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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. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i was here

  2. When it comes to your mother... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am always up for cheap cum-eating power.

  3. Re:Now there's a paradox by Frizzle+Fry · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That's not a paradox.

    --
    I'd rather be lucky than good.
  4. Re:How it should be by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OS X it's just the mouse jugglers latest toy. We keyboard commanders run the real shit. Which is not OS X.

    Personally I prefer not to get shit all over myself. I've better, more productive (and cleaner) things to be doing.

    You keyboard commanders may roll your own, but every now and then you end up rolling in your own, too.