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Mac OS X Server is Apple's UNIX server operating system. Based on the same architecture as Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server includes additional services, applications and administration tools for managing and deploying servers. Mac OS X Server is the operating system included on Xserve, Apple's 1U rack mount server. Mac OS X Server is also sold separately for use on Apple desktop computers including Mac Pro, iMac and Mac mini. Mac OS X Server is commonly found in small business, education and large enterprise organizations.

X11.pkg version 2.3.3

Mac OS X includes a VNC server (check the Sharing preference pane, it's part of Apple Remote Desktop).

defaults write com.apple.ScreenSharing ShowBonjourBrowser_Debug 1

My current (minimalistic) Linux startup file, so that I remember that unsetting SESSION_MANAGER is the right way to avoid complaints from gnome-session: $ cat .vnc/xstartup #!/bin/sh unset SESSION_MANAGER [ -x /etc/vnc/xstartup ] && exec /etc/vnc/xstartup [ -r $HOME/.Xresources ] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources xsetroot -solid grey vncconfig -iconic & gnome-session &

the installer creates the first user account. This is the important bit: it is an administration account – call it “Administrator” or something like that and create another for yourself afterwards (if you’re a UNIX head, this is not root, which is disabled).

Create your own Applications folder inside your home directory (Mac OS X will change the icon accordingly) and try out new stuff in there.

drag the entire Applications folder to the right-hand side of the Dock, forming what Apple calls a “stack”