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Old 04-06-2008, 06:22 PM
zachsilvey zachsilvey is offline
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Originally Posted by desepticon View Post
can't any linux app be ported to osx? they're both unix flavors. it would be easier than porting a whole new os.
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Originally Posted by donisewell View Post
that's kinda what i was thinking..
the point isn't to port an application it is to port an entire operating system. the os has to be made compatible with the hardware of the iphone/ipod touch. This isn't an easy task because they are set up so much different than a pc.

also in theory it would be a gui. but if this goes anywhere it probably wont get past just a kernal.
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