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Mac OSX and Unix: Book?
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Join Date: Jun 2001
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Can anyone reccommend a good book to learn UNIX? One that focuses on OSX?
I've got unix for dummies but would like something a bit deeper.
Many thanks.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Feb 2000
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I picked up a Unix for OS X book at the bookstore... Most of the stuff I could have picked up online, but it was a fun read.
I took a Unix class at my College... wow, did that guy know his crap. Then again, he was one of those "we don't need a GUI" kind of people...
To Quote: "The GUI gets in the way..."
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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I haven't seen one that focusses on learning unix from a OS X point of view (doesn't mean that there is not one out there though).
One Unix-OS X book I have found useful is
"Mac OS X for Unix Geeks" by Brian Jepson and Earnest Rothman from O'Reilly (ISBN: 0-596-00356-0).
It assumes prior understanding of Unix to some degree, but I find between it and my other books like "Unix in a Nutshell" (also by O'Reilly)most areas are covered.
Edit:
I've just checked the O'Reilly site: looks like they're going to have some new Panther editions out in the next few months)
http://mac.oreilly.com/
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Jun 2000
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Originally posted by digimage:
Can anyone reccommend a good book to learn UNIX? One that focuses on OSX?
I've got unix for dummies but would like something a bit deeper.
Many thanks.
Working on it...
Mike
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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I would recommend Mac OS X Panther Unleashed. It is the third edition of the OS X Unleashed series. At over 1500 pages, it pretty much should cover everything.
The next question is will you be using tcsh or bash? I figure the Panther edition will get more into bash.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: CO
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If you're not wanting to invest in the whole Mac OS X Unleashed (or wait for new Dec 2003 edn), check out http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...ce&s=books
for UNIX for Mac OS X: Visual QuickPro Guide.
I got it on basis of Amz reviews for ~$17.
I don't know what special implications Panther will have for Unix, but in December-ish O'Reilly is supposed to come out with Learning Unix for Mac OS X Panther. ( http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...ce&s=books ), although O'Reilly's Taylor/Jepson edition for Jaguar got mixed revs on Amz.
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