Mac OS X Tiger for Unix Geeks

Mac OS X Tiger: Missing Manual

Mac OS X Tiger Pocket Guide (Pocket References)

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Learning Unix for Mac OS X Tiger

Format: Paperback
Author: Dave Taylor
ReleaseDate: 01 June, 2005
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
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Great book for novices of unix
Hadnt used any unix commands in a long time, after reading the first 3 chapters i was back up and running. Great book that got me back into the unix command line world.
Also since this is my first mac computer it also enlightened me on the relationship of the aqua gui and the underpinnnings of the unix kernal. But like other reviews its shallow on the depth of the different options associated with standard commands.
So now i'm ready to graduate over to the other book "Mac OS for Unix Geeks".

a great book for beginners..... but
as a beginner to unix but not to mac i found this book easy to understand but it lacks detail. first off let me say that this book is extermly well written has excellent examples and the author is easy to understand. i think its done on purpose because the author does not wish to overwelm the reader. however the book really suffers because of lack of detail. i would have liked more on fink and x11. x11 is just introduced and than never talked about again. he never says why you should use it, whats good about it and why it even exsists. if you want a book that goes into great detail get matisse enzer unix for mac os x tiger. its a great book and has alot more detail and examples than learning unix for mac os x tiger.

Very good beginner book!
This book clearly walks the reader through the most important aspects of using Unix-based systems, though I thought the chapter "Redirecting I/O" was a little beyond the beginner level, and some of the topics may be hard to practice due to the user's limited resources (remote logins, etc). Having some extra time on my hands I decided to acquaint myself with the Unix underpinnings of Mac OS X, but being a Unix beginner, I needed some guidance. I also realize that this is just a beginner guide, but I would have liked seeing chapters on security and installing software from source instead of just Fink and DarwinPorts.

Though I haven't bought the book, Matisse Enzer's Unix for Mac OS 10. 4 Tiger seems like it covers some of the topics not covered in this book. That said, I still highly recommend Learning Unix for Mac OS X Tiger as an (mostly) easy-to-understand guide to learning the basics of Unix and increasing your control of your system.