<OT> learning OSX from a Linux perspective

[Bill Campbell]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2007, Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>I'm getting stuck with having to admin some OSX systems.  Sadly, I
>can't blow them away and install Linux, so I'm going to have to
>actually learn how OSX works under the GUI.  Does anyone know of any
>decent web sites which go over how OSX differs from Linux, or how to
>admin an OSX system if you already have a Linux background?
>
>I basically need to know all the basics (user creation, daemons, init
>scripts, package mgmt, etc).  thanks

O'Reilly has a couple of books that may be useful, ``Mac OS X Tiger for
Unix Geeks'' is the latest that I've seen.  There are other tomes available
that may be useful if one has to get down and dirty with internal things,
but I've rarely had user for them.  Apple has been getting away from their
NeXT based management to one that's more standard Unix (and the next
release, Leopard, is fully certified Unix by the Open Group).

I'm using the OpenPKG portable package management system on our in-house
machines to get some open source and locally developed software working.
OpenPKG handles the run control for software installed under it, in a
manner that's very close to FreeBSD.

BTW:  I recently read a posting from somebody who has tried various
flavours of Linux on Mac hardware, only to find that OS X was faster and
more eficient, which surprised me.

Bill
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