Mac OS X in Education

From Schoolforge-UK

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Built In Functionailty 2.1 PDF Creation 2.2 Unix Utilities 3 Open Source 3.1 Databases 3.2 Office Apps 3.3 Science & Engineering 3.4 Music & Audio 3.5 Languages 4 Sources of Support

Introduction

Mac OS X is not open source; it is however based on the open source Darwin BSD OS. As the largest single distribution of a unix-like operating system, hundreds of open source applications have been ported. This page will link to some of the best as well as explaining what software is provided by Apple.

Built In Functionailty

PDF Creation

Unix Utilities

• Python
• Ruby
• Perl

Open Source

Databases

Office Apps

Science & Engineering

Music & Audio

Languages

Sources of Support