnigroup.com] is out, so you might want that instead of the old version in the tarball.

    You probably will want to update many things in unix. For example, OS 10.2 ships with perl 5.6.0, so you'll probably want to upgrade your version. I haven't done this yet, but the package is sitting on my desktop waiting for me to get around to it.

    I just got my PowerBook, and the only mac I've ever used was my girlfriends (years ago) so I've been educating myself. All of the Mac-boxes in /. are now on my homepage, and that alone has done surprisingly much to get me started. Slashdot solves all problems. ;)

    (The subject sounds like "apt-get". :)

  • Unsanity [haxies.com] - moderately fun free or cheap hacks to OSX

    Freshly Squeezed Software [freshlysqu...ftware.com] - Terminal Pal rocks. I now have a billion .term files all for special functions.

    And of course the usual suspects: Watson (superior to Sherlock.. right now anyway, although in theory Sherlock will be better in the future). Ircle for IRC. Thoth for news. DivX for pr0n.
    • Heh! I had already raided and registered the hacks from Unsanity within 3 hours of unpacking the TiBook. Funny how life plays out.

      I'll try out the stuff from Freshly Squeezed, thanks for the hint.

      You didn't provide links for Watson, Ircle or Thoth, but the names should be enough for a good googling. Again, thanks.

      Of course, I think I may be stuck on Snak for IRC. And since you mention DivX -- do you speak of the codec or is there an actual program for the Mac called "DivX"?

      • I like Watson, ircle, DragThing, LiteSwitchX (cmd-tab doesn't work in it under 10.2, but opt-tab does), Interarchy, Eudora, BBEdit, MT-NewsWatcher, Mozilla, Chimera, GraphicConverter, PasswordWallet, WeatherPop, fink, XonX (XDarwin).
        • I'm still waiting on BBEdit. I bought it yesterday and I still don't have download instructions yet, and I can't do any serious work with the demo: It's limited to 24 invocations!

          I still have to grab Watson.

          I'm comfortable with Snak, now, but I will eventually get to ircle.

          I'll have to see about finding LiteSwitchX.

          Chimera rawks, but I've found OmniWeb to be better at the things I need a browser to do.

          fink went on like a dream when I remembered to install the Developer's Tools (why these aren't installed by default, I don't know, but they live in the Applications:Installers folder for those who are wondering where the hell 'gcc' is...)

          PasswordWallet and WeatherPop I'll have to try out.

          Thanks for the list, pudge, now if you only could hasve provided links... ;D

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