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I think you just clearly outlined exactly my point. 90% of all PC buyers would look at your qemu install and say "WHAT?!". Hell 80% probably don't know what an
by agloe_dreams 3y ago
I think you just clearly outlined exactly my point.
90% of all PC buyers would look at your qemu install and say "WHAT?!". Hell 80% probably don't know what an x86 app is...and they shouldn't! If a person buys a new PC, it should be better, at time of purchase, than their old one without gotchas. They shouldn't need to learn about why some apps are slower or why a particular app doesn't run. That is why Apple's move was good. They not only made it just work..but the M1 ran x86 apps faster than the outgoing model.
- jandrese 3y agoI have to assume that someone selling an ARM laptop with Linux would do that for you so the compatibility is transparent.
- bravetraveler 3y agoIt's a very small change to the installation medium, though. Your distribution already pre-selects hundreds of packages and performs configuration -- this can be another one. I'm a little surprised the maintainers haven't done so - but I haven't actually used the workflow. The implementation appears transparent; it registers a format with the kernel. Maybe there are downsides. You hint at a very likely one - performance. QEMU can do remarkably well with virtualization... but this, I'm not sure. I'm hopeful! Anyway, with all that in mind... I think the point against requiring such extreme 'vertical integration' remains If the argument against these two commands is it, then it's extremely trivial to resolve.