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Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux

#1

Post by mikemoka » Wed, Nov 02, 2016, 2:12 PM UTC

Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux
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#2

Post by wonks » Wed, Nov 02, 2016, 3:02 PM UTC

Hmm. I guess many developers use just the right amount of MacOS specific tools to justify this now. The git client Tower is something I've eyed before, but most tools I use are available on Linux, and I say that as someone who uses a Mac at work.

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Post by ChristianGeek » Wed, Nov 02, 2016, 3:06 PM UTC

wonks wrote: post #2

Hmm. I guess many developers use just the right amount of MacOS specific tools to justify this now. The git client Tower is something I've eyed before, but most tools I use are available on Linux, and I say that as someone who uses a Mac at work.

No GUI support at the moment.

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#4

Post by ISNIT » Wed, Nov 02, 2016, 3:10 PM UTC

It'll super useful when/if it supports XCode + Mac Developer Tools for iOS development. I think that's the main thing keeping app developers on their Macs.

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Nov 02, 2016, 3:10 PM UTC

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#6

Post by rimantas » Wed, Nov 02, 2016, 3:14 PM UTC

ISNIT wrote: post #4

It'll super useful when/if it supports XCode + Mac Developer Tools for iOS development. I think that's the main thing keeping app developers on their Macs.

Believe me, it is not. All Android and WP developers I know also used Macs. :)

Re: Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux

#7

Post by jhbadger » Wed, Nov 02, 2016, 3:24 PM UTC

Is there anything the other way around? Running a Linux binary on MacOS? Sometimes the source isn't available so recompiling isn't an option.

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#8

Post by kevinherron » Wed, Nov 02, 2016, 3:25 PM UTC

This is neat, but I can't think of a single non-GUI tool on OS X that I need or doesn't have an equivalent in Linux...

Re: Darling – MacOS translation layer for Linux

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Post by m3rc » Wed, Nov 02, 2016, 3:25 PM UTC

rimantas wrote: post #6

ISNIT wrote: post #4

It'll super useful when/if it supports XCode + Mac Developer Tools for iOS development. I think that's the main thing keeping app developers on their Macs.

Believe me, it is not. All Android and WP developers I know also used Macs. :)

Interesting, the Android and WP developers I know use PCs running Linux... since the plural of "anecdote" is "statistics" I wonder how we proceed from here

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Post by hayleox » Wed, Nov 02, 2016, 3:33 PM UTC

jhbadger wrote: post #7

Is there anything the other way around? Running a Linux binary on MacOS? Sometimes the source isn't available so recompiling isn't an option.

I don't think such a thing exists, probably because there are few/no applications that target Linux and not OS X that aren't also open source. Can you give an example of an app that is only released as a compiled binary for Linux and not OS X?