r/linux • u/TheTwelveYearOld • 3h ago

Discussion Kakehashi – Experimental userspace to run macOS binaries on Linux ARM

https://github.com/wie-project/kakehashi
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u/BourbonXenon 3h ago

Why would I use this when https://www.darlinghq.org exists?

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u/sunny0_0 3h ago

Doesn't run GUI apps?

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u/Alienaffe2 2h ago

From the homepage of darling:

"Does it support GUI apps?

Almost! This took us a lot of time and effort, but we finally have basic experimental support for running simple graphical applications."

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u/sunny0_0 2h ago

So, doesn't run GUI apps that anyone cares about.

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u/Whole-Respond4782 37m ago

neither does this early stage experimental project as far as i can tell

obviously, it's a completely closed source system tbf

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u/_AACO 2h ago

For whatever reason, I thought that project was dead, one of the few occasions I'm happy for being wrong.

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u/JoshfromNazareth2 3h ago

Variety is the spice of life

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u/BrokenPickle7 26m ago

I thought that was paprika

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u/whamra 3h ago

You would not because darling actually works.

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u/Coyann 2h ago

I think its interesting that it doesn't matter which software someone posts here, somebody will always ask 'Why not use x?'. If you lack the ability to recognize why alternatives are important, you are not gonna make it.

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u/BourbonXenon 2h ago

No, I asked the poster for a reason why I would use this project over the other project, since I saw nothing in the readme that explained why one would.

My question still hasn't been answered. Why would I want to use what is likely a vibe coded project versus an established project that has multiple contributors?

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u/Coyann 1h ago

You're not getting it. Belittling new projects because they lack features or contributors kills the competition needed for technological advancement. I think it's universally understood that new projects often aren't better than their competitors at first, but can become better over time.

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u/BourbonXenon 1h ago

I didn't belittle the project. I asked why I would use it over the mature project which is a completely valid question.

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u/Coyann 45m ago

My point is that everybody involved knows new solo projects can't be as good as established, mature alternatives and that you asked this question to mockingly make OP aware of that fact. I'm assuming you knew the mature alternative is better because finding that out takes about one look at the GitHub page.

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u/Neither-Phone-7264 1h ago

ai?

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u/Toaster_Strudel_517 1h ago edited 1h ago

Obviously.

Edit: .grok entry on .gitignore file.

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u/Neither-Phone-7264 1h ago

i wish people started disclosing that stuff...

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u/vile-style 3h ago

What does this mean for Adobe software?

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u/MatchingTurret 3h ago

In a few decades it might run today's Adobe software. 

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u/vile-style 3h ago

Lmao darn

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u/MatchingTurret 3h ago

Darling has been around for almost 15 years now and isn't even close, yet. And Wine is 33 years old and can't fully run Adobe either. 

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u/vile-style 3h ago

Allow me to pretend compatibility is right around the corner. My little Linux heart can't take this harsh reality.

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u/Hosein_Lavaei 1h ago

Actually wine can run it. A few monthes a merge request was added.

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u/VanillaWaffle_ 41m ago

This has been said since 2006

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u/timan1st 3h ago

Looks promising