[SATLUG] I Mac and Me

[Sean Carolan]

> In what way are the Mac OS X CLI tools not complete?  You get the
> full development kit (if you choose to install it), and pretty much
> all the other standard CLI tools I know of.
>
> What's missing?

I should have been more specific.  The last time I worked from the
command line on a Mac the default shell was tcsh.  I prefer bash but I
have heard that newer versions of OS X include bash by default?

Most flavors of Linux have better command line tools for package
management and dependency resolving.  It would be great if Mac had an
equivalent system to yum or apt, where you could grab new F/OSS
software with a short command, instead of compiling from scratch.

I'm also not a huge fan of the OS X built-in Terminal app, finding
gnome-terminal to be more customizable to my needs.  When you have
several ssh sessions open in terminal windows, it's nice to have them
all in tabs instead of separate windows.  This is not specifically a
command-line issue, but it is related since you have to use Terminal
to get to the command line, unless you install a 3rd party app.

Nothing against Macs though.  I may get one after my current system
kicks the bucket.