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Darling: Run Apple OS X Binaries On Linux

Posted by Soulskill on from the sure-thing-sweetheart dept.

An anonymous reader writes "After having Wine to run Windows binaries on Linux, there is now the Darling Project that allows users to run unmodified Apple OS X binaries on Linux. The project builds upon GNUstep and has built the various frameworks/libraries to be binary compatible with OSX/Darwin. The project is still being worked on as part of an academic thesis but is already running basic OS X programs."

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  1. Re:Does it run PPC binaries? by perpenso · · Score: 5, Funny

    no? damn

    Well, neither does the current Mac OS X. So it is fully compatible in that regard.

  2. The solution to the Linux email clients question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess if we can run Mail.app the issue of crappy email clients on Linux is solved.

  3. Steam by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh joy. Now I'll be running three versions of Steam: All Linux games on the Linux client for to encourage support for FOSS platforms, the Mac client for generic multi-platform solidarity, and the Windows client for the rest of it.

  4. Re:How long before... by martin-boundary · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... Apple finds a loophole and sues this developer into oblivion?

    You leave Apple alone! They worked hard to design a rectangular LCD display for the Mac, and totally deserve their patents. If your laptop has a rectangular LCD and you're running Linux, you're just a cheapskate who's stopping progress and giving Steve Jobs an ulcer. He died because of you, you know!

  5. Dine by static0verdrive · · Score: 4, Funny

    They should have named it Dine.

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