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Really hope Box86 or wine hangover allow windows x86 binaries to run well on arm sbc on a not too distant future.

rijoja 6y ago
Me to! Maybe it is not in the scope of these projects. Apple however managed to do this for their latest architecture and also I think it was done quite a lot for the Pandora game console. So that would be by translating the binary files themselves to a new architecture before executing them. In the case that someone targets one application run in wine this is not to much work I believe. If someone would be interested into doing this, I would be very happy to help! https://www.giantpockets.com/starcraft-pandora-port-came/ https://www.giantpockets.com/starcraft-pandora-port-came/
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RPiNews 6y ago
Well box86 actually supported running wine since a while ago, which means you can install x86 wine and use it.
- ekianjo 6y ago
  Yes, that is precisely why you can play x86 Linux games through Box86 on ARM.
  - spijdar 6y ago
    Well, no -- you can also run the Linux version of Steam and games with a native Linux version with no need to use wine. The performance should be better than using wine, too.
    - techrat 6y ago
      Steam does not exist in repos on ARM based distributions. So no, you can't just also run the Linux version of Steam and games without a need to use Wine... When it comes to using Box86 on ARM.
      - spijdar 6y ago
        Huh? You totally can -- it's even mentioned down in the README in the github repo: https://github.com/ptitSeb/box86#notes-about-steam https://github.com/ptitSeb/box86#notes-about-steam You can download a straight tar.gz file from Steam [0], extract it, and run the contained steam executable with box86, and as long as you have the ARM versions of some native libraries installed as mentioned in the project readme, x86 Linux steam will run fine, no wine required. Fun fact, box86 also works on PowerPC, I got it running at the start of the year. Not sure how much has bitrotted, but if you've got a POWER8/9/10 machine, it can run box86 ;) (without JIT, so dramatically slower than in the article, but better than qemu usermode!) [0] http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/pool/steam/s/steam/ http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/pool/steam/s/steam/
ben-schaaf 6y ago
Someone's already gotten wine working on the pinephone: https://www.reddit.com/r/PinePhoneOfficial/comments/m4bvti/wine_x86_running_at_nearnative_speeds_on_pinephone/ https://www.reddit.com/r/PinePhoneOfficial/comments/m4bvti/w...
ekianjo 6y ago
> windows x86 binaries That may only work for 32 bits binary applications since Box86 does not support 64 bits. You can already see Box86 + Wine running older Windows games here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoIptyr6zV4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoIptyr6zV4

Me to! Maybe it is not in the scope of these projects. Apple however managed to do this for their latest architecture and also I think it was done quite a lot for the Pandora game console. So that would be by translating the binary files themselves to a new architecture before executing them. In the case that someone targets one application run in wine this is not to much work I believe. If someone would be interested into doing this, I would be very happy to help! https://www.giantpockets.com/starcraft-pandora-port-came/ https://www.giantpockets.com/starcraft-pandora-port-came/

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RPiNews 6y ago

Well box86 actually supported running wine since a while ago, which means you can install x86 wine and use it.

ekianjo 6y ago
Yes, that is precisely why you can play x86 Linux games through Box86 on ARM.
- spijdar 6y ago
  Well, no -- you can also run the Linux version of Steam and games with a native Linux version with no need to use wine. The performance should be better than using wine, too.
  - techrat 6y ago
    Steam does not exist in repos on ARM based distributions. So no, you can't just also run the Linux version of Steam and games without a need to use Wine... When it comes to using Box86 on ARM.
    - spijdar 6y ago
      Huh? You totally can -- it's even mentioned down in the README in the github repo: https://github.com/ptitSeb/box86#notes-about-steam https://github.com/ptitSeb/box86#notes-about-steam You can download a straight tar.gz file from Steam [0], extract it, and run the contained steam executable with box86, and as long as you have the ARM versions of some native libraries installed as mentioned in the project readme, x86 Linux steam will run fine, no wine required. Fun fact, box86 also works on PowerPC, I got it running at the start of the year. Not sure how much has bitrotted, but if you've got a POWER8/9/10 machine, it can run box86 ;) (without JIT, so dramatically slower than in the article, but better than qemu usermode!) [0] http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/pool/steam/s/steam/ http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/pool/steam/s/steam/

ben-schaaf 6y ago

Someone's already gotten wine working on the pinephone: https://www.reddit.com/r/PinePhoneOfficial/comments/m4bvti/wine_x86_running_at_nearnative_speeds_on_pinephone/ https://www.reddit.com/r/PinePhoneOfficial/comments/m4bvti/w...

ekianjo 6y ago

> windows x86 binaries That may only work for 32 bits binary applications since Box86 does not support 64 bits. You can already see Box86 + Wine running older Windows games here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoIptyr6zV4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoIptyr6zV4