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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."

3 of 64 comments (clear)

  1. Re:How it should be by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Right, you want some real horsepower to do the builds. I understand.

  2. Re:How it should be by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This commercial brought to you by Friends of Apple.

  3. Re:How it should be by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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