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Porticus 1.8 (Mac)

Porticus is a Cocoa GUI for the MacPorts package manager. MacPorts provides ready to build open-source software packages modified to compile and run on Mac OS X. The MacPorts project provides a TCL command line tool to manage installation, update and activation of the port packages. Porticus provides a GUI...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Open-source Software, GUI, Porticus, MacPorts, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Productivity, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-17

PortAuthority 3.0 (Mac)

PortAuthority provides a graphical user interface for the MacPorts package management system for Mac OS X. MacPorts is a powerful command-line tool for installing and updating a variety of Unix-based applications for the Mac. Its power, though, comes at the cost of some complexity; in the past the only way...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Kevin Walzer, PortAuthority, MacPorts, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-13

MacPorts 1.8.1 (Mac)

The aim of the MacPorts project is to develop a second-generation system for the building, installation and management of third party software. MacPorts is probably best described by comparison: It's sort of like the FreeBSD ports collection or Fink in that it automates the process of building third party...

Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, MacPorts, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2009-09-28

MacPorts 1.7.1 (Mac)

The aim of the MacPorts project is to develop a second-generation system for the building, installation and management of third party software. MacPorts is probably best described by comparison: It's sort of like the FreeBSD ports collection or Fink in that it automates the process of building third party...

Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, MacPorts, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2009-03-28

Apple's take on mobile Unix

Apple's take on mobile UnixMacPort! I'm not particularly savvy with UNIX...MacPort! I'm not particularly savvy with UNIX, so when I download a utility that looks especially useful but also requires it be compiled I get so frustrated. Inevitably I don't have 3 or 4 libraries required, and...

Tags: Operating systems, MacPorts, corollary, mobile, Apple Inc., Unix, Apple Mac OS X

Discussion threads 2008-12-09

MacPorts 1.6.0 (Mac)

The aim of the MacPorts project is to develop a second-generation system for the building, installation and management of third party software. MacPorts is probably best described by comparison: It's sort of like the FreeBSD ports collection or Fink in that it automates the process of building third party...

Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, MacPorts, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2007-12-19

Additional Resources

New tool aids .Net developers in writing Linux, Mac OS X apps

Windows only applications will be a thing of the past before long.We could also use some good tools for porting general Win32 apps to Mac and Linux using WineLib.Agree, but, for the transition, these kinks of tools will helpNTmore reasons to avoid NovellThese proprietary apps that work only with M$...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, .NET, Operating systems, tool, Linux, Microsoft .NET, Mac OS X app, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Why Mac open source gets no respect

"Since Macs generally cost less than PCs"THEY ARE? Since when? And that doesn't jive at all with "Macs are upscale"... and cheaper. Mmmm no.No counterpart to XBMC?There are a ton of Media Center applications for windows, including Windows Media Center, which is fairly adept at just about...

Tags: Desktops, Operating systems, Mac people, Apple Macintosh, XBMC, MCE, Unix

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

TSclientX 1.12 (Mac)

(Note: TSclientX is also available for PowerPC Macs as a separate download)TSclientX is a Remote Desktop Protocol also known as Windows Terminal Services client for Mac OS X. It appears to be a native Mac OS application, but is in fact an assembly of open-source software working in concert to...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Remote Desktop, Desktops, Terminal Services, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-05-09

Don't expect a flood of Mac open source

Don't expect a flood of Mac open sourceYes, given that Mac is BSD based, it does not take much to get a whole lotof open source programs running on Mac. The biggest problem is that many of the GUI applications do not have the Mac look and feel. Does Apple...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Macintosh, open source, software, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-25

The Leopard has landed - The Mac OS X 10.5 upgrade process

The Leopard has landed - The Mac OS X 10.5 upgrade processHappy Motoring!ntInstallation disasters - possible causeI read the thread on the Apple board that AKH referred to. It seems that the problem arises due to some 3rd party system enhancements (not applications but AKA "haxies") installed. Seems...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Apple Inc., Leopard, Adrian, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS X, operating system

Discussion threads 2007-10-27

Is Microsoft's Vista behind Apple's alleged 'Leopard' delay?

Is Microsoft's Vista behind Apple's alleged 'Leopard' delay?I'd like to see Leopard ASAPWhy wouldn't Apple provide Leopard with a Beta of Boot Camp that would work with XP and then when the new Boot Camp is ready, offer it as a software update?I want leopard nowI don't have vista, so...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), rumor mill, Microsoft Corp., development tool, Microsoft Windows Vista, Leopard, Apple Inc., software

Discussion threads 2007-03-23