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I keep meaning to research this, and maybe this isn't the right place, but how are things going for Linux executables? Last I tried Linux on ARM it seemed like

by Andrex 3y ago

I keep meaning to research this, and maybe this isn't the right place, but how are things going for Linux executables? Last I tried Linux on ARM it seemed like application-level support for ARM was very spotty. It doesn't seem like a Rosetta 2-like effort is making it into mainline Linux anytime soon, if ever.

arp242 3y ago
For open source applications it's generally pretty good. Closed source: not so much. qemu-x86_64 is probably the closest there is to Rosetta; it works fairly well and I think conceptually it's identical or similar to Rosetta, but I don't really know what the performance is like, and it's of course not as integrated/automatic as Rosetta.
- Andrex 3y ago
  Hadn't heard of qemu (in this context), I'll take a look, thank you!
  - circuit10 3y ago
    It’s very slow, box86/box64/FEX might be better options if you want decent performance
- zekica 3y ago
  IMO, better options are box86/box64 or FEX.
nazgulsenpai 3y ago
I suppose it depends on the distribution but most I've used (Manjaro, Void, Alpine) are close to 1:1 with x86. Of course third party applications have to compile for ARM if they don't intend to distribute source code.
thatfrenchguy 3y ago
Rosetta for Linux VMs is a thing now for Macs: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/virtualization/running_intel_binaries_in_linux_vms_with_rosetta https://developer.apple.com/documentation/virtualization/run...