Valve is gonna save the day once again.

alimbada 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I was about to comment to say that unless Valve is prepared to invest significant effort into an x86 -> ARM translation layer that's not going to happen but a quick search for "linux x86 to arm translation" led me to an XDA article[1] proving me wrong. The recently announced Steam Frame runs on ARM and can run x86 games directly using using something called FEX.

Now we just need to be as good as (or better than) Apple's Rosetta.

[1] https://www.xda-developers.com/arm-translation-layer-steam-f...

	▲	alecsm 9 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		From yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46126446
	▲	LoganDark 27 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Apple Silicon actually has microarchitectural quirks implementing certain x86-isms in hardware for Rosetta 2 to use. I doubt any other ARM SoC would do such a thing, so I doubt third-party translation will ever get quite as efficient.

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pjmlp 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Running Windows stuff.....

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alecsm 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I don't use Windows but I do run a lot of software made only for Windows. I don't see any problem with that.

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pjmlp 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Until the fountain runs dry, because the kingdom lords diverted the river from Valve's well castle.

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alecsm 10 hours ago | parent [-]

I'm sorry but that doesn't make any sense.

Valve is pushing mostly open source to expand to other platforms which is a win win for everybody.

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pjmlp 9 hours ago | parent [-]

That would be true if they were actually making devs embrace SteamOS.

	▲	bigyabai 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		They are. You're mad that Valve isn't militantly enforcing Linux-native games, which is nonsense. The OG Steam Machine did that and was DOA. Thousands of game studios are gone now, and supporting their software is important legacy work. You don't have to appreciate that, but I do. I do not give the faintest fuck about the opportunity cost you bemoan towards native UNIX games when I do this. That's your problem, not mine.

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650REDHAIR 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Isn't Valve's new VR headset running ARM?

I have faith!

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bigyabai 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I quite prefer that to the alternative of not running Windows stuff.

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pjmlp 10 hours ago | parent [-]

Thing is, that strengths Windows market relevance, as IBM learnt with OS/2 and its Windows compatibility.

	▲	bigyabai 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Good. I love exploiting Windows' market relevance, it's rather fun and engaging.