Yeah I've done all that. I've tried 4 different terminals. Some do tabs but
don't display curses well. Some have tabs and do curses but you can't launch
any Mac OS apps from them because they run from X11 (why I need X to run a
terminal??) and don't have proper paths or something.
I've got FF set to download into a separate folder, but what I'm talking
about is not handled by downloads. On any other system, the PDFs would open
inside a browser plugin - but on the mac it downloads to the desktop and
launches in Preview, even though I have Acrobat 8 installed.
I've got virtue, but it's buggy and not well configured. Windows pop-up in
other desktops with no notification that they are there.
All of these issues are probably fixable if I had the time/desire to really
fix them. But I'm comfortable in Linux and know how to be productive in it
quickly. It has the apps I need. I don't want to switch OSs any more.
Gosh. I sound like a windows user switching to linux. Go figure.
----- Original Message -----
From: Randy Schmidt <x@altorg.com>
To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List
<plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 11:42:28 AM GMT-0500
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Macbook Pro update
I can't help you with a lot of that but here are a few things that may
help when you have to use OS X. Give iTerm a try. It is a terminal app
that lets you have tabs. I think the PDF thing is a setting in the
browser. Virtue is a program that lets you have multiple desktops but
I don't particularly like the way it handles applications on the
different desktops. You can't drag an app to the edge of the window to
put it on another desktop. I hope that helps a little.
On 1/25/07, W. Chris Shank <shankwc@acetechgroup.com> wrote:
> There are many standard Linux apps that I can't get to properly "port" on
> OS X or are completely unavailable as source. I guess I could try to
> download the source and attempt to compile it directly, but I think that
is
> what ports is doing. Some of the alternative apps just suck in comparison.
> My biggest beef is the crappy terminal. I like have tabs, I like to
> highlight and center button to paste, I like virtual desktops, I like not
to
> have to clear 1000 PDFs off the desktop because i've clicked them open in
a
> browser (I guess linux is putting these in /tmp).
>
> I also find the interface a little much after a while. I'm always
minimizing
> windows to get to what's beneath. I've got the dashboard set to flatten
out
> the screens when I move the mouse to a corner, but that still takes about
> 3/10 of a second. that adds up after a while.
>
> I like the hardware and the sensors are neat. But after a while all that
> doesn't matter.
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Edward Smola <n-tropy@n-tropy.com>
> To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List
> <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:43:22 AM GMT-0500
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Macbook Pro update
>
> What do you miss about linux ?
> I have ubuntu with beryl installed at work and on a desktop machine
> at home that I rarely use.
> You can run pretty much most apps you would under linux on the MBP.
> I'm just looking forward to see if the native gtk support in leopard
> is true. would be nice not to have to run x11 anymore for some apps.
>
> http://www.mactel-linux.org/wiki/Main_Page
>
> I used bootcamp to install windows and have a vmware linux and
> windows partitions on osx also. I can't tell you the last time i
> booted to the windows partition and have rarely used the linux and
> widnows vmware installs.
>
> On Jan 25, 2007, at 10:26 AM, W. Chris Shank wrote:
>
> > My love affair with the macbook pro is over. I just got it back
> > after a week to replace the main logic board. During that time I
> > was back to Linux desktop/laptop and I realized how much I missed
> > it. I think I'll reserve OS X for graphics work, but will use Linux
> > for my day-to-day real work. Has anyone seen a how-to for putting
> > Linux on the new Core 2 Duo macbook pro? Do I need bootcamp for this?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >