I mainly use my MacBook for music, movies, email and internet browsing.
If you really want to customize things, you can download Mac Ports http://www.macports.org/ and install many of the same open source applications Linux users enjoy (because both mac and linux are Unix based).
You must have X11 installed
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Screen casting on OSX for free isn't that easy. So, I took it upon myself to figure out this little tid-bit of geeky goodness.. Enjoy! The ...
Official Demo of this great Open Source FPS (frag fest!). Better still, it runs on OSX, Linux and Windows - so it's THE Inclusive online ...
A video showing a simple way to install the Git SCM on your Mac OS X box using Homebrew. This video also covers the installation of Homebrew as well.
This video should get you up and running with Diaspora on Mac OS X and Ubuntu The steps are simple. Just copy and paste the code provided. The ...
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The Shellcoder's Handbook, Discovering and Exploiting Security Holes Aside from the unique “Aqua” UI theme, OS X has a Unix feel, due in no small part to the large number of open source projects that are bundled as part of it ... |
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Mac OS X for Unix Geeks If you bought the boxed version of Mac OS X 10.2 (Jaguar), the Developer Tools ... a better understanding of Unix for Mac OS X: Apple's Open Source Mailing ... |
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Mac OS X Tiger for Unix geeks Also, some open source video applications have been ported to Mac OS X using Aqua, rather than relying on X11. $ $ $ $ Open Source Video Players MPlayer ... |
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Beginning Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server: From Solo Install to Enterprise Integration Mac OS X Server uses a healthy mixture of open source software and customized Apple versions of those open source solutions. Many open source–based servers ... |
Excellent and comprehensive list of free software that every Mac user should have bookmarked.
A high-quality FPS that has been downloaded over 1.5 million times. Graphically it features HDR, blooming, and real-time dynamic shading, yet can run on a P3. Multiple game modes and excessive weapons and speed create an incredibly intense fast paced game with a strong community.
"The Roomba has a piezo beeper that can play tunes. You've heard it.And its motors make noise. Why not put them under MIDI control?So here is RoombaMidi: a Mac OS X application that creates a virtual MIDI instrument for use by any Mac OS X MIDI sequencer, like Ableton Live, Logic, and so on."
At Playportal.net we're always looking for great multiplayer games to play with our mates.This gem runs on just about any machine, plays excellently, and is a great way to boost your game collection without spending hard earned. There's a large community behind it and lots of mods and maps. Come and join us at www.playportal.net for some games :)
Bean is lean, fast, and uncluttered. If you get depressed at the thought of firing up MS Word or OpenOffice, try Bean. If you use Text Edit but have to jump through hoops just to get a word count or change the margins, try Bean. If you desire a simple, low-pressure writing environment, try Bean.
Here's an idea @, why not open source #OSX? People will still buy your hardware, no matter what. You still have the cash cow. 
Man, reading all these comments from the FOSS community on the RMS article bashing, do they not understand that most of OSX is open source?
RT @: osx lion is really the worst OS I know when you have to build external open source libs now… I wish that any lib changes would be documented
osx lion is really the worst OS I know when you have to build external open source libs now… I wish that any lib changes would be documented
@ Lightweight UNIX-like OS (Remake of BeOS) - - similar to Mac OSX but it's open source & without the Apple creep
Virtualbox 2.0.2 this time
artist: Fausto De Martini