Darling is a translation layer that lets you run macOS software on Linux, not an emulator, it’s like wine but for MacOS apps.
Oh come on, we could have lived in a world where the translation layers are called WINE and DINE!
How petty would it be to make a fork of it just to rename it to DINE?
The right kind of petty.
It’s the only logical choice!
FORK IT
You’d likely need to write someone complimentary software called KNIFE.
I mean, “Wine, Darling?” Is still pretty good
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for those not familiar, this basically lets you run command line tools. anything with a GUI will not work.
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I’ve been hoping this project makes significant progress for the last few years to run GUI apps. unfortunately it’s been slow as there’s not as much interest in getting Mac apps to run on Linux as there is with WINE. that said, I don’t fault them, it’s a daunting task and wine has the benefit of three decades of progress under their belt.
Yet.
Everything starts somewhere, but I wonder what macOS cli’s are the target for this tool that doesn’t have a Linux equivalent
CLI’s are likely not specifically the target. I suspect the CLI is just the “low hanging fruit” and core set of software that needs to be supported before you build up to a fully functional GUI apps.
Seeing how the majority of CLI apps available on the Mac are ported over from Linux in the first place, what is even the point?
Neat!
For software that’s currently available on both Windows and MacOS, how does the performance of the Windows version under Wine compare to the MacOS version under Darling?
Wine is much, much better at this point. In particular, Darling doesn’t have much support for GUIs yet, so unless it is a command line tool you probably want to stick with Wine.
I’m a Windows user so this is even less relevant to me, but I can’t think of a single program or application I would even want that’s only on Mac.
raycast, shottr, sketch, logic, final cut, motion, ia writer, things3, xcode
The only one of those I’ve ever heard of is Final Cut and I have Premier Pro already. I’m going to assume I can get a pretty solid alternative for any of the rest as well.
For me that could be Sketch :)
Not familiar, but I have the Adobe suite and that seems to cover my needs.
How long until they stop delivering apps with Intel support, which would break this tool?
Uhm, if that happens, maybe the devs could use something like qemu or a specialized fork of it?
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?
Well, none. One assumes the aspiration is to implement Cocoa, to allow GUI apps to run.
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.
Well, none. One assumes the aspiration is to implement Cocoa, to allow GUI apps to run.
Cool. Do you know if this project will support PowerPC-era Mac OS X apps or if that makes any difference? There are a bunch of quirky and fun games that could avoid being lost to time if an “emulator” can run them.
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Ok, good to know, I figure this instruction set can’t be converted 1 to 1.
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