gmenu2x VS UTM

Gmenu2X / GmenuNX is a simple launcher program designed for small displays that runs well on that CPU.

This is the fork that I've worked with: https://github.com/MiyooCFW/gmenunx

I've been looking through the source code of the main menu app (gmenunx - https://github.com/MiyooCFW/gmenunx), and it apparently sets the CPU to the lowest speed the configuration allows when going into suspend mode. But for some reason that is is 702mhz. (I think the official clock speed of the CPU is 533mhz, so the 702 minimum doesn't make any sense to me.)

If you have TrollStore then install the HV version of UTM to try for yourself: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/releases/latest/download/UTM.HV.ipa

Researching a little showed that this is basically what can be expected running x86 emulation and the systems will just be wonky and slow, although it was running flawlessly, just slow.

There seem to be ways to use Rosetta2 inside a VM [0] to then translate binaries but I found no official support or documentation (using UTM+QEMU that was), this would be such a cool feature, at least there are discussions about it [1,2]

- [0] https://mybyways.com/blog/using-rosetta-in-a-utm-linux-vm-wi...

- [1] https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/discussions/4939

- [2] https://github.com/utmapp/UTM/issues/5460

UTM is open source too though: https://github.com/utmapp/UTM#license

UTM makes it easy to set up and manage macOS and Windows virtual machines. This can be especially useful for developers such as Tauri contributors who need to test their applications across multiple platforms, or for those looking to experiment with different operating systems without affecting their primary system.

If you don't need high performance and want to use the OS only occasionally, check UTM.app, at https://mac.getutm.app/ (or https://github.com/utmapp/UTM ). Free, open source.