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[Guy looking happy:] Hey, there’s a Linux version of that program I like

[Guy looking disappointed:] Closed Source, no ARM support

  • toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    sadly, there are a lot of important newer x86 patents that are still years off, and new ones are added every few years, so the best you could do next year is a 20 year old chip.

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      2 days ago

      sadly, there are a lot of important newer x86 patents that are still years off

      Basic x86_64 in hardware and software emulation of extensions is a more viable path than full x86 emulation on ARM. What we don’t know if anybody is working on independent x86_64 CPUs.