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The project will never really be relevant. If you have a serious need to run OS X probably already have OSX and a Mac. If you need to simultaneously run Linux
by fleitz 14y ago
The project will never really be relevant. If you have a serious need to run OS X probably already have OSX and a Mac.
If you need to simultaneously run Linux you install it in a VM.
This project like WINE for the most part will always be a "look what I can do" type project. It's never going to be a rosetta type system designed to bridge ecosystems as the VirtualBox / VMWare bridge already works quite well.
- stcredzero 14y agoHaving been disgusted by security holes in Preview and the lack of viable alternatives to Preview/Adobe Reader on OS X, I installed WINE and Foxit Reader on my Macbook Pro. (And used Automator to have it launched as an OS X app.) Google Chrome is ok for a PDF reader much of the time, but there are some really annoying bugs in its PDF functionality. (Which especially impact comics.)
- redial 14y agoJust out of curiosity, which security holes in Preview are you referring to?
- stcredzero 14y agoGoogle OS X PDF security holes.
- micampe 14y agodoesn't seem a situation so dire that it warrants being disgusted to the point of installing wine to me. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=apple+coregraphics+PDF http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=apple+coregr... no vulnerabilities in 2012, one in 2011 and two in 2010.
- stcredzero 14y agoNote that Apple doesn't discuss vulnerabilities until after they are patched. Will unpatched ones even show up there?
- micampe 14y agoso you are disgusted by something that may or may not exist? CVE is public and collects both patched and unpatched known vulnerabilities reported by vendors and independent parties.
- redial 14y agoEvery application reports security holes, http://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_PDF_Reader/security_bulletins.php#0602 http://www.foxitsoftware.com/Secure_PDF_Reader/security_bull...
- bitwize 14y agoWhy not X11 + xpdf? Ugly but works.
- stcredzero 14y agoI also have that set up as an Automator app. Interface isn't as good as Foxit.
- kzrdude 14y agoI think WINE is relevant now, after very many years of work and bugfixes (Imagine the number of quirks they have found and addressed).
- skywalk 14y agoAfter becoming somewhat disappointed with silverlight running in a win VM on linux (constant crashes, no reporting, buggy video driver usage) and being pleasantly surprised by the ease of running netflix desktop (http://www.compholio.com/netflix-desktop/ http://www.compholio.com/netflix-desktop/) - I would say this couldn't be any farther from the truth. It's at least one instance of wine that has brought a previous inaccessible web app to the linux mainstream.