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02-24-2014, 10:01 PM
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Registered: Feb 2004
Location: lost+found
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How can I get a Mac VM on my Linux box?
How can I get a Mac VM on my Linux box?
Ideally with VMware.
Would I need the VMware player or VMware workstation?
How do I get a Mac OS X image?
TIA!
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02-24-2014, 10:53 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Virginia, USA
Distribution: Slackware, Ubuntu MATE, Mageia, and whatever VMs I happen to be playing with
Posts: 19,775
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I fear that you will not be able to get one legitimately.
Apple doesn't dig that scene, man. They want their stuff to run only on their over-priced hardware.
Do a web search for more.
BTDT.
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02-25-2014, 02:03 AM
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Registered: Apr 2010
Location: Jo'burg SA
Distribution: Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Fedora, FreeBSD
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Quote:
Originally Posted by abefroman
How can I get a Mac VM on my Linux box?
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With difficulty and/or outside the law.
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Originally Posted by abefroman
Ideally with VMware.
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Yes
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Originally Posted by abefroman
Would I need the VMware player or VMware workstation?
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Yes and/or Yes ... depending on if you want the extras available in Workstation or simply want to run it.
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Originally Posted by abefroman
How do I get a Mac OS X image?
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Piracy
As frankbell's stated ... search (e.g. google) ... I know they're out there, I've seen them.
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02-25-2014, 08:20 PM
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Moderator
Registered: Mar 2008
Posts: 22,284
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I illegally downloaded a vm and ran it. Then I figured there was not one thing I could do with it and deleted it. Looked pretty.
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02-25-2014, 09:29 PM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Virginia, USA
Distribution: Slackware, Ubuntu MATE, Mageia, and whatever VMs I happen to be playing with
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I do a little volunteer stuff that involves using a Mac. It was kind of fun actually getting to explore one. Nothing about it enticed me to even remotely consider springing for one.
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1 members found this post helpful.
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02-26-2014, 03:44 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Sep 2010
Location: Lawrence, New Zealand
Distribution: Slackware
Posts: 1,077
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Pear OS was a great ersatz Mac OS, probably the most accurate I've seen. Frankly it made Mac OS look a bit weak, but then again imho so does Gnome 3.x
Pretty is a nice feature, but the cost is just too great. If I want pretty, I just run Gnome 3 for a while, and then I get bored with pretty and go back to my customized desktop environments the way I have set them up (which are pretty to me, anyway, but I would guess not so hot to the mass market).
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02-27-2014, 02:06 AM
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Originally Posted by notKlaatu
Pretty is a nice feature, but the cost is just too great. If I want pretty, I just run Gnome 3 for a while, and then I get bored with pretty and go back to my customized desktop environments the way I have set them up (which are pretty to me, anyway, but I would guess not so hot to the mass market).
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+1 ... sorry I'm told post is "too short" ... same reason I like KDE more ... due to the customizability. I might be in a minority, but c'est la vie.
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1 members found this post helpful.
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02-27-2014, 03:55 AM
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Registered: Mar 2012
Location: Hungary
Distribution: debian/ubuntu/suse ...
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VirtualBox has an option to run that, but I have never tried.
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02-27-2014, 03:42 PM
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Registered: Mar 2008
Posts: 22,284
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The point was that it is an illegal task and we as in LQ members shouldn't provide info on such tasks.
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02-28-2014, 01:47 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jefro
The point was that it is an illegal task and we as in LQ members shouldn't provide info on such tasks.
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+1
For me, I wouldn't even want OSX ... even if it wasn't illegal. So due to its cost (i.e. overpriced inferior hardware tied to the OS, or fine/jail when caught pirating) I want it even less. And having tested it at a friend's, I can't see any use (to me) over having a legitimate Linux running on the most awesome hardware I can afford.
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03-02-2014, 07:13 PM
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Registered: Apr 2002
Location: earth
Distribution: slackware by choice, others too :} ... android.
Posts: 23,067
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And as the whole topic is illegal this thread is closed.
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