Darling is a translation layer that lets you run macOS software on Linux, not an emulator, it’s like wine but for MacOS apps.

  • @rwhitisissle@lemmy.ml
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    510 months ago

    I don’t really understand the appeal of this. What command line software is there on MacOS that there isn’t an adequate equivalent to on Linux?

    • sparky@lemmy.federate.ccA
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      2410 months ago

      Well, none. One assumes the aspiration is to implement Cocoa, to allow GUI apps to run.

    • @Pantherina@feddit.de
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      1110 months ago

      Its a first step. And then some day complex software can run, even though I have the feeling that has all shady DRM stuff inside

    • @lelgenio@lemmy.ml
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      810 months ago

      For me the appeal is potentially being able to verify that my code at least compiles and has basic functionality on Darwin. No idea if this can be useful for anyone other than developers.

    • sparky@lemmy.federate.ccA
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      510 months ago

      Well, none. One assumes the aspiration is to implement Cocoa, to allow GUI apps to run.