Got a Mac? Yes? Well, for the love of Unix, you must try this! Get Darwinports. Darwinports will be your gateway to the wonderful world of open source software, made special just for your Mac. Once you have it installed and updated, plug yourself into this equation:

You + Darwinports = World Domination!!!

Okay, not exactly. But you can try out some cool and helpful software. Have you ever wanted to suck down a whole website so you could have your own copy? Install wget like so:

$ sudo port install wget

Looking for an xml library to help out your code? Try a search like this:

$ port search xml

It’s easy to keep up-to-date with

$ sudo port selfupdate    *updates Darwinports
$ sudo port sync          *updates the index of programs
$ sudo port -a update     *updates all installed programs

Easy-peesy. Check out Darwinports for software and more detailed help.