upgrading to Mac OS X Mountain Lion

• starting with Mountain Lion X11 for Mac OS X is available on a separate website: xquartz.macosforge.org, support.apple.com/kb/HT5293
• RCS binaries get provided in /Developer/usr/bin, but e.g. "rcsdiff" makes use of a hard-wired "co" by the full path of /usr/bin/co; my fix for this: I symlinked ../Developer/usr/bin/co to /usr/bin/co.
• you need XCode of course
• as a Fink user, you need to (re-)install Fink from fink.sf.net (coreutils, wget, xv, xpdf)

Mac OS X "Mountain Lion", X11, the XQuartz project

• support.apple.com/kb/HT5293:  About X11 and OS X Mountain Lion
• starting with Mountain Lion X11 for Mac OS X is available on a separate website: xquartz.macosforge.org

O'Reilly Media book: Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Mountain Lion Edition

Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Mountain Lion Edition:
Ready to move to the Mac? This incomparable guide helps you make a smooth transition. New York Times columnist and Missing Manuals creator David Pogue gets you past three challenges: transferring your stuff, assembling Mac programs so you can do what you did with Windows, and learning your way around OS X. Whether you’re using Windows XP or Windows 7, we’ve got you covered.

O'Reilly Media book: Learning Unix for OS X Mountain Lion

Learning Unix for OS X Mountain Lion:
Beneath OS X easy-to-use GUI interface lies a powerful Unix engine. Mac users have Unix, as well as a host of tools ported over from Linux, at their fingertips; the just need to know how to access it. Learning Unix for OS X provides Mac users with a user-friendly tour of the Unix world concealed beneath OS X's hood and shows how to make the most use of the command-line tools.

Thoroughly revised and updated for Mac OS X Lion and Mountain Lion, this new edition introduces Mac users to the Terminal application and shows you how to navigate the command interface an explore hundreds of Unix applications that come with the Mac.

TidBITS Publishing e-book (only): Take Control of Using Mountain Lion

Take Control of Using Mountain Lion:
Learn to function effectively with OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, whether you want to embrace recently added features (such as Notifications, Launchpad, gestures, and Mission Control) or want to strike a balance between old and new options. Most importantly, you'll get a thorough grounding in Mountain Lion's new "modern document model" that gives you three ways to save documents: the old way, the new way, or the new way with iCloud. Written by Mac expert and former professor Matt Neuburg, this ebook also discusses how you can tweak Mountain Lion to best meet your needs--with details on customizing the menu bar, Finder windows, Dock, Launchpad--and much more.

TidBITS Publishing e-book (only): Take Control of Upgrading to Mountain Lion

Take Control of Upgrading to Mountain Lion:
Best-selling author Joe Kissell guides you through every step in the process of upgrading to Mountain Lion. You'll begin with a compatibility check, learn to make a suitable pre-upgrade backup, and then follow assorted pre-upgrade advice, including managing your Apple ID, deleting digital detritus, and making a safe copy of the installer file. Joe helps you pick an upgrade plan: in-place (easy), clean install (for control freaks), over Leopard (a time-saving option), and even to a new Mac that's running Mountain Lion. He also describes the basics of installing Mountain Lion Server. After guiding you through the upgrade, Joe gets you started with key post-installation steps. You'll also find troubleshooting advice in case of upgrade failure, along with a chapter about Recovery mode.