# Planning for a better NixOS on ARM (and other non-x86\_64 systems)

**URL:** https://discourse.nixos.org/t/planning-for-a-better-nixos-on-arm-and-other-non-x86-64-systems/15346
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [October 4, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/planning-for-a-better-nixos-on-arm-and-other-non-x86-64-systems/15346 "2021-10-04T22:05:23Z")
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### Author: ![Vcele](https://discourse.nixos.org/user_avatar/discourse.nixos.org/vcele/32/15667_2.png) [@Vcele](https://discourse.nixos.org/u/Vcele)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2024, 10:21am UTC](https://discourse.nixos.org/t/planning-for-a-better-nixos-on-arm-and-other-non-x86-64-systems/15346/21 "2024-07-20T10:21:05Z")

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It would be great if there was a way to globally specify a runner for x86 emulation. I’m imagining that one could just specify “box86/64” and run all the x86 only software from Nixpkgs.

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