In need of some info

[Eric Oyen]

Plenty of available apps. :)

textEdit is a simple text editor. There is also nano for the command line. Also, with brew, you can install other needed apps and runtime environments. Firefox is most definitely available, however I don’t use it much as it’s accessibility under OS X using the screen reader is, at best, hit and miss. btw, between macports and brew, there are a large number of linux ports to OS X that are available. This includes the X desktop environment and many X based apps. If you can find a 2018 Mac mini (can be had for less than $500) then you are already most of the way there. Btw, I use brew here to install and configure many console apps, especially those dealing with multimedia and also ham radio. It also doesn’t hurt that they are reasonably accessible with the screen reader. :)

Anyway, poke around in MacPorts and you will see a huge list of available apps.

-Eric
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> On Oct 17, 2022, at 6:25 PM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> I am creating a tutorial and need some info.
> 
> Is FireFox available for the MAC?  I seem to recall it is available for Linux, is that true?
> 
> I am looking for a simple text editor.  For Windows I know Notepad is available.  What about for the MAC and Linux?
> 
> Thanks so much!!
> 
> Keith
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