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For context: Apple provides Rosetta for Linux to allow native x86 binaries to run inside Linux guests on Apple silicon hosts as discussed yesterday [0]. This article explores what other uses can be had for Rosetta on Linux.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31644990

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Thanks to the ARM version of the Microsoft Surface, there's an ARM port of Windows 10 via Insider Preview Builds. What this means though, is that I can run x86 Windows binaries on my M1 Mac though Parallels Desktop (haven't tried other VM programs such as virtualbox).

Unsurprisingly CPUz has a bit of trouble running and is unable to give much information, saying the CPU name is Apple Silicon, the spec is ARMv8, and the clock speed of 3.0 Ghz, but most everything is blank.

> For context: Apple provides Rosetta for Linux to allow native x86 binaries to run inside Linux guests on Apple silicon hosts .... Thanks to the ARM version of the Microsoft Surface, there's an ARM port of Windows 10 via Insider Preview Builds. What this means though, is that I can run x86 Windows binaries on my M1 Mac though Parallels Desktop (haven't tried other VM programs such as virtualbox).

What a time to be alive! Imagine reading this in 2015 :D

I ended up having to buy a cheap Windows laptop anyway because while I could get the x86 app on this page to run under ARM Windows, I wasn't clever enough to get the Silabs driver to work:

https://hdfury.com/product/integral-2/

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