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Hello guys and dolls, first post happening here...

Wanting to know where to start with Unix. Which Unix option/package is best for an absolute beginner and has a well documented, easy to grasp user guide(s).

I have dabbled in some programming (basic PHP) and I have an old desktop pc which I don't use so I thought may as well install Unix on it and try to learn a bit about it, since i have heard it said that to start into learning programming, Unix is a good way to start.

My old pc has windows xp currently installed and I want to wipe that completely, although, I have never installed any operating system on any computer ever Smilie and don't know where to start ( I know a boot disc or cd is needed but that's about it! ) regarding drivers and whatever else... especially drivers.

A general overview of where to begin would be greatly appreciated, and also, I hope, helpful to other new comers. So yea that's my plea, "where to begin?" and well... what are the real powers and joys of using Unix? and what should one expect?

Thanks for reading! (and helping Smilie).
 
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LEARN ABOUT PLAN9

macutil

MACUTIL(1)						      General Commands Manual							MACUTIL(1)

NAME

       macutil - A package that deals with MacIntosh files on a Unix system

DESCRIPTION

       macutil	is  a package that contains a number of utilities that deal with MacIntosh files on a Unix system.  It contains the following pro-
       grams:

       binhex Convert files to BinHex 4.0 compatible hexified form.

       frommac
	      Receives files from the MacIntosh on the Unix system.

       hexbin Convert hexified files to their MacIntosh format.

       macsave
	      Save a series of files from a MacBinary stream as individual files.

       macstream
	      Combine a series of files to a MacBinary stream.

       macunpack
	      Unpack a MacIntosh archive into its constituents.

       tomac  Transmits files from the Unix system to a MacIntosh.

BUGS

       This manual page is hopelessly incomplete!

SEE ALSO

       binhex(1), frommac(1), hexbin(1), macsave(1), macstream(1), macunpack(1), tomac(1)

AUTHOR

       Dik T. Winter, CWI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (dik@cwi.nl)

3rd Berkeley Distribution					 October 22, 1992							MACUTIL(1)