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This is possible! At least, I’ve seen it described in other people’s setups. Having the integrated GPU should help in this case.

If I remember correctly, you need to make sure the vm shuts down properly so that it shuts down the graphics card properly. Then you can unload the vfio-pci module and load the correct module for your card.

Two great resources are the subreddit (unfortunately) r/vfio and the arch wiki page: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PCI_passthrough_via_OVMF

In what situation would those two not be the same?

sudo rm -rf --no-preserve-root /

You’re better off with any other distro

Firefox might be able to survive on donations, if Mozilla’s CEO stopped giving herself raises

I’m gonna bet a lot of it is business. They could use a risc-v core, but that could require a lot more in-house expertise. Paying arm for a license also means you get a lot of support from arm on integration, performance, etc

It’s clear we can’t have a conversation if you think theres no difference between x86 and arm lol

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You don’t understand what microcode is, it’s not a magic spell that can hide all problems of an instruction set.

The goalpost never moved, you just didn’t understand what we were talking about :)

Why are you so confident about a subject you clearly know nothing about?

x86 could always compete in raw performance, but never in efficiency. If we were to compare two hypothetical cpus on the same node size, one arm and one x86, that can both run a program at the same speed; I guarantee you the arm one will use less power.

We can argue the pros and cons of x86 vs arm all day long but suggesting that the choice isn’t impactful is just wrong.

Oh boy!

Yes there are a lot of factors that make the M series chips so impressive and their incredibly small node size (which is what they get from tsmc) is one of them. The choice of arm is another huge one.

And of course the kicker is that none of these cpus actually run x86 or arm. Haven't done for decades, the machine code is compiled down to a chip specific bytecode at execution time. Bloat isn't a problem because the cpu doesn't run x86.

Are you talking about microcode? Because that is not at all analogous to compilation. I don’t think you have a good grasp of the hardware that you’re talking about.

At the end of the day, the processor does still “run x86”. The implementation detail of most instructions being microcoded doesn’t change that. The x86 isa is large, complex, and old. It has compatibility decisions that date back all the way to the Datapoint 2200.

Okay buddy, stay ignorant

Well yes, but not just because they’re cheaper. x86 is ancient and bloated. Computers could be just as fast but use way less power with a more modern ISA like Arm

The future is Arm!

The linux kernel is not completely secure by default, neither is any specific distribution. No internet connected device could possibly be “set and forget”. Security can not be taken lightly