No arm64 linux build

[mauro-balades]

What feature would you like to see?

Hello,
I want to install Zen on Asahi Linux , however, there are only X86_64 releases.
Could you add release for Arm64 please ?

Thanks by advance

What platform are you seeing the problem on?

Linux

Additional context

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[ChristinWhite]

This would be extremely helpful not just for Asahi, but also for (non-emulated) Linux virtual machines on arm-based Macs.

[badlydrawnface]

Absolutely, especially with the advent of Linux on the Snapdragon X Elite-based laptops in the future.

A generic build should suffice, since ARM is relatively fast anyways.

[youwen5]

NixOS/nixpkgs#327982

By the way, we're working on building Zen over at nixpkgs from source. Once it's done, we might be able to support building for aarch64, so keep an eye out for that.

[cantalupo555]

It would be nice to have another option for Linux ARM64
I'm currently using the Orange Pi 5.

[ArchitektApx]

Successfully builds on asahi fedora with some minor changes 👍
#385 (comment)

Ubuntu based shouldn't be that much of a difference so I guess a Github Action to include arm64/aarch64 builds could be done quickly.

[mauro-balades]

The problem is not how I build it but where... There's no GitHub runners for Linux arm as far as I know

[HarryHeres]

Taken from official GitHub blog:

Arm runners are available to customers on our Team and Enterprise Cloud plans. We expect to begin offering Arm runners for open source and personal accounts by the end of the year.

Until the runners are available to the wide public, we will not be able to create ARM-native builds for Windows/Linux

https://github.blog/changelog/2024-06-03-actions-arm-based-linux-and-windows-runners-are-now-in-public-beta/

[HarryHeres]

Maybe we can include this is FAQ @mauro-balades ?

[mauro-balades]

Maybe we could use a third party runner, maybe a service has a free plan for open source

[ArchitektApx]

Maybe we could use a third party runner, maybe a service has a free plan for open source

Oracle Cloud has a "always free"-tier where you can deploy arm64 self-hosted runners.
I personally use paid runners from https://buildjet.com to provide some arm builds as they are quite cheap and provide alternatives for common actions to use their caching etc.

[HarryHeres]

I have used Oracle's free tier in the past. Good idea, that could work

[Botspot]

Interested in adding Zen to the Pi-Apps store. (a Linux ARM appstore)

[nerdyinu]

+1 for linux arm64 support

[a-plastic-bag]

Am loving this browser on macOS, would love to be able to use it in my Asahi installation too.

[IlyaasK]

I would like this on Asahi too

[saidbenmoumen]

using asahi here as well hope this comes soon