▲ 78 ▼ macOS 26 introduces the Containerization Framework: "enables developers to create, download, or run Linux container images directly on Mac" (www.apple.com) submitted 1 year ago by TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to c/linux@programming.dev 23 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (4 children) We need to develop darling too permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Scoopta@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Darling is a cool project but I think the reason it hasn't taken off is because there isn't a lot of software people both want to use on Linux and software that isn't already covered by wine. You need an overlap between those 2 and that's a small market permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bitfucker@programming.dev 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah, I just think that maybe, just maybe, if MacOS is also inspired by UNIX, making a compat layer is not that big of a difference. Because MacOS supports a lot of productivity programs that may attract professionals to Linux too. Mostly adobe suite. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Scoopta@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago The problem with that thought is the lower level bits are very *nix but all the higher level bits like the GUI and other surrounding APIs are all heavily Objective-C/NextStep based and aren't really all that unixy. We do have GNUStep as a base to use for that to an extent but I really don't think the unix parts of Mac, are that helpful to porting complex user facing GUI programs. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 1 year ago Wine is successful because of the decades of work put into it. For Darling to reach that level of support it would need a herculean amount of effort as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago* (2 children) Darling is a cool project but I think the reason it hasn't taken off is because there isn't a lot of software people both want to use on Linux and software that isn't already covered by wine. You need an overlap between those 2 and that's a small market permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bitfucker@programming.dev 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah, I just think that maybe, just maybe, if MacOS is also inspired by UNIX, making a compat layer is not that big of a difference. Because MacOS supports a lot of productivity programs that may attract professionals to Linux too. Mostly adobe suite. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Scoopta@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago The problem with that thought is the lower level bits are very *nix but all the higher level bits like the GUI and other surrounding APIs are all heavily Objective-C/NextStep based and aren't really all that unixy. We do have GNUStep as a base to use for that to an extent but I really don't think the unix parts of Mac, are that helpful to porting complex user facing GUI programs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah, I just think that maybe, just maybe, if MacOS is also inspired by UNIX, making a compat layer is not that big of a difference. Because MacOS supports a lot of productivity programs that may attract professionals to Linux too. Mostly adobe suite. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Scoopta@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago The problem with that thought is the lower level bits are very *nix but all the higher level bits like the GUI and other surrounding APIs are all heavily Objective-C/NextStep based and aren't really all that unixy. We do have GNUStep as a base to use for that to an extent but I really don't think the unix parts of Mac, are that helpful to porting complex user facing GUI programs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago The problem with that thought is the lower level bits are very *nix but all the higher level bits like the GUI and other surrounding APIs are all heavily Objective-C/NextStep based and aren't really all that unixy. We do have GNUStep as a base to use for that to an extent but I really don't think the unix parts of Mac, are that helpful to porting complex user facing GUI programs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 1 year ago Wine is successful because of the decades of work put into it. For Darling to reach that level of support it would need a herculean amount of effort as well. permalink fedilink source parent