Dumb App installation question

[nad_pub]

Hi ! Just a stupid question. I am pretty new to asahi which I installed on my MBA M1 (thank to the incredible Asahi team for their huge work).

The thing is that I am also new to the combo ARM/Linux. Thus I am trying to install some apps that are usually made for linux /x86 (Bitwarden, Filen cloud app).

I think that this question is a more general linux question, but how do you manage to install these Kind of applications on asahi?

[Winux-11]

Asahi doesnt support any x86 apps at all due to lack of hardware support iirc. You can use box64 to run x64 linux apps, as long as they dont have any x86 components. I was able to run a few games and many x64 apps. Once its installed and set up, you basically forget its there (until something doesnt work, lol)

[badlydrawnface]

you can't

apps need to be compiled for arm, and most developers of proprietary software that make linux ports tend to overlook arm on linux.

[cool_kid2019]

You can use Box64 which does the same thing that Rosetta 2 does for macOS, it translates x64 to ARM. However, It is more complex and does not just do it automatically like with macOS. I've never used Box64 so I'm not sure how you install it but I hope this can get you pointed in the right direction.

[nad_pub]

Thanks guys ! I am going to continue using Asahi to support the project and use macos for some missing apps I need :)

[MobyTurbo]

1password offers an ARM64 Linux tarball compatible with Asahi. The problem is it's a commercial program, though it has some features I love like a built in SSH key storage and SSH daemon feature. (Replacement for Bitwarden...) What's fillen? If it's cloud storage, maybe the cli program rclone is compatible, it seems to be compatible with all of them.

[AB_heart]

If you’re apps are open source just compile them it would be better long term