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On the desktop we can install OS X on non-Apple hardware to make Hackintoshes. So far this is just a kernel port with no graphics, but will it lead to installi
by billyjobob 13y ago
On the desktop we can install OS X on non-Apple hardware to make Hackintoshes. So far this is just a kernel port with no graphics, but will it lead to installing iOS on non-Apple phones in a similar way? 'iClones'?
- garretruh 13y agoHackintoshes are largely possible because it's possible to get almost the same components used in Macs on regular PCs. It might be a little more difficult to get your hands on the chips Apple uses in iPhones/iPads (not to mention cobbling them together). Not that doing so wouldn't be pretty awesome.
- protomyth 13y agoNo, this is Darwin which is the open source part of iOS / OS X. I would imagine iOS looks for some pretty specific set of things from the chipset it is running on and there is no "generic ARM phone".
- winocm 13y agoiOS also depends on high level user/kernel components such as IOMobileFramebuffer. I am personally not interested in pursuing graphics.
- danellis 13y agoWhat is your end goal with this?
- winocm 13y ago...Good question, it's mainly an OS for myself. (As a fun side project.) I have nothing better to do in high school. (Being 17 sucks.)
- jfb 13y agoWell, good for you. It's nifty.
- protomyth 13y agoGood choice of projects. Every age sucks for something, the fun comes in being able to do the cool stuff, looks like you found that.
- malkia 13y agoKeep doing it! The main idea behind Raspberry Pi is to bring young people back to the core/kernel/assembly/hw parts, and you've succeded on your own. This is a great accomplishment.
- jorisw 13y agoYou're 17 ? Boy, times sure are a' changin'.
- malandrew 13y agoI can't help but think about the hours of your life that an autodidact like you are wasting on school when you are capable of something like this. They should just give you a list of things they want you to know, give you a year to do all 4 years worth of worth and let you move on your merry way to bigger and better things. Any way to get out of there early? Maybe apply to a solid CS program at MIT or Carnegie Melon and get out of there ASAP?
- winocm 13y ago