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On a Mac, open System Preferences, choose "Keyboard" and click "Set Up Bluetooth Keyboard." In iOS or Android, turn on "Bluetooth" in Settings, and in Windows, open Control Panel and select "Add a Device." Your device shows a pass code and a countdown timer, and you must type the numeric . . . Read more
This portable keyboard connects to all Bluetooth wireless devices with external keyboard support. Map keys and layouts for Windows, Mac, iPadOS, Chrome OS, Android, iOS, and even Apple TV.
Macports Make sure you have Xcode installed. Get it from the Mac App Store. Open Terminal. Run this command: xcode-select –install . Confirm that you want to install the Xcode tools. Download Macports for your version of macOS. Run the PKG file and install Macports. Install packages with this command: . . . Read more
Yum is an automatic updater and package installer/remover for rpm systems. It automatically computes dependencies and figures out what things should occur to install packages. It makes it easier to maintain groups of machines without having to manually update each one using rpm.
Xcode is a complete developer toolset for creating apps for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. Xcode brings user interface design, coding, testing, debugging, and submitting to the App Store into a unified workflow.
Yes. It’s always been possible to run Linux on Macs as long as you use a version that is compatible with the Mac hardware. Most Linux applications run on compatible versions of Linux. You can start at www.linux.org.
Essentially, Ubuntu is free due to it’s Open Source licensing, Mac OS X; due to being closed source, isn’t. Beyond that, Mac OS X and Ubuntu are cousins, Mac OS X being based off of FreeBSD/BSD, and Ubuntu being Linux based, which are two separate branches off of UNIX.
But is it worth it to install Linux on a Mac? … Mac OS X is a great operating system, so if you bought a Mac, stay with it. If you really need to have a Linux OS alongside OS X and you know what you’re doing, install it, otherwise . . . Read more
apt-get is a command-line tool which helps in handling packages in Linux. Its main task is to retrieve the information and packages from the authenticated sources for installation, upgrade and removal of packages along with their dependencies.
The drivers and dependencies installation instructions use Apt-Get, but CentOS uses YUM.