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1. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers
Hello Everyone
I am a software developer and private OS X user. I was enthusiastic with what I learned about Linux (on my OS X) during the operating system module at school and I am using some of it.
But I may not want to go the Apple way till the end. And OS X is a little too big to run on a... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: JacobPhelps
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2. OS X (Apple)
OSX uses its own directory strecture on the BSD core, for example /Users/Bob_Alice/. but legacy Unix structure /usr/... remains. Adding confustion, some Unix books say /usr/ was never intended for specific users. and others show it being used for Bor or Alice. I am not sure where to put my third... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: michaelayres
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3. Shell Programming and Scripting
from the CLI on a Mac, if you type networksetup -listallnetworkservices then you get results in a multi-line paragraph that look something like this:
networksetup -listallnetworkservices
An asterisk (*) denotes that a network service is disabled.
Wi-Fi
Display Ethernet
Bluetooth DUN... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: hungryd
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4. UNIX Desktop Questions & Answers
For preliminaries, I am on a Mac Pro running 10.5. I am trying to run a program that opens an X11 graphic and plots a mesh. The little program is called showme. It has worked just fine in the past. Up until I had to make a new user account on this machine for myself. Now every time I try to... (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: Bocephus85
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5. OS X (Apple)
I am a MAC user evaluating electronic medical record software. I found a package which is UNIX server based. Can anyone tell me if MAC OS X can be used in this situation. The software is nexgen (www.nexgen.com).
How UNIX "compatible" is MAC OS X?
I apologize for my very limited UNIX... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: kaye32608
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6. Filesystems, Disks and Memory
I've got this problem. My computers and external hard drives are converting many of my files to a Unix Executable File which has a grey terminal looking icon. I don't understand what is causing this to happen. It is happening to a large number of my image file of different formats and also... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: chadb
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7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I am a Macintosh using OS 10.2 which has Unix underpinnings. When entering console mode (the root system where unix takes over) I get the following message -
bootstrap_look_up () failed (ipc/send) invalid destination port
I always used to get a localhost# prompt (and then can use unix... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: ngilman
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
How do you launch an OSX app in UNIX?
-Mad (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: madknowledge
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9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Okee problems...!!
What is happening: Unix server with some programms, workstations are windows 2000, the workstations work good but when you start a programm on the Unix server the CPU of the workstations go to 100% usage resulting that the system gets very slow. The programm well its running so... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: zerocool
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
To anyone that has the answer:
What does UNIX have that Mac OSX doesn't. I am a programmer, and I am wondering if I could just get Mac OSX for my programming needs instead of UNIX. But my major question is what does UNIX have that Mac OSX doesn't. Thank you if you have the answer, and are willing... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: REM
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