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Ryan Gordon Wants To Bring Universal Binaries To Linux
wisesifu writes "One of the interesting features of Mac OS X is its 'universal binaries' feature that allows a single binary file to run natively on both PowerPC and Intel x86 platforms. While this comes at a cost of a larger binary file, it's convenient on the end-user and on software vendors for distributing their applications. While Linux has lacked such support for fat binaries, Ryan Gordon has decided this should be changed."
after the diminse of NeXTStep!
(c)Innovation!!(tm)(R)
I think FatELF is too skinny for that. You want SantaELF, which links all those libraries statically in each binary...
This is /., if it is not as pretty as Aqua, it does not count.
Palm trees and 8
Thank god English is free of that stupid distinction.
Yes, that's right. That's why a 'freeman' was someone you didn't have to pay for his work, whereas a 'slave' was, er...
Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
Why stop there? Just let each application carry with it a complete OS.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
I think Carlin showed that the f-word (no not "free", the other one) is very close to this already.
Now why would I want to do anything that fucktarded, when I can just use the source? And if I needed cross-platform that badly, I can always ship ONE java app with ONE instance of data. The '90s called, they want their obsolete fat and universal binaries back.
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Linux needs to become more like Mac OSX than Windows.
What I would like to see in Linux in the near future:
Universal file format for X86, X64, and PowerPC executiables that replaces the ELF format (WIZARD format, ELF needs food badly!)
GNOME and KDE merged into one GUI that emulates both of them, GNIGHT or something.
Ability for Linux to use Windows based drivers when Linux based drivers do not exist, something better than that NDISwrapper but under a GPL license and built into Linux.
GNUStep being developed into something that resembles Aqua, Aero, and other GUIs and is backward compatible with the Mac OSX API calls to recompile OSX programs for Linux. Maybe even in the near future run OSX Universal binaries somewhat like WINE runs Windows programs.
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I was going to write a long rant about how i use gentoo and that it rocks. But my firefox haven't compiled yet and i can't be bothered with lynx anymore. I might come back tommorow and rant. kthx
Surely you mean GNOBODY.
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