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Re:Darling: macOS Translation Layer for Linux by barbs on Monday October 05, 2020 @12:00AM (#24684440)
I like the idea, but I also can't think of anything I'd personally use it for.

Does anyone else have any Mac apps on their "run-on-linux" wishlist?

Re:Darling: macOS Translation Layer for Linux by saint-loup on Monday October 05, 2020 @03:57AM (#24685541)
Sketch. At my company we use a mix of PC running Linux and Mac. Being able to run Sketch on Linux would open perspectives for designer types. Although the switch to Linux would meet opposition for other reasons. :)

The home page of Darling specifies "experimental support for running simple" GUI. Does anyone have any idea whether Metal support (which Sketch uses) is out of the question?

Re:Darling: macOS Translation Layer for Linux by berkes on Monday October 05, 2020 @03:32AM (#24685400)
My company uses Tuple for pair programming.

That leaves me out as Linux user from our pair-programming-sessions (Jitsi and Google meet with screensharing does solve some). Not sure if this is a blessing or if I'm really missing out.

Re:Darling: macOS Translation Layer for Linux by JellyBeanThief on Monday October 05, 2020 @12:04AM (#24684460)
Off the top of my head: OmniGraffle, Rogue Amoeba's Fission, Affinity Designer.
Re:Darling: macOS Translation Layer for Linux by d3nj4l on Monday October 05, 2020 @12:32AM (#24684580)
iTerm, for one.
Re:Darling: macOS Translation Layer for Linux by broodbucket on Monday October 05, 2020 @01:57AM (#24684925)
Any particular reason why when there's a plethora of good Linux-native terminal emulators?
Re:Darling: macOS Translation Layer for Linux by JdeBP on Monday October 05, 2020 @03:51AM (#24685513)
iTerm2 is markedly different to the terminal emulators available for Linux. There's a whole bunch of stuff in it, that amongst other things tries to couple it to the operation of a shell. MacOS users asking how to do what they do with iTerm2 in other terminal emulators is a fairly common thing.

One example out of many: https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/313865/5132

Re:Darling: macOS Translation Layer for Linux by eitland on Monday October 05, 2020 @03:16AM (#24685315)
All my favorites are Linux-native. And yes, I have used Mac full-time for >3 years.
Re:Darling: macOS Translation Layer for Linux by xondono on Monday October 05, 2020 @05:57AM (#24686151)
I was a iTerm fan, but nowadays it runs super slow on my MBP. Granted it’s old-ish but 2015 is not so long ago.

Alacritty is way faster in my experience.

Re:Darling: macOS Translation Layer for Linux by xenospn on Monday October 05, 2020 @12:02AM (#24684450)
I think Adobe apps would qualify, no?
Re:Darling: macOS Translation Layer for Linux by bscphil on Monday October 05, 2020 @01:23AM (#24684767)
I assume OP means Mac-only. It's pretty unlikely this this project will achieve more for Mac applications than Wine has for Windows applications.
Re:Darling: macOS Translation Layer for Linux by mattbk1 on Monday October 05, 2020 @11:30AM (#24688616)
BibDesk
Re:Darling: macOS Translation Layer for Linux by earthlingdavey on Monday October 05, 2020 @03:32AM (#24685398)
Sketch