| W. Chris Shank on 25 Jan 2007 17:56:48 -0000 |
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i tried virtue desktops, it's no good for me. i've tried several terminals too. i don't use safari, i use FF and i have told it to save files to a different folder. these PDFs would normally open in a broswer plugin, but OSX sticks them on the desktop anyway and launches preview. don't like adium. if i close my buddy list window i can never get it to reopen. i know i sound like a little girl with all my bitching. i guess i'd still be enamored if i hadn't spent the last week completely without the system and several weeks before that with a system crash several times a day. those 2 things erroded my willingness to dick around and learn all the 'mac' ways of doing stuff. i just wanted to get to work, and it was very difficult to do that. ----- 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 12:47:49 PM GMT-0500 Subject: Re: [PLUG] Macbook Pro update On Jan 25, 2007, at 11:24 AM, W. Chris Shank 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, There are several terminals out there that have tabs... leopard version will have tabs. > I like virtual desktops, http://www.virtuedesktops.info/ course leopard will have virtual desktops built in also. > 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). Why don't you tell safari where to save files you download... First thing i do when i dowload firefox also... tell it to download stuff someplace sane. > 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. well for that you can alt-tab, or click on app in dock. or f9 in expose and then you can tab to switch to cycle through application windows. I have a window shade addon that i rarely use. > > I like the hardware and the sensors are neat. But after a while all > that doesn't matter. > I really need to update my suggested install page for new mac users... quick starter list. adium for chat quicksilver for launching apps or documents... its a must have viruedesktops perian - quicktime codecs flip4mac - m$ codecs ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug -- W. Chris Shank ACE Technology Group, LLC www.myremoteITdept.com (610) 640-4223 -------------------------------- Security Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled. ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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