What happen after rosetta2?

[ksmail13]

Hi, Thanks for this project.

I have a question after reading about amd64 in the README.
It says that containerization uses Rosetta2 for linux/amd64.

But it seems Rosetta 2 will be deprecated after macOS Golden Gate. Does that mean amd64 support will be dropped either?

[pierrewulff]

I think i found the answer to that on these pages.

macOS 27 directly integrates support for Intel binary translation, without needing to install Rosetta. This enables support for Intel Linux binaries running in ARM virtual machines (VMs) as well as Intel Linux containers. For more on information on Intel machine code translation and Linux VMs, see Running Intel Binaries in Linux VMs.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/apple-silicon/about-the-rosetta-translation-environment

Starting in macOS 27, support for Intel binary translation for Linux apps is included in macOS. Testing for availability starting in macOS 27 always returns VZLinuxRosettaAvailability.installed and installRosetta(completionHandler:) always returns immediately.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/Virtualization/running-intel-binaries-in-linux-vms

I interpret this as the full Rosetta 2 functionality in regards to Arm-based Linux VMs is builtin from MacOS 27.

[ksmail13]

Thanks, that's great news. This will help me choose my next work laptop.

[ksmail13]

It solved. Thanks @pierrewulff