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This is awesome. Now, what mac soft do I want to run on Linux? I am neither a gamer nor a designer

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gumballindie 3y ago
Dont worry, gaming on mac is not a thing so that’s out of the question anyway - apple products are too low spec for it. There is some gui software that would be nice to run on linux, but none mase by apple.
- input_sh 3y ago
  There's been some recent big budget games compiled for Apple Silicon; Lies of P and Baldur's Gate 3 come to mind. Of course, that's just a tiny fraction of big budget games and I haven't actually played any of them to know how good the experience is.
  - a_vanderbilt 3y ago
    It's nice when it works, but papercuts still degrade the experience. The M-series chips are really impressive when they get a chance to stretch their legs. It feels like we're still in the chicken-and-egg phase though. I don't foresee that changing unless Apple dumps a ton of money to incentivize publishers to port to Mac, or they do what Valve did and make their own equivalent of Proton - aimed at developers. The licensing on GPTK kinda kills that though.
  - yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
    I would natively expect those to mostly have Windows versions that work with WINE already. Edit: Oh, it might be better if you want an ARM native binary.
  - dgacmu 3y ago
    I've been playing BG3 on an m1 Mac mini and it's surprisingly good. I haven't bothered loading it on my big-GPU gaming PC to compare, but that alone says something. (I'm in no way a serious gamer, so there may be plenty of things I overlook)
idonotknowwhy 3y ago
Safari for testing
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
  The real thing is better, but you can probably get most of the way with any WebKit browser native to Linux.
  - account42 3y ago
    Really depends on what you are testing. Media format support is going to differ.
asow92 3y ago
xcodebuild CLI to compile iOS apps without a Mac. Seems possible in theory, although there's an ongoing issue some are seeing apparently: https://github.com/darlinghq/darling/issues/488 https://github.com/darlinghq/darling/issues/488
mseidl 3y ago
I'm a 30 year linux veteran and windows free for over 22. I di d have a windows vm for some time because I have some music stuff that doesn't work with linux, like a nord keyboard and some guitar stuff. But i burnt the vm with fire when I found https://github.com/foxlet/macOS-Simple-KVM https://github.com/foxlet/macOS-Simple-KVM
- jzombie 3y ago
  Doubt it will continue to work once Apple completely stops supporting Intel.
- ptspts 3y ago
  It didn't work for me for the macOS version I tried (not the latest one). Probably because the installer is not available from Applr's servers anymore.

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Dont worry, gaming on mac is not a thing so that’s out of the question anyway - apple products are too low spec for it. There is some gui software that would be nice to run on linux, but none mase by apple.

input_sh 3y ago
There's been some recent big budget games compiled for Apple Silicon; Lies of P and Baldur's Gate 3 come to mind. Of course, that's just a tiny fraction of big budget games and I haven't actually played any of them to know how good the experience is.
- a_vanderbilt 3y ago
  It's nice when it works, but papercuts still degrade the experience. The M-series chips are really impressive when they get a chance to stretch their legs. It feels like we're still in the chicken-and-egg phase though. I don't foresee that changing unless Apple dumps a ton of money to incentivize publishers to port to Mac, or they do what Valve did and make their own equivalent of Proton - aimed at developers. The licensing on GPTK kinda kills that though.
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
  I would natively expect those to mostly have Windows versions that work with WINE already. Edit: Oh, it might be better if you want an ARM native binary.
- dgacmu 3y ago
  I've been playing BG3 on an m1 Mac mini and it's surprisingly good. I haven't bothered loading it on my big-GPU gaming PC to compare, but that alone says something. (I'm in no way a serious gamer, so there may be plenty of things I overlook)

idonotknowwhy 3y ago

Safari for testing

yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
The real thing is better, but you can probably get most of the way with any WebKit browser native to Linux.
- account42 3y ago
  Really depends on what you are testing. Media format support is going to differ.

asow92 3y ago

xcodebuild CLI to compile iOS apps without a Mac. Seems possible in theory, although there's an ongoing issue some are seeing apparently: https://github.com/darlinghq/darling/issues/488 https://github.com/darlinghq/darling/issues/488

mseidl 3y ago

I'm a 30 year linux veteran and windows free for over 22. I di d have a windows vm for some time because I have some music stuff that doesn't work with linux, like a nord keyboard and some guitar stuff. But i burnt the vm with fire when I found https://github.com/foxlet/macOS-Simple-KVM https://github.com/foxlet/macOS-Simple-KVM

jzombie 3y ago
Doubt it will continue to work once Apple completely stops supporting Intel.
ptspts 3y ago
It didn't work for me for the macOS version I tried (not the latest one). Probably because the installer is not available from Applr's servers anymore.