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Use x86 Boxes to Compile Mac OS X Binaries

Posted by pudge on from the ooo-i-have-an-extra-x86-computer dept.

IceFox writes "While working on the KDE on Darwin project I have only had one Mac to do development with. At the same time I have been playing around with distcc for Linux/x86 compiling. Combining the two projects I built a Mac OS X cross-compiler (for Linux/x86) and have created the DistccPPCKnoppix distribution. DistccPPCKnoppix is a 46MB Knoppix distribution based on distccKnoppix; with it you can use your extra x86 computers to build Linux/x86 or Mac OS X/PPC binaries. It might not be as shiny as an Xserve cluster, but it is a heck of a lot cheaper."

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  1. Re:This is news? by torpor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not any more though, and I have to say that having this new distcc-centric Knopix distro around has turned it from being 'a pain in the ass' to 'unbelievably easy, cheap, and fast!' ...

    oh dear. linux is unstoppable. you'd think that, by now, the point where linux is becoming 'The Development Environment of Choice' for compiling stuff for Other Operating Systems, well ... how can I put this: c'mon Microsoft, roll your own distro, for cryin' out loud!!!

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  2. Re:fruits by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    apples and oranges

    Actually the article was about apples and pcs.

  3. Re:fruits by AnonymousKev · · Score: 4, Funny
    Actually the article was about apples and pcs.

    So he should have said apples and lemons?

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