Quote: Originally Posted by Gavin I can think of a couple reasons to go with "linux on a cheap box" 1. you will learn a lot about the guts of the computer. A mac is like a merc…

There's also a few free linux and unix shell accounts available too: http://freeshell.org http://nixsys.bz http://www.atshell.com There are more around. You can get try out a lo…

you can dive in head first by skipping the GUI on OS X in accounts:login options set display window to name and password log out. in the name field type: >console that's a grea…

if you've had some experience with unix/linux (and can follow directons closely) you could try gentoo linux. it was my first linux experience and i installed it on a crappy hp, but…

Quote: Originally Posted by larrinski I am starting to become interested in Terminal. It reminds me of when I used to use a Commodore 64, many many moons ago... I was told by a …

This is great stuff. I bought my first Unix book (written for Tiger) and it was great emailing from the command line. The will definately be doing more in Unix on my imac before sh…

Usually you can see the user folder but not the contents. That's how it is in most linux setups. OS X seems to let you see the folders inside a user's folder but not the content of…

Excellent UNIX (and Linux) book for total beginners: UNIX Made Easy by John Muster. This was my intro to UNIX, and it inspired me to get a Bachelor's in Computer Science, and now I…

Here's some more unix links to help get you going. As others have mentioned, linux is essentially a particular flavor of unix. In fact, the operating system is really GNU/Linux, …

You might find this one handy as well. http://bhami.com/rosetta.html Lots of dangerous information there, but all very useful when you have a mix of Sun, HP, IBM and Apple equipm…

this might be helpful also. http://www.osxfaq.com/Tutorials/LearningCenter/index.ws good luck

Thanks for all the help. I am now using unix regularly. The links are helpful as I've worked my way though my 1st book, and am looking for more learning. I am now working on Pine f…

In my opinion, the most useful thing about the command line is scripting. The single most helpful reference I've found for scripting is Mendel Cooper's Advanced Bash-Scripting Gui…

Quote: Originally Posted by Gavin I think the idea is to let users have access to each others Public, Drop box and Sites folders. For instance if you want to serve web pages the…

I am not a computer scientist, programmer nor a network administrator by profession, but here is my story of switching over to the Mac and learning *nix. I went through the transi…

Ive had my ipod mini 4G for about 8 months now, and this is the first problem ive had with it. when i finished using it the other night i turned it off like usual, it was probably …

Try a reset. Hold the menu and center button for about 6 seconds (or until the Apple logo comes on). Failing that, try a software restore (you'll lose everything on the iPod though…

thanks ill try...i just had to put all my stuff back on the comp so i dont wanna reinstall.... my father doesnt have the docket...idiot. oh resetting it worked! ah i know what i …

I can't find a firm answer on this, and hope someone close to an Apple store can ask for me (or a first owner). Can the new iPod combined with the universal dock, remote, and TV o…

Quote: Originally Posted by Drakino I can't find a firm answer on this, and hope someone close to an Apple store can ask for me (or a first owner). Can the new iPod combined wi…

after watching the presentation it appears the interface is displayed on the television. my question is say i have a video file that is widescreen (say a movie railer) and try to p…

I would like to know how long videos you can play, and if you can put your own movies on the ipod and not only those form iTunes..

yes you can put your own movies on the ipod as long as they are the correct specs. there is a new setting in QT Pro "export to ipod" that makes that a breeze.

Sweet. But how is 480x480 gonna look on a TV-screen? :/ European PAL that is.

[quote=dwishbone]after watching the presentation it appears the interface is displayed on the television./QUOTE] I saw that too, but Jobs said it was a special iPod wired in. The…