A preview of x64 emulation on Windows for ARM

Re:A preview of x64 emulation on Windows for ARM by kevin_thibedeau on Friday December 11, 2020 @07:39PM (#25393836)

You can run X11 with a non-compositing window manager on very low performance hardware.

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Re:A preview of x64 emulation on Windows for ARM by ChuckNorris89 on Saturday December 12, 2020 @05:50AM (#25397406)

But will it run modern web pages and youtube?

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Re:A preview of x64 emulation on Windows for ARM by pjmlp on Saturday December 12, 2020 @06:02AM (#25397469)

To be fair, YouTube doesn't run on Linux anyway, it crawls, unless you happen the have the magical combination of proper drivers.

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Re:A preview of x64 emulation on Windows for ARM by ChuckNorris89 on Saturday December 12, 2020 @06:32AM (#25397620)

My point exactly. How can we expect tiny cheap linux computers like the PI to replace PCs for the average joe if they can't even run Youtube?

Unless the hardware powers datacenters or mobile/IoT devices, HW manufacturers don't even bother supporting linux with drivers.

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Re:A preview of x64 emulation on Windows for ARM by pjmlp on Saturday December 12, 2020 @08:30AM (#25398118)

They can, just not with any Linux, exactly due to drivers.

Put into them a custom closed OEM distribution, or the Windows for the Pi, and there is no issue playing YouTube with proper hardware acceleration.

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Re:A preview of x64 emulation on Windows for ARM by deaddodo on Saturday December 12, 2020 @06:52PM (#25402918)

YouTube plays fine on my 2020 laptop running Linux. The only feature I miss out on (that the hardware provides) is HDR, but it's a small loss for me to have my preferred development environment.

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Re:A preview of x64 emulation on Windows for ARM by pjmlp on Sunday December 13, 2020 @02:55AM (#25405035)

Lucky you for having the right set of drivers.

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