[linux-audio-user] Emagic Logic Audio on Linux

[Christian Henz]

On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 03:25:06PM +0000, patrick.daulie at pandora.be wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Does anyone know if it's possible to run Emagic Logic 6 on Linux ?
> 
> Since MAC OSX uses Linux, it should bemade possible , no ?
> 
Who gave you that idea? MacOS X's core Darwin is from the UNIX family, as is 
Linux. This is why you can easily get UNIX software to run on MacOS X (you need
sourcecode though). But it doesn't normally work the other way round! Logic 
isn't only based one the UNIX core of Mac OSX but on other, Mac-specific 
software. Plus the sourcecode isn't available. One could create a compatibility
layer, such as WINE for Windows, but even if one existed (it doesn't AFAIK), 
you'd still need a Mac to run Logic, because it won't work on a PC's 
Intel/AMD/etc. processor.

The only way it could work would be to use a Mac emulator for PCs that runs
on Linux, but that would be much too slow for a sophisticated program like
Logic.

You could try and get Logic/Windows to work with WINE though.

Or ask Emagic for a native linux port - but since they cancelled the Windows 
version that seems highly unrealistic.


cheers,
Christian Henz