Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 12:11:58 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Rapha=EBl_Marmier?= <raphael@computer-rental.ch> To: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC <chad@shire.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and OSX applications Message-ID: <413C8382-C276-11D7-921A-000393D67E4A@computer-rental.ch> In-Reply-To: <086672B2-C22F-11D7-ADBF-0003931BED80@shire.net>
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While I'm at it, It has to be pointed out that native MacOSX apps don't=20= necessary make calls to Quartz directly. (Only graphically intensive=20 apps should make such call for specific reasons) Most standard GUI=20 applications can be built using only the Cocoa Frameworks. Beside, on the compatibility side, most applications for the Macintosh=20= are only partially ported from MacOS9, using a compatibility library=20 called Carbon. This is the case for most Adobe Apps. To run the, you=20 would need a clone of the Carbon lib, plus whatever other stuff is=20 hiding behind... Raphael Also an happy OSX station/FreeBSD sever user ;) Le Mercredi, 30 juil 2003, =E0 03:42 Europe/Zurich, Chad Leigh --=20 Shire.Net LLC a =E9crit : > > > On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at 07:33 PM, Rod Person wrote: > >> Today I went to an Adobe seminar. All demos where done on OS X. I=20 >> kept think that it looked a lot like KDE and of course I got to=20 >> thinking... >> >> Can applications such as Acrobat and Illustrator run on FreeBSD? > > Of course, there is the problem of CPUs. FreeBSD is x86 (and alpha)=20= > (for now) and OS X is a PPC processor. So besides all the libraries=20= > and stuff like Quartz that you would need to emulate, you would need=20= > to emulate the CPU > > Chad > also an OSX client/FreeBSD server user > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to=20 > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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