Next Meeting: Thursday, January 19, 2006
205B A&S @ 6:30-8:00 pm
Lansing Community College
Always check this page before each meeting as the program and location could change

Brian Gasperosky presents
UNIX on the Macintosh
how to make use of the BSC underpinnings of Mac OS X

Note 01/22/2006: here is a PDF version of Brian's presentation

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"Beneath the appealing, easy-to-use interface of Mac OS X is a rock-solid foundation that is engineered for stability, reliability, and performance. This foundation is a core operating system commonly known as Darwin. Darwin integrates a number of technologies, most importantly Mach 3.0, operating-system services based on 4.4BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution), high-performance networking facilities, and support for multiple integrated file systems." Apple Computer

The Terminal.
Very Basic Terminal commands:

  • basic navigation (ls, cd, md, ls -l)
  • basic process control (ps, top, kill)
  • basic permissions (chmod)

How to gain root access (using Netinfo, Su)
Basic text editing (PICO)
Something useful (such as modifying the etc/hosts file to block banner ads in all browsers)

How to access the world of open source (and free) Unix based applications:

  • X11
  • XCode
  • Fink
  • FinkCommander
  • Searching for useful applications (Using Safari and FinkCommander)
  • Using FinkCommander to install, uninstall, and update Unix applications

Some examples of useful Unix (X11) based open source applications:

  • OpenOffice
  • Gimp
  • GnuCash

About our presenter:
Brian Gasperosky is a Unix/Linux systems certified professional with five years of professional IBM AIX administration experience. His background in Unix
is what led him to migrating to the Macintosh and OS X as his primary personal computer. Brian is an active member of the Greater Lansing Linux Users Group, GLLUG. He joined LAMALUG because OS X has a lot in common with Linux and BSD.

  As always, from 6:30 till 7:00, the meeting will feature Q&A - an opportunity to get all your Mac questions answered.

Benefits of LAMALUG membership:

LAMALUG has a members-only mailing list for member questions and information. To subscribe, send email to John Belen.

LAMALUG members receive a 10% discount on WiebeTech products.
Contact webmaster for confidential details.
LAMALUG members may rent the club's Proxima UltraLight X350 projector for $25/day
(security deposit and signed rental agreement required)
to arrange rental, email webmaster@lamalug.org

REGULAR MEETING LOCATION: 205B Arts & Science (A&S) - Lansing Community College. A&S is the 2nd building east of the NE corner of Capitol and Shiawassie - #10 (red) on the map below.


There is an LCC ramp to the NE, a City ramp directly S, a parking lot to the SW, handicap parking on the E side of the building and free on-street parking. Charges are $1/hr in the LCC ramp and $1.50/hr in the City of Lansing's ramp above Gibson's Books & Beans. Students with Star Card IDs pay 20 cents per half hour in the LCC ramp.

LAMALUG MEETING SCHEDULE

February 2006
MacWorld Expo SFO Developments

March 2006
Making the most of the 5th generation iPod

April 2006
Blogging
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS
Here are some possible future program topics:

OS X Features, Tricks

Ergonomics

Quark & inDesign

Shake, Soundtrack

The Digital Hub

Appleworks

Microsoft Office 2004

Aperture

Photoshop Seminar

Pages, Keynote +

 Telephony

Intel Inside - Mac
We always welcome program suggestions and presenters. Just drop us an email at board@lamalug.org