The Mac system is not completely emulated, so there are some features which are handled differently in, or are absent from, Executor. Basically, the Browser is a slightly watered-down version of the Finder we found it fairly easy to use, but lacking a bit in on-line documentation and color. This band contains a help button, which gives help on using the hot band, and 6 application grouping buttons for making quick reference icons. The main difference is the presence of a “hot band”, located just below the menu bar. Instead of the “Finder” desktop (which Macs use to find and run programs on the hard drive), Executor runs its own “Browser” program. The first thing David (the Mac expert) noticed is the slightly non-standard setup. Typing executor in an X-terminal brings your new Mac to life.
The current version is only supported under X-windows, but an SVGALIB version for those without X is in the works. A quick look into its sub-directories reveals that Executor uses the native file system with additional emulator-specific files (prefixed by a %) the file system is seamlessly integrated into your Linux system. This copied the executable into /usr/local/bin/executor and created a Macintosh “volume” in /usr/local/lib/executor/. For installation, we obtained the 3 MB archive, unarchived it with tar xzf changed directories with cd executorlinux199o and ran make as root. The demo can be obtained from various Linux FTP sites, including, or from the official (but slower) ARDI FTP site at.
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The demo is a fully functional version which is limited to 10 minutes of use, a limitation which can be removed by obtaining a serial number and registration code, which you are granted when you purchase it. It should be noted that this pre-beta version has many known bugs which ARDI is addressing for its official 2.0 release of Executor.Įxecutor is available as a demo for evaluation purposes. This review is based on a pre-beta version, 1.99o, which was current at the time of evaluation. Recently, a version for Linux has become available. (ARDI), is “a commercial emulator that allows non-Macintosh hardware to run some applications originally written on a Macintosh”. When we (Andreas Schiffler, a long time Linux user, and David Moody, a die-hard Mac fan) first heard about this program, our interest was sparked: finally, some common ground on which to relate! We investigated and wrote this review for Linux Journal to give readers some idea of whether this commercial product will bridge the gap between these two completely unique operating systems, and also to give the Mac-illiterate Linux user a head-start on using the program.Įxecutor, a product of Abacus Research and Development, Inc. If you have been browsing through Linux newsgroups, you may have heard some talk about a new Macintosh emulator called Executor (pronounced ig-zek’-yu-tor).
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