Linus Torvalds, technology whore 1703

If you install Apple's port of X, though, it by default starts an xterm when you start X. I think xterm is generally a better terminal than any of the later terminal emulators (including Apple's Terminal), so that's what I normally use.

Actually, aliases are different from links. They are kind of like a cross between hard links and symbolic links. For example, suppose you make an alias "foo" that refers to file "bar".

If you then move "bar" to a different directory, the alias keeps working. So, it is like a hard link.

Now, delete "bar", and the alias no longer works. Then, rename "spam" to "bar", and "foo" will now refer to that, and start working again.

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The main keyboard annoyance is that the middle of the space row looks like this on an Apple keyboard:

option command space command option

and on a PC keyboard looks like this:

windows alt space alt windows

Unfortunately, when a PC keyboard is used on a Mac, the "windows" key means "command" and the "alt" key means "option".

There are free utilities to fix this. uControl, for example:

to do that swap for you. I think some KVM switches can be told to do it, too, on a per-port basis).

Logitech Cordless Comfort Duo Black works with both:

Well, it works with Mac. I haven't actually tried it on my PC yet.

-- --Tim Smith