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troupo on July 11, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Lima: A nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac

> You can also just run the VM's using Apple's own API's.

"just".

Where "just" is:

- download and install XCode

- download sample project

- download a sample project

- download a Linux Kernel image

- load a RAM disk into memory

- write some Swift code to configure run parameters. Swift code is different if you want to run non-UI and UI versions

- you can only run one VM at a time or write your own code to manage that

- ....

Or, you know, use Docker Desktop, or lima, or...

c-hendricks on July 11, 2023 [–]

https://getutm.app/

troupo on July 11, 2023 | [–]

This one is absolutely brilliant.

I used it to run Ubuntu on an x86 on an M1 Mac because a vendor's alpha SDK could only run on x86 Ubuntu.

brian_herman on July 12, 2023 | | [–]

Yes, UTM is very easy to use and would recommend to anyone.

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