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Hey @mntmn, I saw on your Twitter account that you want to run some x86 apps on arm. You should really take a look at this project:

github.com/ptitSeb/box86/blob/

Unfortunately this focuses on 32bit systems, but if you were to run a 32bit OS on the reform, you would probably be in buu

*...would probably be in business.*

Ugh.. I totally dropped my phone and accidentally posted accidentally.

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@leimon this is very interesting, thank you! i'll try it now because i have 32bit arm userland working now thanks to debian

@leimon i got box86 to run and tried to run undertale with it, but no dice. many undefined my__* functions. not sure what’s going on.

@mntmn Even so, looks like you are making good progress. I started working on getting box86 installed on my rpi4 a couple of weeks ago (running 64 bit manjaro), but I haven't yet made it past the compilation stage (I've been too sidetracked with other projects).

Anyhow, if I were in your shoes, I might suggest a few paths: grep the project source code for warning message, check the fithub project page, or pick another game to test, how about battle for wesnoth (open source x86).

@mntmn I know this is a bit after the fact, but you might like checking out the following video:

youtu.be/i0XImOEgVts

A substantial portion of the video is dedicated to the guy testing-out/demonstrating what box86 can do on an rpi4. In my opinion, it is really impressive work.

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