MacOs-Linux, an operating system based on Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) that imitates Mac OS X as closely as possible, is now available for download.
After the downfall of Pear OS, which was the number one Linux distribution that was taking the Mac OS X imitation almost to perfection, no other operating system tried to do the same. It's not all that difficult to imitate some of the features that you can find in Mac OS X, but copying the entire desktop down to the last feature is a lot harder.
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There are many Linux users who love the way Mac OS X looks, and the proof of that fact is that Pear OS 8 is still being downloaded by a lot of people months after its demise. Many users assumed that it had something to do with Apple, which didn't look too kindly towards an operating system that was trying too hard to imitates its products.
Now, another developer has put together a distribution that tries to do the same thing: copy the way the interface of Mac OS X looks and acts. To make things even more interesting, the developer is not even hiding that fact behind a fake name. The new Linux distro is called MacOs-Linux, which is a dead giveaway.
Granted, there are some weird things about it. For one, the base system used for MacOs-Linux 11.04 is Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal), a Linux distribution that was launched back in April 2011 and that reached end of life some time ago. It's no longer used, so the choice is a little bizarre.
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It's very likely that the developer had some packages present in that particular version of Ubuntu that he needed in order to make things work, but that remains to be seen.
Stereos mac os. As you can see from the screenshots, the developer did a really good job with the desktop environment, which is not only a dock with some icons. The same font is being used, and the functionality has been copied as much as possible. The distribution uses a clever app called MacOS Linux Manager for some of the features and a modified file manager from the elementary project.
The system looks to be pretty stable, but the lack of updates from the official repository and the fact that this is just the first release makes it hard to recommend. It's worth testing though and it's actually quite fun. Mechamorphosis mac os.
You can download MacOs-Linux 11.04 right now from Softpedia.
UPDATE:The project has bee terminated by the developer. Read more about it in our report.
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by John Kheit
GNUstep, Mac OS X Compatible On Intel Hardware
June 6th, 2003
Macintosh OS X for Intel processors has long been a topic of debate for Apple aficionados. Flowers of life mac os. Regardless of where you stand on that debate, whether you're for or against Apple using Intel processors, there is another option brewing: GNUstep.
In the Beginning There Was NeXTstep
What is GNUstep? Well let's step back just a bit. Before there was OS X, there was OPENSTEP by NeXT. Of course Apple bought NeXT and used the OPENSTEP operating system as a basis for our current Apple operating system. Many consider Mac OS X to be OPENSTEP 6.0. However, prior to 1997, NeXT released an open specification to its libraries for OpenStep. In effect, the GNUstep organization used that specification to build a GNU based version of OS X. GNUstep even includes Display Ghostscript (i.e., Postscript). GNUstep could conceivably run on any number of base operating systems. Just as the middleware and higher levels of OS X run on the base Unix/Darwin variant, middleware and higher levels of GNUstep have also been abstracted from the base operating system.
Write Once, Release Everywhere
If you haven't asked yet, you should by now: 'why should I care?' You should care because GNUstep is so similar to OS X that applications developed for it are basically Cocoa applications. Currently, you can go to GNUstep.net and download a slew of programs that will build and run with literally a single click. To do so, all you have to do is install the OS X Development Tools that either came with your copy of OS X or just download them for free (after registering for free).
You can use InterfaceBuilder.app to modify and customize Cocoa programs to a great extent by rummaging within an application's package. In fact, every Macintosh owner should install the development tools. Not because everyone should become a programmer, but simply because GNUstep and Cocoa projects are so easy to build and modify; think of InterfaceBuilder.app as Resedit on steroids. The process to build a GNUstep application for OS X basically requires you to double-click on the program's .pbproj file in the Finder, and then click on the big Build button (it looks like a hammer) in Project Builder.app and you're done. That's it.
Currently, what this means for you is that a few GNUstep applications already can run under OS X and might be worth checking out. For example, GNUMail.app is developing into a nice Mail.app alternative. You can find other programs at Collaboration World, and a Japanese site (English and Japanese versions available).
This is an incredibly big development as it enables write-once-deploy-everywhere software design for Cocoa programmers. Back in the day, a NeXT programmer would build a Cocoa-like application, and cross develop the program by simply checking off hardware architectures in a list just before pressing the Build button in ProjectBuilder.app (at one time this included Motorola 680x0, Intel x86, HP PA-RISC, and SUN workstations). One click and your single application would be compiled into a 'fat' binary that could be run on any of these computers. With GNUstep being so portable, it is only a matter of time before it's layered not only atop Linux, but Darwin and Windows.
GNUstep/Cocoa Applications on Windows Could Change Everything
If you think it's silly to have something like GNUstep on Windows, think again. NeXT used to provide OPENSTEP for Windows. Unfortunately for many developers, Apple has pulled the plug on the technology preventing one-click cross compiling for Windows by restricting its tools.
All of this changes with GNUstep. If Cocoa developers can take their application, and just build a fat binary version including GNUstep libraries so that it can run under Windows, Linux or OS X, the developer's market just became orders of magnitude bigger.
Two things are needed before GNUstep explodes onto the scene, which may well threaten Apple. Usb touch id for mac.
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- An easy to install GNUstep + BSD/Darwin/Linux distribution needs to be developed;
- A Windows layer/version of GNUstep needs to be developed.
Item A is already available at SimplyGNUstep, but needs to be updated. Item B is being worked oncurrently.
GNUstep. Mac OS X Cocoa, Hold the Carbon and Classic
This means that a lot of people are going to be able to run Cocoa OS X programs, not only on Intel machines, but on various operating systems. This may make things more difficult for Apple when comparisons of speed take place with the same code running; except now judgments can be made not only on which processor architecture is faster, but also on which operating system performs better.
This might become a good reason for Apple to consider releasing proprietary Intel hardware because such comparisons might make it more difficult to obfuscate lagging performance. As much as GNUstep will do for the Apple platform by providing high quality Cocoa programs, in time, GNUstep could provide some with less reason to stick with Apple. Of course GNUstep does not, and probably will never, provide any Carbon or Classic compatibility. Nevertheless, Apple should pay close attention to what is fast becoming a free clone of OS X.
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This might become a good reason for Apple to consider releasing proprietary Intel hardware because such comparisons might make it more difficult to obfuscate lagging performance. As much as GNUstep will do for the Apple platform by providing high quality Cocoa programs, in time, GNUstep could provide some with less reason to stick with Apple. Of course GNUstep does not, and probably will never, provide any Carbon or Classic compatibility. Nevertheless, Apple should pay close attention to what is fast becoming a free clone of OS X.
John Kheitis an attorney. Please don't hold that against him. This work does not necessarily reflect the views and/or opinions of The Mac Observer, any third parties, or even John for that matter. No assertions of fact are being made, but rather the reader is simply asked to consider the possibilities. My fair planet mac os.
You can send your comments directly to me, or you can also post your comments below. https://torrentfund.mystrikingly.com/blog/shin-megami-theo-mac-os.
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