Back about this time of year in 2009, I wrote a post that's remained a venerable favorite. Entitled "How to set up Ubuntu Linux on a Mac -- It's Easy and Free," the post described in full detail how ...
In today's open source roundup: Is it worth it to install Linux on a Mac? Plus: Why Google+ failed. And the death of Google+ is coming Some Linux users have found that Apple’s Mac computers work well ...
Also in today’s open source roundup: How to install Linux on a Mac, and is it worth it to install Linux on a MacBook? There is an interesting subset of Linux users that prefer to run it on a Mac. Yes, ...
OS X is mostly Posix compliant, and you can get a huge swath of Linux tools through Homebrew, so I don't know why you would want to. I know about the "Unix behind the nice GUI" of Os X, I've used it a ...
Last week, I wrote a story incorrectly concluding that a full Linux desktop environment would soon run on Macs with Apple silicon. This was a misunderstanding of the facts. While some of the work in ...
I've used every version of Windows in some capacity since Windows 98, and from my experience, Windows 11 isn't the worst ...
August 15, 2012 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google One great alternative that will breathe new life into your Mac hardware (regardless of age): Install Linux on it ...
The Unix underpinnings of Mac OS make it feel familiar and accessible to programmers used to working in Unix-like environments. Apple’s Xcode IDE and other development tools are thoughtfully crafted ...
Homebrew is a free, open-source package manager for Linux and MacOS that simplifies the installation and management of software. Think of Homebrew as a command-line version of the App Store that ...