Subj : Re: macOS 26
To   : apam
From : Nightfox
Date : Mon Sep 22 2025 03:53 pm

  Re: Re: macOS 26
  By: apam to Nightfox on Mon Sep 22 2025 10:15 pm

 >> things..  I've heard macOS Catalina nad later requires software to be
 >> 'notarized' in order to install it - that seems like it might be a hurdle
 >> that limits what software you can install on it. Normally I try

 ap> Sort of, you can still install unsigned programs, but it's a bit of a
 ap> pain. If you were to sell mac os apps your customers would expect them to
 ap> be signed, but a lot of open souurce stuff doesn't get signed - it costs
 ap> the developer money for a developer subscription that allows them to sign
 ap> their apps.

Interesting..  Also, at least for Windows, I've seen a lot of software that isn't open-source but is freeware or shareware that you can just download and use.  Is there a lot of such freeware for Mac?  And I imagine that would have the same trouble as open-source, especially since freeware developers wouldn't be making money from it.  Or maybe since it costs money now to sign Mac apps, I imagine there just might not be any freeware developers for Mac?  I think that would be a bummer..  Although I might want to make money from some projects, sometimes I feel like I'd want to make a piece of software and offer it as freeware for anyone to download and use.

 ap> I'm not especially moved by the hard ware, it's ok, but I bought a mac for
 ap> the OS. I can no longer tolerate windows, and mac os was a good compromise
 ap> between being able to run proprietary applications, and having a unix like
 ap> base.

Yeah, that's another thing, I wouldn't mind seeing Mac OS be available for any computer, but I understand why Apple wants to limit it for their own hardware.

I mainly stick with Windows due to some software that I don't think there's a good equivalent for in another OS - especially PC games, which I enjoy.  I've considered switching away from Windows though, and I'd probably to with Linux Mint - That's a UNIX-like base, and it runs on any PC.

Nightfox
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