How To Run Mac App On Linux

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Fancy running Mac OS 8 on your modern Mac, Linux, or Windows 10 desktop as a standalone app?

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Of course you don’t 😉 but that hasn’t stopped Slack developer Felix Rieseberg from giving you (and the rest of the world) the unrequested ability to do it — and do it pretty darn well, I might add.

Having delivered an Electron-based version of Windows 95 in 2018, Felix is back with a new virtual machine package (and a new apology for creating it in the first place).

Mail app windows 10. In macintosh.js Felix puts Apple’s ancient Mac OS 8 system in the paws of the masses. The technical feat is made possible by JavaScript and everyone’s favourite¹ app creation framework Electron.

This free-to-use-but-don’t-ask-me-if-Apple-approve version of Mac OS 8 runs like a champ on Windows, macOS and Linux (I tested it on the latter). It runs as a standalone app that boots to the OS directly, i.e. there’s no need to fuss around with installers, partitions, or set up dialogs).

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“The virtual machine is emulating a 1991 Macintosh Quadra 900 with a Motorola CPU, which Apple used before switching to the PowerPC architecture (Apple/IBM/Motorola) in the mid 1990s,” Felix says of his effort.

A suite of era-specific software and games come bundled as trials, demos, etc. This roster even includes well-known tools like Adobe Photoshop 3, Adobe Premiere 4,Netscape Explorer, Duke Nukem 3D, and plenty more.

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While there’s no working internet connectivity (meaning the bundled copy of Internet Explorer will go largely unloved) but aside from that it is a fully functional version of Mac OS 8. All of the apps work; this isn’t a superficial reconstruction that cracks beneath its veneer.

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This works.

If you want to try it out — and let’s be honest there are far worse ways to spend an idle 10 minute — you can do so quickly and easily. Just keep in mind that Macintosh.js is more of a nostalgic novelty rather than a serious attempt at platform resurrection, something Felix himself notes:

“[This is] not the best nor the most performant way to emulate an old Macintosh. It is, however, a quick and easy way to experience a bit of nostalgia if you’re not trying to do anything serious with it.”

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You (and everyone else) can grab an installer from the project’s GitHub releases page.

¹ Jokes.

  • Source: GitHub
  • (via: Engadget)

If you are running Linux and want to run Windows application, then you have following choices.

  1. Install Windows via virtualization software. Then install your Windows application on top of it.
    1. Pros
      1. No need for dual booting.
      2. You can switch from Linux apps to Windows.
      3. You can share files between Linux and Windows (some configuration required).
    2. Cons
      1. You need a valid copy of Windows.
      2. Virtualization is resource intensive. Unless you have high amount of RAM (16 GB or more) and fast hard disk (e.g. SSD) performance will be poor.
  2. Install Windows via dual boot partition.
    1. Pros
      1. No performance penalty.
    2. Cons
      1. You can either work in Linux or in Windows.
      2. Need to have a valid copy of Windows.
      3. You are effectively running a Windows PC under this route.
  3. Run Windows application natively on Linux.
    1. Pros
      1. No copy of Windows needed. This can be achieved by some Windows emulator software in Linux like WINE, Crossover etc. These software install a Window-like layer on top of Linux as a sandbox.
      2. You just need a valid copy of Windows application – which you will install via emulator in Linux.
      3. You can easily switch between Windows application and Linux in same session.
      4. If you have the Windows version of application software already, then usually no further cost associated with it (unless you choose a commercial version of an emulator)
    2. Cons
      1. This option could be buggy. Not all Windows application can be run in this way. Some manual trial and error with configuration settings is expected.
  4. Buy your OS specific version of the application.
    1. Pros
      1. Guaranteed to work. For example, Microsoft sells Office software for Mac OS too.
    2. Cons
      1. You are paying for the software again for different operating system.
      2. Some format compatibility issue may still come up if both software versions were not compiled using same code base.

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So which option do you choose for your favorite application?