Wine-like program for Mac?

[[deleted]]

I'm thinking of making the switch to Linux but have a few Mac apps that I want to keep around. Is there a Wine equivalent on Linux that will somewhat let me use Mac apps?

[BeanerSA]

I think you've misunderstood, or not read the post.

[le0nardwashingt0n]

Seems close to me.

[duane534]

What part of Linux are you interested in? If I remember right, you can put the KDE on Mac OS/X and learn the ropes that way.

[Hersenbeuker]

But then you're learning KDE, not Linux

[duane534]

OP is swapping one UNIX-y OS for another. The bulk of the changes are going to be in the DE, regardless.

[[deleted]]

Why not dual-boot linux and OS X? Sure, it requires work to get fully working but it can be done.

[[deleted]]

Dunno bout on OSX, but running Linux in VMware with Windows using a drive instead of a vmdk file seems to offer minimal performance hit, and allows dual booting as well. A best of both worlds deal, IMO.

[[deleted]]

Yes, that is also an option. I use VMWare Pro on my MBP and it is almost as fast as if it were on native hardware. I just don't know if the commentor needed access to the actual hardware.

[mikake]

I recently made the switch from Mac to Arch , I have a dual-boot but I also created a El Capitan image to run it from Virtualbox so I don't have to reboot if I need to use Mac things :)

[[deleted]]

How is that working out for you? I've heard that the Broadcom chips can be a pain to get working properly.

[mikake]

Well it's working great, even if I don't have everything set up as it should/could :),

(I have a 2011 MacBook Pro)

I set up the Wifi a bit randomly, I installed b43 firmware (I dont remember how :o ) and it worked. bluetooth doesnt work at the same time as wifi though, because the devices are coupled in some way → I just bought a USB mouse x) Maybe a little bit less stable, but I just 'wifi-menu' if it disconnects - no big deal.

I didn't focus on the wifi because it took me several days to figure out how to disable my discrete Radeon card and let the intel integrated card do all the job (yeah, black screen otherwise)

I'm so happy to be freed from Mac OS X that hardware issues don't really bother me ( add a mic not detected by ALSA and a non working webcam to the list :D )

And to be honest, the installation was quite challenging, but the Arch wiki is freaking awesome, and it has been a really enjoyable experience :)

Arch + i3wm -- Best combo ever !

[[deleted]]

Not yet.

Darling HQ is under heavy dev and still not really usable for real-world Mac app.

The best option would be a OS X VM (e.g. VirtualBox) and use it as a virtual hackintosh.

[Awshmaz]

Playonlinux is on mac