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6 Feb 2026
@k900:0upti.meK900I think you can set up an x86_64 VM with Rosetta something something17:28:06
@k900:0upti.meK900But I am not an Apple user17:28:13
@samasaur:matrix.orgsamasauryou can set up an aarch64 VM and pass thru Rosetta into it for faster emulation of x86_64, yes17:28:45
@samasaur:matrix.orgsamasaure.g. https://github.com/cpick/nix-rosetta-builder17:29:06
@denommus:matrix.orgdenommusthat looks like what I need, I'll test it, thanks17:29:43
@antifuchs:asf.computerantifuchsthis and the virby vm repo do similar things, I've been using virby recently because it rebuilds cleaner21:31:18
7 Feb 2026
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@khaneliman:matrix.orgAustin Horstman Ihar Hrachyshka: ah yeah, building is a lot faster when i don't limit my cores lol. just had to rebuild firefox-devedition-unwrapped and it only took 45 min on my laptop now 16:36:58
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@sarahec:matrix.orgSarah ClarkI set the core limit to exclude the efficiency cores and it builds faster now than before. 19:19:38
8 Feb 2026
@debtquity:matrix.orgdebtquityis there anything worth it in tahoe? I reviewed the marketing for it and just seems like a crappy ui update20:08:16
@debtquity:matrix.orgdebtquitybut maybe there are hidden gems?20:08:26
@saiko:knifepoint.netKatalin 🔪 launchpad is gone 🦀 21:04:55
@saiko:knifepoint.netKatalin 🔪 otherwise, no, can't think of anything 21:05:00
9 Feb 2026
@reckenrode:matrix.orgRandy EckenrodeGit appears to broken on Darwin on staging.02:56:43
@debtquity:matrix.orgdebtquity

you mean this on staging-next?

https://hydra.nixos.org/build/321302343

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@reckenrode:matrix.orgRandy Eckenrode I ran into it today rebasing my Swift branch on staging. 04:16:53
@reckenrode:matrix.orgRandy Eckenrode * I ran into it today rebasing my Swift branch on current staging. 04:17:04
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@mall0c:matrix.orgmall0c

Thinking of setting up NixOS in VM on macOS host. Is the lack of OpenGL support going to result in awful performance? Or is it tolerable?

Been itching to use Niri + Cosmic for a minute.

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@ihar.hrachyshka:matrix.orgIhar Hrachyshkai think if you want acceleration, something like krunkit / libkrun could give you that but I am not aware of ready recipes to run nixos through it.19:25:48
@g5pw:matrix.orgg5pwI would definitely wait for the next minor bump, IIRC there will be a performance/bugfix release22:12:17
10 Feb 2026
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