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Preview of next Box64: Improved non-4k pagesize handling

This is a preview of what will come next on box64 v0.4.6. Because developpement cycle of box64 is quite long, we thought we could preview some of the new or improve feature that come in the version before the release. So here it is: Preview of the Improved Handling of non-4K pagesize. What is non-4K…

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Box64 Gaming macM1

Box64 on Asahi with experimental GPU driver

Let’s try some games using Box64 on the M1, now that there is a first experimental version of the GPU driver. This driver provides OpenGL 2.1 profile, so a few games should already be working. After an update of the Asahi system, and the installation of the “edge” kernel and mesa driver, I also updated…

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Benchmark Box64 Box86 macM1

Box86/Box64 vs QEMU vs FEX (vs Rosetta2)

Comparing performances I decided to compare the performances of the OpenSource Linux Userspace Emulator that allows you to run x86/x86_64 apps on ARM linux. There are QEMU-user, FEX-emu and Box86/Box64. How to bench Linux userspace emulator Test will consist of the bench I already used a couple of time, and that can be run as…