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Not flaming, just plain curiosity, but what open source/free software have you found that doesn't work on osx? I switched to Mac several years ago and any piec
by edu 15y ago
Not flaming, just plain curiosity, but what open source/free software have you found that doesn't work on osx?
I switched to Mac several years ago and any piece of software I've needed has worked, first using macports and now homebrew.
- zerostar07 15y agopython, for starters. scipy/matplotlib dont work with osx's shipped python
- brisance 15y agoLots of open source software doesn't even work on osx. Failing to work out of the box (for whatever legal reasons) is very different from "doesn't even work". Finality was implied in your original post. Enthought has binary distributions for the various platforms for a long time.
- zerostar07 15y agoSorry i meant "doesn't compile", which is the essence of open source programs anyway. If that wasn't an issue on OS X there wouldn't be so many porting projects (macports, fink etc). And if you work with non-popular (e.g. scientific) programs that's not even an option.
- edu 15y agoCompiling software is not trivial, that's why you have macports, fink, etc... Like you have apt, portage, pacmacn... on Linux distros or ports on FreeBSD.
- biafra 15y agoWith the _shipped_ python. But you can install a python on osx they work with?