Re: [PLUG] Linux for Mac

["Kevin McAllister" <kevin@mcallister.ws>]

On 25 Apr 2014, at 18:54, Walt Mankowski wrote:

> Homebrew is the new kid on the block.  I've never used it, but it
> seems closer to the macports way of doing things.

Just wanted to add, I use Homebrew http://brew.sh and like it much 
better than the other two.  I've definitely had problems with the other 
two, not so much with that.  Also if you are going to be doing Ruby 
stuff on there I recommend using something like RVM https://rvm.io to 
manage it because Maverick's ships with Ruby 2.0, but I don't like 
mingling custom gems with their stuff only to have it get clobbered in 
an update.

You'll also need to download the Apple Dev tools to use that because 
their dev tools come with their compiler, etc.  I think you can download 
the command line tools independently, but just grabbing and running 
XCode free through the App Store and telling it to put in the command 
line tools does this too.

Oh, I hate Parallels.  VMWare is better.  I don't use either as 
VirtualBox is adequate for most of my needs.

I say go for the Macbook Pro Retina if they'll get it for you.  Because 
it's a beautiful display, and the Air's portability is not that much 
better than the Macbook Pro.  Also it has two Thunderbolt ports, and if 
you want to plug in a monitor and a thunderbolt ethernet adaptor you 
can.  Also it has an HDMI port too, so if you want to save your 
thunderbolts for something else you can and still display on something 
else.

Of course, you'll have the gorgeous screen, so just look at that.

Sorry, I probably could have interleaved all the comments like a 
gentleman, but I only thought I had one thing to say.
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