Hi, I am a RStudio user and I am trying to get started with Positron. Because of some issues with GitHub packages I need in my work I have installed the x86 version of R (although I have arm64 machines running MacOS Sequoia), which works fine with RStudio. However, when I try to use the Universal version of Positron it is unable to start R; when I try the x86 version it is exceedingly slow. Any hints?
We don't have good support for architecture emulation right now, so the best way to go is to use the ARM version of Positron and the ARM version of R. I would suggest sticking with RStudio if you believe you must use the x86 version of R.
We are tracking some improvements in this area in Detect arch mismatches for python and R · Issue #2702 · posit-dev/positron · GitHub.