Re: [qubes-users] ios in Qubes
W dniu wtorek, 31 stycznia 2017 22:07:07 UTC+1 użytkownik Alex napisał: > On 01/31/2017 09:57 PM, Patrick Bouldin wrote: > > Hi, I'm not seeing that as an option, is that correct? > > > > I thought maybe I could avoid buying an Apple in order to do some > > mobile app development if I could load the OS into a VM. > > > > Thanks, Patrick > > > I don't think that would be an option: iOS exists only for ARM devices, > so you would need a full-fledged emulator, and not just some VM/PVM > magic. iOS devices are very specific, and you would need to emulate > swipes and gestures that are hard to perform with a keyboard and a > mouse, let alone pass them through to an X11 application... > > Heck, even Apple itself does *not* offer an iOS VM for development, but > only a "simulator" that has its documented > (https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/iOS_Simulator_Guide/TestingontheiOSSimulator/TestingontheiOSSimulator.html) > limitations. In the end, iOS development needs actual hardware. And if > you plan to publish your applications, you will need something that can > run the XCode IDE, and that would be an OSX system. > > What you could try to achieve, albeit with a steep mountain of problems > to overcome, is to run OSX in a Xen domU, and then in a Qubes HVM > Good luck :D > > -- > Alex Apple License prohibits running OSX on hardware not manufactured by Apple (even in a VM) so OSX support in Qubes is probably in notgonnahappenland as legally, only people running Qubes on Macs would be able to install it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/307c2bc6-9e9f-4ce7-849e-9ca6874e0932%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [qubes-users] ios in Qubes
On 01/31/2017 09:57 PM, Patrick Bouldin wrote: > Hi, I'm not seeing that as an option, is that correct? > > I thought maybe I could avoid buying an Apple in order to do some > mobile app development if I could load the OS into a VM. > > Thanks, Patrick > I don't think that would be an option: iOS exists only for ARM devices, so you would need a full-fledged emulator, and not just some VM/PVM magic. iOS devices are very specific, and you would need to emulate swipes and gestures that are hard to perform with a keyboard and a mouse, let alone pass them through to an X11 application... Heck, even Apple itself does *not* offer an iOS VM for development, but only a "simulator" that has its documented (https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/iOS_Simulator_Guide/TestingontheiOSSimulator/TestingontheiOSSimulator.html) limitations. In the end, iOS development needs actual hardware. And if you plan to publish your applications, you will need something that can run the XCode IDE, and that would be an OSX system. What you could try to achieve, albeit with a steep mountain of problems to overcome, is to run OSX in a Xen domU, and then in a Qubes HVM Good luck :D -- Alex -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/4fccce6e-f8b1-85f0-d76c-f375894d3a21%40gmx.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
[qubes-users] ios in Qubes
Hi, I'm not seeing that as an option, is that correct? I thought maybe I could avoid buying an Apple in order to do some mobile app development if I could load the OS into a VM. Thanks, Patrick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/44c4540e-47ec-41d9-bdd0-3a4b81349365%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
