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macOS 26 introduces the Containerization Framework: "enables developers to create, download, or run Linux container images directly on Mac" (www.apple.com)

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[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Darling is a cool project but I think the reason it hasn't taken off is because there isn't a lot of software people both want to use on Linux and software that isn't already covered by wine. You need an overlap between those 2 and that's a small market

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, I just think that maybe, just maybe, if MacOS is also inspired by UNIX, making a compat layer is not that big of a difference. Because MacOS supports a lot of productivity programs that may attract professionals to Linux too. Mostly adobe suite.

[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago

The problem with that thought is the lower level bits are very *nix but all the higher level bits like the GUI and other surrounding APIs are all heavily Objective-C/NextStep based and aren't really all that unixy. We do have GNUStep as a base to use for that to an extent but I really don't think the unix parts of Mac, are that helpful to porting complex user facing GUI programs.