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This is neat, but I can't think of a single non-GUI tool on OS X that I need or doesn't have an equivalent in Linux...

trashcan 10y ago
How about "packagebuild" and "productbuild"? They build OSX packages. You could use a linux server to build DEBs, RPMs, and OSX packages without using OSX.
- mzs 10y ago
  Ever since the gpl bomutils project you can, here's a nice tutorial: http://bomutils.dyndns.org/tutorial.html http://bomutils.dyndns.org/tutorial.html http://hogliux.github.io/bomutils/tutorial.html http://hogliux.github.io/bomutils/tutorial.html
Filligree 10y ago
Photoshop? And Scrivener. The OS X variant is a full major version ahead of Windows, and it isn't even supported on Linux.
- skykooler 10y ago
  Pretty sure Photoshop does not count as a "non-GUI tool".
- redial 10y ago
  Op is talking about non-GUI apps, the kind that run only on the terminal.
- mrweasel 10y ago
  "non-GUI tool" - Photoshop is very much a GUI tool.
  - pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
    No it's not.
  - nugator 10y ago
    You can actually use the features of Photoshop in scripts without the need of the GUI. Being able to do that on Linux would be great! http://www.adobe.com/devnet/photoshop/scripting.html http://www.adobe.com/devnet/photoshop/scripting.html
JustSomeNobody 10y ago
Every non-GUI tool I use on my mac is installed via homebrew, so I would agree. Oh, except caffeinate. :)
- banach 10y ago
  Caffeine is available on Cask: brew cask install caffeine
bmurphy1976 10y ago
mediafilesegmenter and mediastreamvalidator used for creating and testing M3U8 (HLS) files. You can of course use open or closed source alternatives, but they're fairly shitty in comparison to the mac native tools. Last time I tried mediafilesegmenter had a dependency on some of the core audio libraries that were missing under Darling.
- mzs 10y ago
  I've had success with segment filter for ffmpeg. Yes it's more complicated, but I wouldn't describe it as you did.
  - bmurphy1976 10y ago
    I have 3 outstanding bugs with ffmpeg that are directly related to m3u8 segmenting. I've processed 10s of thousands of files with ffmpeg. There are many edge cases and sharp edges still. It works pretty good but at high volume the small bugs add up quickly. It's definitely one of the better tools out there, but it's not as good as it could be.
mzs 10y ago
Maybe jsc (webkit) v node (v8) issues/performance keeping the variable of the hardware the same?
0x0 10y ago
The xcode cli tools could be useful. Maybe you could even build and sign and upload iOS applications with it in the end.
- conradev 10y ago
  This is a thing you can do: http://www.eswick.com/2014/03/11/Building-iOS-ARM64-Binaries-on-Linux/ http://www.eswick.com/2014/03/11/Building-iOS-ARM64-Binaries...
jlarocco 10y ago
I was thinking the same thing. Nobody uses OS X for the command line tooling. I think in most cases the Linux "equivalent" is usually better. It's a good first step, though. It'll be interesting to see how well they can get GUI applications running.

How about "packagebuild" and "productbuild"? They build OSX packages. You could use a linux server to build DEBs, RPMs, and OSX packages without using OSX.

mzs 10y ago
Ever since the gpl bomutils project you can, here's a nice tutorial: http://bomutils.dyndns.org/tutorial.html http://bomutils.dyndns.org/tutorial.html http://hogliux.github.io/bomutils/tutorial.html http://hogliux.github.io/bomutils/tutorial.html

Filligree 10y ago

Photoshop? And Scrivener. The OS X variant is a full major version ahead of Windows, and it isn't even supported on Linux.

skykooler 10y ago
Pretty sure Photoshop does not count as a "non-GUI tool".
redial 10y ago
Op is talking about non-GUI apps, the kind that run only on the terminal.
mrweasel 10y ago
"non-GUI tool" - Photoshop is very much a GUI tool.
- pikachu_is_cool 10y ago
  No it's not.
- nugator 10y ago
  You can actually use the features of Photoshop in scripts without the need of the GUI. Being able to do that on Linux would be great! http://www.adobe.com/devnet/photoshop/scripting.html http://www.adobe.com/devnet/photoshop/scripting.html

JustSomeNobody 10y ago

Every non-GUI tool I use on my mac is installed via homebrew, so I would agree. Oh, except caffeinate. :)

banach 10y ago
Caffeine is available on Cask: brew cask install caffeine

bmurphy1976 10y ago

mediafilesegmenter and mediastreamvalidator used for creating and testing M3U8 (HLS) files. You can of course use open or closed source alternatives, but they're fairly shitty in comparison to the mac native tools. Last time I tried mediafilesegmenter had a dependency on some of the core audio libraries that were missing under Darling.

mzs 10y ago
I've had success with segment filter for ffmpeg. Yes it's more complicated, but I wouldn't describe it as you did.
- bmurphy1976 10y ago
  I have 3 outstanding bugs with ffmpeg that are directly related to m3u8 segmenting. I've processed 10s of thousands of files with ffmpeg. There are many edge cases and sharp edges still. It works pretty good but at high volume the small bugs add up quickly. It's definitely one of the better tools out there, but it's not as good as it could be.

mzs 10y ago

Maybe jsc (webkit) v node (v8) issues/performance keeping the variable of the hardware the same?

0x0 10y ago

The xcode cli tools could be useful. Maybe you could even build and sign and upload iOS applications with it in the end.

conradev 10y ago
This is a thing you can do: http://www.eswick.com/2014/03/11/Building-iOS-ARM64-Binaries-on-Linux/ http://www.eswick.com/2014/03/11/Building-iOS-ARM64-Binaries...

jlarocco 10y ago

I was thinking the same thing. Nobody uses OS X for the command line tooling. I think in most cases the Linux "equivalent" is usually better. It's a good first step, though. It'll be interesting to see how well they can get GUI applications running.