Comments on: Five tips to help ease the migration from Mac to Linux http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/14/five-tips-to-help-ease-the-migration-from-mac-to-linux/ A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:34:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ubuntu 简介：写在 Ubuntu 9.10 发布前 | 软言软语http://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/14/five-tips-to-help-ease-the-migration-from-mac-to-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-907893 Ubuntu 简介：写在 Ubuntu 9.10 发布前 | 软言软语 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:30:53 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=17264#comment-907893 [...] Five tips to help ease the migration from Mac to Linux @ gHacks [...] [...] Five tips to help ease the migration from Mac to Linux @ gHacks [...]

]]> By: Linux equivalents to popular Mac appshttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/14/five-tips-to-help-ease-the-migration-from-mac-to-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-899324 Linux equivalents to popular Mac apps Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:51:01 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=17264#comment-899324 [...] my most recent article (”Five tips to help ease the migration from Mac to Linux“) I outlined ways to help end-users transfer from the Mac operating system to the Linux [...] [...] my most recent article (”Five tips to help ease the migration from Mac to Linux“) I outlined ways to help end-users transfer from the Mac operating system to the Linux [...]

]]> By: Links 15/10/2009: Oracle on GNU/Linux, Dell on Extensive Use of Instant-on Linux | Boycott Novellhttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/14/five-tips-to-help-ease-the-migration-from-mac-to-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-899142 Links 15/10/2009: Oracle on GNU/Linux, Dell on Extensive Use of Instant-on Linux | Boycott Novell Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:06:17 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=17264#comment-899142 [...] Five tips to help ease the migration from Mac to Linux Of course you might be thinking “OS X is supposed to be the most user-friendly OS available, so wouldn’t migrating to Linux be even more difficults?” Not exactly. There are certain elements of OS X that inherently make the process of migrating to Linux easier than when migrating from Windows. Take, for instance, the mounting of images and drives. This task is completely obfuscated from the Windows user, but the OS X user actually knows to unmount a drive before removal. But what about simple, every day usage? How do you make that more understandable for one moving from OS X to Linux? Let’s find out. [...] [...] Five tips to help ease the migration from Mac to Linux Of course you might be thinking “OS X is supposed to be the most user-friendly OS available, so wouldn’t migrating to Linux be even more difficults?” Not exactly. There are certain elements of OS X that inherently make the process of migrating to Linux easier than when migrating from Windows. Take, for instance, the mounting of images and drives. This task is completely obfuscated from the Windows user, but the OS X user actually knows to unmount a drive before removal. But what about simple, every day usage? How do you make that more understandable for one moving from OS X to Linux? Let’s find out. [...]

]]> By: Ishan@ILoveFreeSoftwarehttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/14/five-tips-to-help-ease-the-migration-from-mac-to-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-899001 Ishan@ILoveFreeSoftware Thu, 15 Oct 2009 06:50:14 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=17264#comment-899001 This is a very good article. If a Mac user wants to migrate to Linux, I would suggest definitely check out Mac4Lin (http://mac4lin.sourceforge.net/) This brings a Mac like interface for Linux, which would make it easier for Mac user to adapt to Linux. This is a very good article. If a Mac user wants to migrate to Linux, I would suggest definitely check out Mac4Lin (http://mac4lin.sourceforge.net/) This brings a Mac like interface for Linux, which would make it easier for Mac user to adapt to Linux.

]]> By: AChttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/14/five-tips-to-help-ease-the-migration-from-mac-to-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-898936 AC Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:16:42 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=17264#comment-898936 I think this article is a great start, but many Mac refugees (this one included) will also be looking for Linux alternatives for multimedia *creation* software, like GarageBand, iMovie, etc. Another article covering these would be most helpful : ) I think this article is a great start, but many Mac refugees (this one included) will also be looking for Linux alternatives for multimedia *creation* software, like GarageBand, iMovie, etc.

Another article covering these would be most helpful : )

]]> By: Engineeer Headhttp://www.ghacks.net/2009/10/14/five-tips-to-help-ease-the-migration-from-mac-to-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-898774 Engineeer Head Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:56:06 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=17264#comment-898774 Another nice article to make transfer easy Another nice article to make transfer easy

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