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Re: Virtualize OS X on Linux

#11

Post by Hello71 »

voltagex_ wrote: post #9

While I like this idea a lot, the gist of this is somehow https://atlas.hashicorp.com/AndrewDryga/boxes/vagrant-box-os... hasn't been DMCA'd yet. You also have no idea how http://files.dryga.com/boxes/osx-mavericks-0.1.0.box was built (which is my main bugbear with Docker and Vagrant images), which kext hacks were used, whether the image has been tampered with etc etc. Edit: okay, this was a bit harsh. It looks like…

> uses them on a Mac OS host - so no kext hacks needed like if you were building a Hackintosh

why would the host be relevant at all

Re: Virtualize OS X on Linux

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Post by gravypod »

I wish Apple would port their DE/WM to Linux and Free it with a license that says something along the lines of "you can install this if you paid for it". I'd easily pay 100$ for the Apple DE/WM suite sitting over my distro.

I guess this is the closest you can get (aside from using Elementary OS).

Re: Virtualize OS X on Linux

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Post by symlinkk »

It's really sad that the only way to get macOS running in a virtual machine is with hacks and tweaks. I'm working on a cross platform desktop app written in Qt and while it should theoretically work on macOS I haven't had a chance to actually try it, because I don't own any Apple computers. Apple is shooting themselves in the foot.

Re: Virtualize OS X on Linux

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Post by voltagex_ »

Hello71 wrote: post #11
voltagex_ wrote: post #9

While I like this idea a lot, the gist of this is somehow https://atlas.hashicorp.com/AndrewDryga/boxes/vagrant-box-os... hasn't been DMCA'd yet. You also have no idea how http://files.dryga.com/boxes/osx-mavericks-0.1.0.box was built (which is my main bugbear with Docker and Vagrant images), which kext hacks were used, whether the image has been tampered with etc etc. Edit: okay, this was a bit harsh. It looks like…

> uses them on a Mac OS host - so no kext hacks needed like if you were building a Hackintosh why would the host be relevant at all

VirtualBox and VMware don't "support" virtualisation of OS X on non-OS X platforms. You either have to hack your VM, or the guest installer.

Re: Virtualize OS X on Linux

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Post by AceJohnny2 »

gravypod wrote: post #13

I wish Apple would port their DE/WM to Linux and Free it with a license that says something along the lines of "you can install this if you paid for it". I'd easily pay 100$ for the Apple DE/WM suite sitting over my distro. I guess this is the closest you can get (aside from using Elementary OS).

God, I wish the opposite! After years of using AwesomeWM [1], now that I'm stuck in OS X for work I feel like I'm tied down and handicapped.

While I'm around, anyone know the keyboard shortcut to UNminimize a window?

[1] https://awesome.naquadah.org/

Re: Virtualize OS X on Linux

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Post by _lce0 »

symlinkk wrote: post #16

It's really sad that the only way to get macOS running in a virtual machine is with hacks and tweaks. I'm working on a cross platform desktop app written in Qt and while it should theoretically work on macOS I haven't had a chance to actually try it, because I don't own any Apple computers. Apple is shooting themselves in the foot.

Honest question: do you need Apple hardware? Or Apple OS?

Nowadays linux can certainly run on Apple hardware without any extra effort

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