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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Suggestion: Alternative OS for Windows - Totally Clueless on Unix/Linux OS Post 302117088 by kretara on Thursday 10th of May 2007 02:24:37 PM
Old 05-10-2007
Both OS X and Linux fit what you are looking for.

Linux would let you use existing hardware. There are lots of versions to choose from (Ubuntu is good for beginners) and the sheer number of programs available is mind blowing.

OS X requires you to purchase Apple hardware. OS X is far more windows like than Linux (actually, IMHO, OS X is a vast improvement over MS Windows and it does a great disservice to OS X to even compare it to MS windows). You will have MS Office and most of the big commercial software (adobe etc) available to you in OS X.

With both OS's you can either dual boot with MS Windows or run MS Windows virtually (allowing you to run both OS's at the same time). You should also be able to connect to the windows domains without much trouble.


OS X would have the greatest startup cost, but is in may ways (let the flames begin) far superior to Linux for beginners (OS X pretty much has everything you need to start with and it does just work). You (as a novice) can pretty much just startup a Mac and start working. Linux will be more of a learning curve and will come with more frustration.

Both will be more responsive (even on older equipment), at least in my experience, than Vista on newer/newest equipment.

I have been using OS X since 10.0 and running Linux since RH 6.x. I currently run OS X and Ubuntu and love them both for different reasons.
 

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WinCommand(1x)						   AfterStep X11 window manager 					    WinCommand(1x)

NAME
WinCommand - AfterStep module for choosing and manipulating windows based on patterns CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
DESCRIPTION
WinCommand is a command line tool which allows you to select windows based on their name and to then manipulate them in various ways. Actions currently supported are: "center", "center jump", "iconify", "jump", "kill", "move", "resize" and "sendtodesk". DEFAULTS
The default pattern is "", meaning all windows will be selected. All other default-values depend on the action you would like WinCommand to take. If more than one action is specified, default-values are set depending on the last action specified. ACTIONS
center Place matching windows into the center of the screen. center jump: Places first window that matches into the center of the screen and jumps to it. iconify: Iconifies matching windows. jump: Jumps to the first window which matches. kill: Kills all matching windows. move: Moves all matching windows to x/y. x and y are specified using the -x and -y flags. resize: Resize all matching windows. The two parameters width and height are specified using the -width and -height flags. send_to_desk: Send all matching windows to desk specified with the -new_desk flag. OPTIONS
-all Operate on all windows which match the given pattern. This is set by default unless the action is either "jump" or "center jump". -alldesks Windows on all desks will be taken into account. This is set by default if action is either "jump" or "center jump". -desk Windows on the whole desk will be taken into account. -x/-y These are required when issuing the move-command. -width/-height These are required whenever you want to resize windows. Examples WinCommand -pattern term iconify This command will iconify all terminals. Since the specified pattern is a regular expression, something like this also works: WinCommand -pattern "(term)|(moz)" iconify This will iconify all terminals and mozilla-browser windows. WinCommand -pattern xmm jump will jump to your xmms. In this situation, it's far more advisable to use GWCommand though. It is probably not a good idea to delete windows while windows are being arranged. 3rd Berkeley Distribution AfterStep v.2.2.11 WinCommand(1x)
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