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Link: A New Project To Run Mac OS X Binaries On Linux

December 26, 2012 at 2:39 pm · Filed under Linux, OS X, software ·Tagged , , , , , ,

This falls into the category of “I wonder why no one ever thought of this before” — it seems to me that since OS X and Linux are both based on Unix (more or less), it would be easier to make OS X software run under Linux than Windows software.

While there is the Wine project to run native Windows binaries on Linux (and other platforms), there’s a new open-source project that’s emerging for running Apple OS X binaries on Linux in a seamless manner.

It is The Darling Project that’s set out to achieve binary compatible support for Apple OS X / Darwin applications on Linux. …

More here:

A New Project To Run Mac OS X Binaries On Linux (Phoronix)

By the way, I think they need a logo.  I suggest Tux the penguin hugging a heart with an apple stem coming out of the top.  I would suggest Tux hugging an actual apple, but you-know-who would probably sue.

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Apple is no longer cool

November 3, 2011 at 7:12 pm · Filed under Apple, Editorial, Mac, Opinion, OS X, software ·Tagged , , , ,

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One of the things I have discovered in life is that when the founder of a company, or one of its most influential people, leaves the company or dies, the company changes.  And usually, the change is not for the better.  Often, it’s the sacrifice of some long-held ideal that the founder insisted on adhering to.

Now, I’m not saying that this necessarily has anything to do with the recent death of Steve Jobs, but it definitely pushes Apple further into the “uncool” category.  They’ve been headed in that direction for some time now, but this is a major change as far as both software developers and users are concerned:

Apple To Mandate Sandboxing by March 2012 (OSNews)
Apple To Require Sandboxing For Mac App Store Apps (Slashdot)

The commenters on Slashdot have probably expressed all points of view on this, but personally, I don’t see it as a good thing at all. But then, I’m one of those folks who doesn’t think it’s right to trade freedom for security. I’d rather be free than secure, in both life and on my computer.

I hope all the OS X application developers start shunning the App Store the way the Amish shun a family member that chooses to drive an automobile, and have electricity and a telephone in their home (I don’t for a moment think it’s right when the Amish do that, but I’m not going to waste my time editorializing about them because they are unable to read what I write!). A giant uplifted middle finger to whichever dickwads at Apple made this decision.

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Links: OS X Notifier App Growl Goes Closed Source, but a free forked version (that works in Lion) is available

October 22, 2011 at 12:19 pm · Filed under Apple, Mac, OS X, software ·Tagged , , , , , , , , , ,

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How to install Midnight Commander under Mac OS X (the easiest way?)

January 8, 2011 at 1:35 pm · Filed under Apple, Mac, OS X, software ·Tagged , , , , , ,

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How to install Midnight Commander under Mac OS X (the easy way, using Rudix)

March 25, 2008 at 2:00 pm · Filed under Apple, Mac, OS X, software ·Tagged , , ,

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