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Any Linux Desktop for X86 run on Talos/Raptor?

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cchinicz:
Hi All,

I need to run an X86 application and have not succeeded installing any Linux distro (I've given up on Windows). I've tried Linux Mint, Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop and Fedora 32 Desktop and all failed to install. I've tried with VM Manager and also QEMU command line.

Anyone succeeded? If yes, I would appreciate very much if you can share details on how to install it.

Anyway, up to now my experience with QEMU emulating X86 has been that it is VERY slow and, no matter what I configure, it uses only one vCPU.

Thanks in advance.

MauryG5:
Guys, I would avoid trying to emulate or run X86 software on Power in general. I think it doesn't make much sense, if you choose Power you're doing it to go against the trend and completely on the right side of the X86 world, so I don't think it's the best thing to do. Then in general emulators have never been a lightning bolt in my opinion, they are emulators but they will never give you the performance they can give you in their environment... Then they are my considerations attention, but in my opinion I repeat, if you marry the Power philosophy you do it just to go the opposite way to X86 and to have the performance and advantages offered by Power...

bw42:
What kind of application are you trying to run?

What settings are you using when running it?
I usually use Qemu for my VMs.

I setup a Qemu VM that I'm installing Slackware64 in right now.
Its running, though a  little slower than it would with KVM acceleration.

cchinicz:
Hi,

I need to install warsaw security module to access my bank account. This module works with most browsers but is a binary that runs only on X86.

Other than that, I'm fine with Fedora 32 on ppc.

Any input is much appreciated.

Regards

bw42:
Outside of running a full VM you could try Qemu user mode emulation.
Here's a couple links that discuss how it works.
It'd allow x86 code to run on power without full VM emulation.

https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/user/main.html

https://ownyourbits.com/2018/06/13/transparently-running-binaries-from-any-architecture-in-linux-with-qemu-and-binfmt_misc/

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