[svlug] OS X is not Linux

[Vince Hoang]

On Sat, Sep 14, 2002 at 01:58:47PM -0700, Webb Sprague wrote:
> The file system is unrecognizable, etc.

I believe this has a lot to do with OS X's use of netinfo for
authentication and its ancestory (NeXTstep). OS X does have
/etc/rc. Boot into single user mode and walk through it get a
feel of its BSD roots.

> And I get pissed when I type gcc, and it isn't there. Isn't the
> presence of compilers a POSIX spec?

Install the developer tools for gcc. I cannot think of another
commericial Unix[-like] operating system that ships with perl,
python, and ruby.

And, if you like Debian's apt, install fink. With a little apt-get,
cvs, rsync, and wget is available.

I still access to an array of FreeBSD, Debian, and Gentoo
servers running headless at various datacenters, but OS X is now
my preferred OS for _laptops_. The ability to suspend/resume
whatever you are doing by shutting/opening the lid is amazing.
DHCP just works. No twiddling with config files, CLI or GUI.

OS X is not Linux, but it definitely is not Windows.

-Vince