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Ask HN: Why isnt there a faithful Linux remake of the macOS desktop environment?
- PaulHoule 5y agoWhy should there be?
- nkssy 5y agoElementaryOS was kinda polite in a modern mac-like way last time I looked. Or are you referring to mac os 7 style? There was a project awhile ago to implement finder-like file windows. Forgotten its name.
- Finnucane 5y agoWhich one? The Mac changes with every iteration of the os. Some might argue not always for the better.
- simonblack 5y agoWhy? When you can use MacOS itself? That's a bit like using black-face instead of hiring real black actors.
- apatheticonion 5y agoUnless you own Apple hardware you can't really. I switched to Mac as my daily driver precisely because of the Desktop Environment being a nice place to live, other than that I prefer the features I get in Linux (Vulkan API, Containers, GNU tools). Gnome 40 is close but still, MacOS's (not perfect) DE gets more right. I would love to have my macOS Catalina DE in Linux
- simonblack 5y agoHmm. I wonder if it would be easier to bring the MacOS features to Linux, or the Linux features to MacOS. Theoretically, it's doable because both systems are 'unix-like' under the hood. It really boils down to it being 'an itch that somebody needs to scratch'. It could be you. <grin>
- apatheticonion 5y agoIt would be easier to bring the features to Linux than MacOS as MacOS lacks modern APIs for things like graphics rendering and kernel support for containerisation. I thought about it, writing a DE targeting Wayland replicating MacOS. There are lots of considerations though, like how to ensure apps written with QT or GTK would render correctly, put their menu in the right place and all that. I am wholly unqualified for such a task, though I have the enthusiasm for it.