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Low End Mac is pleased to publish Unix & the Mac by Adam Loiacono. As Mac users adopt OS X, we enter a different world with not only a new interface and new organizing principals, but a whole different (and vastly superior) core - Unix.

We hope this series helps you understand and benefit from the power of Unix at the heart of Mac OS X.

Dan Knight, publisher, Low End Mac

• The Penguin lockup mystery, 2002.05.13. Something was locking up the Mac tight when booting into Linux - but what was it?
• Installing Linux on your low-end Mac, 2002.03.19. Getting Debian Linux up and running on an SE/30 - and lessons learned.
• Preparing your low-end Mac for Linux, 2002.03.18. Choosing and prepping your old Mac for a Linux installation.
• Unix for the Mac, 2002.02.13. Important issues for those running Unix on Macintosh hardware.
• An introduction to Unix, 2002.01.29. A brief look at Unix, why it has emerged as the leading alternative to Windows, and what it means to Mac users.

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