Run Mac OS X Apps On Linux? 497
I have the urge to commit my 24" Core 2 Duo iMac to a single Linux operating system, thus giving up the goodness of my beloved Mac OS X. I am not a stranger to Linux, but I am a stranger to running Mac apps on Linux. On my PowerPC I can use SheepShaver to run Classic apps. The Mac-on-Linux project can run OS X apps, but it requires a PowerPC, not an x86. Virtualizing and emulating are inefficient, especially given the wonderful results the WINE project has had in getting Windows apps to run on Linux. What I would like is an equivalent: a software compatibility layer that will allow Linux to run Mac OS X apps at native performance. I believe there is some additional complexity in accomplishing this. Mac OS X apps aren't just Mac OS X apps. They are Carbon. They are Cocoa. They are universal binaries. They are PPC code with Altivec. Does such a project exist yet? If not, why not?
Funny you should mention this... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Funny you should mention this... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Purpose. (Score:5, Funny)
The guy refers to "my beloved Mac OS X" and then goes on and on about how he wants to get rid of it, but can't leave behind the application support. Why?
"Dear Slashdot, I've got this urge to kill my beloved wife. Could you please tell me how to do it, and how to simultaneously make her sister as hot as she is and have her marry me instead?"
What the fuck is he trying to gain?
--saint
Re:Purpose. (Score:5, Funny)
Please stop the Hans Reiser bashing right now.
Re:Cocoa and Carbon (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Of course you can't (Score:5, Funny)
Damn. This stuff must be expired!
Either that or I'm not using enough of it...
Re:Purpose. (Score:5, Funny)
Didn't Hans Reiser submit that story?
Sorry, that was in poor taste
You're not doing it right... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:mod parent back up (Score:1, Funny)
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Deconstruct jokes
Emulator name? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Cocoa and Carbon (Score:5, Funny)
Well now I just find that hard to believe.
Re:mod parent back up (Score:1, Funny)
Zoit? We are talking WIN32 here, are you sure the planet isn't actually named Sploit?