"Maybe it’s time to move on from the Commodore 64 software"(forkbombr.net)
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"Maybe it’s time to move on from the Commodore 64 software"
http://forkbombr.net/apples-bertrand-serlet-x11-excluded-in-lion/
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It isn't, a cocoa / quartz friendly port is already partly done and runs well as long as you don't need all the esoteric functions that VICE offers. Binaries available on the VICE page.
For the really concerned, Xquartz is the basis for X11.app which is openly available from MacOSForge so X11 as a whole isn't going to disappear anytime soon it may just require a bit more effort to get running.
For the really concerned, Xquartz is the basis for X11.app which is openly available from MacOSForge so X11 as a whole isn't going to disappear anytime soon it may just require a bit more effort to get running.
I read it as:
"Why is this crap in my INBOX? Really?"
I'm sure the least compelling reason to keep X11 on Mac is because someone wants to use a C64 emulator. :)
"Why is this crap in my INBOX? Really?"
I'm sure the least compelling reason to keep X11 on Mac is because someone wants to use a C64 emulator. :)
As long as there are enough C64 enthusiasts, there will always be someone who is going to port VICE (or some other C64 emulator) to a new platform, no matter what "Windowing System" that platform has got.
<steve_jobs> Commodore64 software? Running on *my* platform?!
* steve_jobs deletes X11.app from MacOSX_Lion_RC1
It rather doesn't matter. The X11 that Apple ships is effectively http://xquartz.macosforge.org/, so if they drop it (which I doubt), it's one short download away.
It would surprise me if Lion shipped with X11.
It also would surprise me if X11 weren't in the Mac App store when Lion ships or shortly afterwards.
For me, open questions are a) will that be an Apple product? and b) free or a couple of bucks?
It also would surprise me if X11 weren't in the Mac App store when Lion ships or shortly afterwards.
For me, open questions are a) will that be an Apple product? and b) free or a couple of bucks?
I'm much more concerned about them killing Rosetta than I would be about them dropping X.
Anyway, porting Vice from X to OSX shouldn't be a big problem.