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Re: Darling – Run macOS software on Linux

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Post by sunaurus »

1_player wrote: post #95
sunaurus wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've never used IINA, but I'm wondering why you don't just use mpv on Linux? I've been using mpv for years and I've never had any issues with it.

IINA is much more than mpv. Sure, it uses mpv underneath, but the selling point of IINA is a well thought out UI with just enough features but not too many (totally subjective, of course)

> ...the selling point of IINA is a well thought out UI with just enough features but not too many

That's exactly how I would describe the default mpv UI :)

Re: Darling – Run macOS software on Linux

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Post by boudin »

mikkelam wrote: post #50
saagarjha wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Parts of the command line toolchain work already. Try it!

Wow is that true? A lot of people could save a shit ton of money for that CI and automatic tooling for macOS, iOS and so on

I'm discovering this too, and quite eager to try, being able to build iOS apps on Linux would be a big step forward for CI/CD.

I just found this documentation from Godot: https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/development/compiling...

Actually, there's an xcode example in the doc as well: https://wiki.darlinghq.org/what_to_try

Re: Darling – Run macOS software on Linux

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Post by rkeene2 »

trasz wrote: post #99
aasasd wrote: post #57

After learning of the existence of a bunch of compatibility layers, I'm now occasionally pining for a Linux→Mac one. Because dealing with BSD software, aka ‘unknown option --help’, is a source of irritation sometimes. Plus there's actually open-source Linux software that doesn't have open-source analogs on Mac (not that I'll remember right now what it was). But then again, Linux has /proc and a boatload of common API…

The —help is not particularly useful when you have proper man pages.

It is often less verbose than a man page so can be seen entirely without a pager, which is often all you need when you are looking for a reminder of that periodically used option. Certainly having both options (man page and inline help) is better than having only one option.

Re: Darling – Run macOS software on Linux

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Post by extro »

Unrelated comment, but am i the only one who gets annoyed by the "does it runs safari?" or "does it runs adobe?" questions? It seems a significant portion of "readers" can't or won't actually read, which is pretty ironic on a news site. I hate this.

Re: Darling – Run macOS software on Linux

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Post by peatmoss »

dansman805 wrote: post #94
bloody-crow wrote: post #70

> The name Darling is a combination of “Darwin” and “Linux”. I'm sorry, what? How?

Take the first three letters of each name; Darwin gives you "dar" and Linux gives you "lin". Combining these, you get "darlin". Then, presumably the authors wanted a dictionary word for their name, so they chose darling.

Obviously the “g” at the end is for GNU ;-)

Re: Darling – Run macOS software on Linux

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Post by agucova »

0az wrote: post #77

Nice. Off topic, but does anyone know of any good IINA alternatives for Linux? I have not found anything that beats it in terms of polish. VLC is nice, but IINA does one thing really well, and is based on MPV, with all of its powerful configuration options and nice keybinds.

I've had good experiences using gnome-mpv, (now called Celluloid) it's minimalistic, but I really like it.

https://celluloid-player.github.io/

Re: Darling – Run macOS software on Linux

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extro wrote: post #104

Unrelated comment, but am i the only one who gets annoyed by the "does it runs safari?" or "does it runs adobe?" questions? It seems a significant portion of "readers" can't or won't actually read, which is pretty ironic on a news site. I hate this.

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