[anothermacguy]

So can I compile anything from its source and have it run on OSX? Sorry, I guess thats a stupid question. Anything that runs from a command line?

2. Does anyone know of a compiled version of Star Office for OSX yet?

[Angus_D]

Uhm... Not exactly.
Some stuff works, some stuff needs some work, and some stuff needs a lot of work. It's all to do with incompatibilities and niggles and stuff in OS X/Darwin. So, no. Not everything can run on OS X.

[int69h]

As Angus stated, not exactly.

Most well written CLI based software should compile with little to no modification. By well written, I mean written with portability in mind. It seems that ALOT of software is being written on x86 linux these days. If the developers have blindly assumed that only people with little endian machines are going to try to compile their code, you're going to run into trouble. Intel machines are little endian (brain dead) while PowerPC, Power, Alpha, Sparc, and pretty much everything else is big endian. For example the # 69 would be stored on an intel as 96. (Ok not exactly but it proves the point). Another possible problem might be utilization of System V specific features. As you probably know, OSX draws its heritage from BSD. If the code is well written, neither of these should be an issue. You might have to fiddle with some Makefiles and #includes at most.

I've yet to get bladeenc to work right. Seems to have an endian issue. It compiles fine after a few minor changes, but outputs junk. *sigh*

[anothermacguy]

Thanks guys, I suspected as much.

In regards to the Star Office question, i'm sure it will be plastered everywhere we go when an osx binary is available.

Take care..............