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Looks like an incredible project, but if GUI is not working, what is the current use case for it? Command line apps are usually open source and can be compiled in either system. What are people using this for in day to day work?



GUI will come eventually.

Some Dev commandline tools and compilers are starting to work, so these kind of environments will probably come first which will provide better performance than running under virtual machines.


> Some Dev commandline tools and compilers are starting to work, so these kind of environments will probably come first which will provide better performance than running under virtual machines.

Then it's not useful as the only thing interesting on macOs are the GUI applications. All the tools I used on macOs for the command line where already available on Linux.


As blunt as that is, I have to say I agree and thought the same thing reading through their page. I'm sure it's been quite a feat to get this far, but until GUI is supported well, I can't think of a single thing I'd ever personally use it for.


You gotta start somewhere.


Sounds like an inverse of the homebrew project...


What are some command line tools that aren't available natively on Linux? I'm not trying to dismiss or be negative, just really curious.


Elsewhere in this thread, iOS CI/tests have been mentioned.


"xcrun safari-web-extension-converter" is one, for example.


> GUI will come eventually

You mean like GNUStep?


How about GPU stuff? OpenGL?


> what is the current use case for it

This is Hacker News, not Product Hunt

Maybe by posting here they will get more people to help make GUI happen




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