My MAC venture

I am an ardent fan of Linux and the regular user of windows (Of course, have grown-up with it). Experimented with various flavors of linux (viz., RedHat, Fedora, SuSE, CentOS etc.,) and several versions of Windows. However, was always reluctant to try Mac systems. Though, I keep hearing lot of good things about Mac, but never attempted at it. Finally, broken the ice and gave it a try. Found a bit confusing but interesting. Especially having used windows GUI since a long time. Sharing my learning and experience though this blog. This article shall be helpful for those switching/adapting to Mac machines with windows/linux background like me. It primarily aims at comparing Windows and OS/X. Examples mentioned in this article are with reference to Yosemite (10.x) version of OS/X

Note: This blog is work-in-progress and shall be updated continuously as and when I come across new stuff

System Administration Tools

Description	Windows	Linux	OS X
Software/Package Management Tools		Yum, zypper,apt-get etc.,	Homebrew
Process/Task Management	Task Manager	top	Activity Monitor

Keyboard Mapping

The Option key on a Mac is the same as the Alt key in Windows.

The Command (cmd) key works in a similar way to the Control key in Windows. 

The most common use of Control key on Mac is to mimic the right click action.

Additional information available at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/970299

Some of the frequently used keys are provided below

Description	Windows	Linux	OS X
Control	Ctrl		Command (mostly) or Control (sometimes)
Alternate	Alt		Option
	Windows/Start		Command/Apple
Erase	Backspace/Del		delete

Shortcuts (Key-combinations)

Additional information at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236

Some of the useful shortcuts provided below for reference.

Description	Windows	Linux	OS X
Copy	Ctrl + C		Command+C
Cut	Ctrl + V		Command+V
Paste	Ctrl + V		Command+C
Redo	Ctrl + Z		Command+Z
Lock	Ctrl + Alt +Del		Control+Shift+Power