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Darling – Run macOS software on Linux

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Post by peter_d_sherman » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 4:08 AM UTC

Darling – Run macOS software on Linux
darlinghq.org

Re: Darling – Run macOS software on Linux

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Post by peter_d_sherman » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 4:08 AM UTC

Also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darling_(software)

Re: Darling – Run macOS software on Linux

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Post by emmelaich » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 4:58 AM UTC

I'd love to know (of popular software) what works well, and what doesn't.

Is there such a list?

Re: Darling – Run macOS software on Linux

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Post by CMCDragonkai » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 5:03 AM UTC

Would love to run monodraw on Linux

Re: Darling – Run macOS software on Linux

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Post by Qasaur » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 5:04 AM UTC

If this works with Adobe Creative Cloud, then moving to a Linux distro has suddenly become much more attractive.

Re: Darling – Run macOS software on Linux

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Post by rixrax » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 5:05 AM UTC

emmelaich wrote: post #3

I'd love to know (of popular software) what works well, and what doesn't. Is there such a list?

And most importantly (to me), does Adobe Lightroom, Premiere and Photoshop run under this?

Frankly, those are about the last pieces of desktop software that prevent me to switch to Linux.

Re: Darling – Run macOS software on Linux

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Post by a012 » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 5:05 AM UTC

emmelaich wrote: post #3

I'd love to know (of popular software) what works well, and what doesn't. Is there such a list?

From the homepage:

> Does it support GUI apps?

> Almost! This took us a lot of time and effort, but we finally have basic experimental support for running simple graphical applications. It requires some special setup for now though, so do not expect it to work out of the box just yet. We're working on this; stay tuned!

Re: Darling – Run macOS software on Linux

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Post by ashton314 » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 5:10 AM UTC

Do my eyes deceive me? O.o What trickery is this?!

If I can run iTerm2 on Linux… snap. Um, I would seriously consider switching entirely over to Linux.

My killer apps that make it hard for me to switch:

- iTerm2 (must-have)

- OmniGraffle (really nice, but not critical I guess)

- Little Snitch (I understand there are alternatives, but LS is so nice!)

- MoneyWell (budgeting—haven't found anything better)

If anyone has any experience running those apps under Linux, please let me know.

Re: Darling – Run macOS software on Linux

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Post by kick » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 5:11 AM UTC

Qasaur wrote: post #5

If this works with Adobe Creative Cloud, then moving to a Linux distro has suddenly become much more attractive.

The homepage notes that it can't run complex graphical software yet.

With that in mind, some recent versions of Adobe software like Photoshop have worked fine in Wine for a while now.

Re: Darling – Run macOS software on Linux

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Post by uranium235 » Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 5:13 AM UTC

This has been around at least since 2015 ive been watching it a bit good to see it's getting some work