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		mrpippy on June 8, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Quick Look at Rosetta on Linux Something also cool that's not widely known: Rosetta emulates i386 instructions. CrossOver/Wine uses this on macOS to run 32-bit Windows EXEs. I haven't tested yet whether this functionality works on Linux.

lisper on June 8, 2022 [–]

Cool! So does that mean I can run 32-bit x86 apps on a Mavericks VM on an M1?

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