Hi Guys, Finally Box64 is out for Arm64. Could we port it to manjaro repo? @spikerguy @Strit @TheMojoMan
I was waiting for this moment. I randomly checked ptitseb’s github page. Finally it is released.
Hope this will be a big thing for the support of Arm64 in the future.
I haven’t tried myself yet. I was very happy therefore I immediately posted this in the forum to let everyone know.
To compile box86, you can use my previous post:
Dear All,
In my previous post in the old forum, I had discussed on how to run x86 applications with help from the community by using qemu-user-static and debootstrap:
However, after so much testing I found that Qemu is kind of slow to run an x86 application. And also at the moment qemu-user-static from AUR package failed to compile by using the latest Manjaro kernel, therefore it might be hard for you to follow.
After doing some research I found that there is a better alternative to Qemu in…
Many Thanks,
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Strit
6 July 2021 13:11
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This is interesting for sure.
I might look into at some point. Be aware, that this does not make running Windows applications possible. Just x86_64 Linux binaries.
Ok happy to hear that. I am pretty sure that at some point, wine64 will work with box64. Because at the moment box86+wine32 gives a very impressive performance for Arm64.
Strit
6 July 2021 20:21
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