Re: [9front] First time 9front start with qemu

[Michael Misch <michaelmisch1985@gmail.com>]

Having ran x86 on my M1, I can attest to it being perfectly usable for a Drawterm host.

> On Mar 20, 2024, at 08:14, Jacob Moody <moody@posixcafe.org> wrote:
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> On 3/20/24 10:07, Bengt Kleberg wrote:
>> Thank you for the very prompt answer.
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>> Yes, my host is an ARM computer, Mac Mini with MacOS.
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> In your case then it may be worth the trouble of figuring out the arm64 vm.
> The kernel that is used was specifically written to work under MacOS arm64
> accelerated virtualization so it should work. It is just not entirely documented.
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> For what it's worth I doubt that running an x86 VM would be much of an issue either,
> 9front is not exactly a demanding piece of software compared to a gnome desktop.
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>> To use drawterm I would need a computer/VM with 9front, which I do not have.
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> This is incorrect, drawterm is a program that runs under mac/linux/windows/whatever
> that acts as a terminal. This is the whole point of having a specific program for it.
> If you already had a 9front system you could just rcpu and run rio.
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