Maybe also interessting: There is "MacOnLinux" ( http://www.maconlinux.org/
) which lets you run MacOS (even MacOS X!) on a PPC-based Linux-computer. But
from the FAQ:
Q: Does it run on i386 hardware?
A: No, MOL can only run on PowerPC hardware since no emulation is performed.
However, adding a P
While I'm at it, It has to be pointed out that native MacOSX apps don't
necessary make calls to Quartz directly. (Only graphically intensive
apps should make such call for specific reasons) Most standard GUI
applications can be built using only the Cocoa Frameworks.
Beside, on the compatibility
MacOSX applications need both specific libraries (based on the
Openstep/Cocoa API) and a specific runtime system that runs objective-C
based apps. While the API is open, the libraries (called frameworks)
and the runtime are proprietaty.
Furthermore, these binaries are compiled for the PowerPC a
On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at 07:33 PM, Rod Person wrote:
Today I went to an Adobe seminar. All demos where done on OS X. I kept
think that it looked a lot like KDE and of course I got to thinking...
Can applications such as Acrobat and Illustrator run on FreeBSD?
Of course, there is the prob
KDE is a window manager for x windows.. there is a big difference
between x windows and mac os x's window manager.
To emulate it, you would need to recreate Quartz, Quartz extreme, apple
web kit, cocoa libraries designed for os X, etc. In fact it would be
like writing a more complicated next E
On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 07:33:49PM -0400, Rod Person wrote:
> Today I went to an Adobe seminar. All demos where done on OS X. I
> kept think that it looked a lot like KDE and of course I got to
> thinking...
>
> Can applications such as Acrobat and Illustrator run on FreeBSD?
No.
> Since OS X u