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Or How I Learned to Start Worrying and Love the Linux Desktop
Or How I Learned to Start Worrying and Love the Linux Desktop
Or How I Learned to Start Worrying
and Love the Linux Desktop
Your Mission … Should You Choose to Accept It:
Replace Apple software on Apple hardware without loss of features or functionality.
What Are Your Critical Apps?
● Mail.app● iCal● Web Browsing● Word Processing/Spreadsheet/Presentations (iWork)● Quickbooks● Photoshop● iTunes● iPhoto● VMWare Fusion
Make Room for Linux
● Consider using Time Machine to back up your OS X installation.
● Use Bootcamp to create a second partition● Alternatively, use the command line to create two
partitions: Install Disk → Utilities → Terminal:
diskutil partitionDisk disk0 2 \"Journaled HFS+" Mac 250G "MS-DOS FAT32" Linux 250G
Which Distro?
● Debian
● Fedora
● Mint
● SuSE
● Ubuntu
Which Desktop?
Why I First Chose Ubuntu with Unity
● Simple Support for Proprietary Drivers● Launcher analogous to Dock● Shuttleworth Reminds Me of Jobs● One of the most popular desktop distros
(Steam built a native Linux client for Ubuntu)● LTS version means stability● Ubuntu Software Center
Ubuntu Software Center
nomodeset Is Your Friend
I Now Run Linux Mint
Mail and Calendar
● GNOME: Evolution
● KDE: Kmail
● Mozilla Thunderbird and Lightning
Extry Credit: Set Up SOGo
Web Browsers
Office Options
Accounting
● Option 1: Use QB on Mac via VNC● Option 2: Use QB for Windows and WINE● Option 3: Switch
Graphics Editing
The GIMP
Music and Media Management
Amarok
Clementine
Rhythmbox
Banshee
Integration with Ubuntu
.is_audio_player
$ cat .is_audio_player
audio_folders=Music/,Video/
video_folders=Video/
output_formats=audio/ogg,audio/flac,audio/mpeg, video/x-msvideo,audio/mp4,video/mp4
# This allows Banshee to make playlists on this device.
playlist_path=Playlists/
playlist_formats=audio/mpegurl, audio/x-mpegurl, audio/m3u
Managing Photographs
digiKam
Shotwell
Darktable
Migrating from iPhoto
Virtual Machines
Extry Credit: Bridging
# apt-get install bridge-utils
# cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto loiface lo inet loopback
auto eth0 iface eth0 inet manual iface eth0 inet6 manual
auto br0
iface br0 inet static address 172.20.1.14 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 172.20.1.0 broadcast 172.20.1.255 gateway 172.20.1.1 bridge_ports eth0 bridge_stp off bridge_fd 0 bridge_maxwait 0
OS X Lion
Reverse Scrolling
To reverse vertical scrolling:
$ cat .Xmodmap
Pointer = 1 2 3 5 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
To reverse horizontal as well:
$ cat .Xmodmap
Pointer = 1 2 3 5 4 7 6 9 8 10 11 12
https://oneplus.net/one
http://tomato.groov.pl/
http://openelec.tv/
http://www.wviewweather.com/
#noapple
● Frustrating at first, but rewarding later● opt-out of “the Cloud”● Having options is the best feature● It's about creation, not consumption● Own what you create
Tarus Balog
G+: Tarus BALOGTwitter: @sortova
http://adventuresinoss.com http://tarus.io
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