Now that there are Intel Macs, will there be MINE??

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thamarok · #1 Post by **thamarok** » 2007-02-06 17:02

Hello!

Emulating Mac programs in the past was harder because they were designed for PowerPC.. But now that Apple has made Macs that run on Intel machines, wouldn't a project for running Mac programs be quite positive to happen??

We have the WINE project to run Windows Executables on our Linux systems, and I am quite sure that someone makes MINE (MINE Is Not an Emulator) for running Mac programs in Linux.. If this would happen, we could have an All-in-One system with that we can run native Linux programs, Windows programs through WINE and Mac programs through MINE.....

Would be cool wouldn't it?

DeanLinkous · #2 Post by **DeanLinkous** » 2007-02-06 17:12

If I wanted windows programs I would use windows, if I wanted mac progra.... well you get the idea.

I do not see how choosing "windows" programs helps free software projects so I think it is harmful. So not, not cool at all to me.

thamarok · #3 Post by **thamarok** » 2007-02-06 17:25

DeanLinkous wrote:If I wanted windows programs I would use windows, if I wanted mac progra.... well you get the idea. I do not see how choosing "windows" programs helps free software projects so I think it is harmful. So not, not cool at all to me.

Well, you can't do everything with free software.. Nothing can replace Quicken.. Also, having WINE is more handier than going to the next store to buy Windows.

Kerr · #4 Post by **Kerr** » 2007-02-06 18:02

Wine started in 1993 and they're still only manage to "emulate" programs that run on WIN 98/ME.
Newer programs often give troubles.
A "MINE" project would be a complete restart and it would probably take many years before you get some quality. So it's probably easier to just buy a Mac.

Nevertheless it would be cool to have a MINE.

Dargor · #5 Post by **Dargor** » 2007-02-06 18:48

easyer to buy, but arnt we all cheapskate

, i cant see anything being released for mac that i would want to run though.

DeanLinkous · #6 Post by **DeanLinkous** » 2007-02-06 18:57

Well, you can't do everything with free software..

nope haven't figured out how to fly with free software...yet

Nothing can replace Quicken

PLEEEZE >>> pencil/paper can do that

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Also, having WINE is more handier than going to the next store to buy Windows

Using free software is handier than both and benefits you and others...

thamarok · #7 Post by **thamarok** » 2007-02-06 19:24

DeanLinkous wrote:
Well, you can't do everything with free software..

nope haven't figured out how to fly with free software...yet
Nothing can replace Quicken
PLEEEZE >>> pencil/paper can do that

That is quite rude, don't you think? I'll stop arguing before this gets any bigger.

DeanLinkous · #8 Post by **DeanLinkous** » 2007-02-06 19:46

How was it rude? It is simply a answer. I assume pencil/paper was used before quicken and therefore it could replace it, correct? The "pleeeze" was used to show that something that simple could replace it.

I am not arguing - are you?

thamarok · #9 Post by **thamarok** » 2007-02-06 19:49

DeanLinkous wrote:How was it rude? It is simply a answer. I assume pencil/paper was used before quicken and therefore it could replace it, correct? The "pleeeze" was used to show that something that simple could replace it.

I am not arguing - are you?

Calm down. Just chill for a moment and you won't regret it

I hate to continue these discussions, so please forget it.

DeanLinkous · #10 Post by **DeanLinkous** » 2007-02-06 20:20

thamarok wrote: Calm down. Just chill for a moment and you won't regret it
I hate to continue these discussions, so please forget it.

I am calm? And I assure you it is cold as %^& here in Virginia so I am definately chill.

DIdn't you say you were going to stop anwyay?

mdevour · #11 Post by **mdevour** » 2007-02-07 00:49

I asked this question myself a few months back, and I think the answer was that a lot of the API's that Apple uses are closed and proprietary and will be just as tough a nut to crack as all of Microsoft's undocumented features. So the project would be easily as big as WINE and probably take as long.

When I googled 'Mac emulatore linux' or terms like that I think I found only one project that was along these lines and it was only just starting up.

Mike D.

ghostdawg · #12 Post by **ghostdawg** » 2007-02-07 03:41

I don't think Apple want to make it easy for their software to run on anything but an Apple computer. Unless they make it for Windows. After All, MS & Apple are in cahoots. Apple is just as bad as MS when making their programs for Linux.

I'm like DeanLinkous, why run Windows software on Linux? It will make your linux unstable...Of course there may be times if it's related to your job or something.

Optional · #13 Post by **Optional** » 2007-02-07 04:08

Wasn't the now-defunct AlkyProject supposed to be able to convert Mac (and Win32) binaries to ELF format?

If I recall, it was mainly designed for gaming (so you can run Windows and Mac games natively on Linux), but I recall that they had early successes with converting other programs, too.