Cua Boots Omarchy on Apple Silicon via Lume
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1/ This week, we worked on something special: bringing Omarchy to Apple Silicon with Lume. We got the official Omarchy 4.0.1 source running in an ARM64 VM backed by Apple's Virtualization.framework. Hyprland boots, the Omarchy shell renders, and Cua Driver can operate the desktop. 🧵
2/ The stock Omarchy ISO is x86-64-only, so it cannot boot in an ARM64 VM. Our path is: Apple Silicon → Lume / Virtualization.framework → Arch Linux ARM → official Omarchy source Rosetta is optional and translates user-space programs; it does not translate the kernel.
3/ We verified two cold boots, a guest reboot, Hyprland + Quickshell, keyboard and pointer input, HTTPS networking, native ARM64 Chromium, and Rosetta execution of a verified x86-64 program.
4/ Here are some examples we recorded with Cua Driver. Omacalc computes 6 × 7 = 42 with a synthetic Cua Driver cursor.
- The stock Omarchy ISO is x86-64 only, so Cua runs Arch Linux ARM in a Lume VM on Apple's Virtualization.framework and installs official Omarchy source on top. Rosetta is optional and only translates user-space programs, not the kernel.
- Cua verified two cold boots, a guest reboot, Hyprland with Quickshell, keyboard and pointer input, HTTPS networking, native ARM64 Chromium and Rosetta running a verified x86-64 program, and recorded Cua Driver operating Omacalc, Omawrite and Omacut.
- Beyond software-rendered graphics, the tested guest has no virtio audio output, some Omarchy packages lack ARM64 builds, and dynamic x86-64 apps still need compatible libraries. Cua stresses this is not an official Omarchy ARM64 release or a replacement for the stock ISO.
- AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
Opens a path to running real Linux/Hyprland desktops for computer-use testing directly on Mac hardware, without x86 kernel emulation.
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