Hi All!

I guess the header says it all: I need a book to get me started on Mac OS X. I have half a year's autodidactic linux experience, tried various distributions, strong on the command line, bash and perl programming, dabbled with python and c. I hope to make my Mac OS X similarly powerful - is that possible?

What's a good book or web resource?

Thanks,

Samsara

My best guess would be to look at O'Reilly books and maybe read some of their reviews.

I started to buy a Mac when they were struggling... when Bill Gates bought a strong stake in Mac I changed my mind!

I doubt you will ever be able to acquire all the "power" of linux as it is a dynamic process that fuels development. (of linux)

You have some good looking skillsets!

Thanks for your comments, jdh77! After trawling through some reviews, this book seems to come out tops:

Mac OS X Hacks
by Rael Dornfest, Kevin Hemenway
O'Reilly

I've read excerpts of the Google Hacks in the same series, and found it interesting, although I'd already implemented a lot of what they suggested before reading the book. But the Mac OS X one seems to be loved by all reviewers, and you can't really fault the no-nonsense, text-only, cheap paperback approach of the series

I'll post again if I find any more favourable reviews.

All the best,

Samsara

My most recent book acquisition is "Hacking Exposed, Third Edition." (with CD)

I highly recommend it. It covers Network Security Secrets & Solutions, platform nuetral. (But treats UNIX/Linux/M$Window$xx separately)

New, I picked it up off half.com for a song!

I hope to do a little bit about resources before long. (CDs, books & web)

I'll post them when I do.

Sounds enticing - thanks!

Samsara