VirtualBuddy
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VirtualBuddy
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VirtualOS
VirtualBuddy is an interesting utility. Been running the beta and Xcode in it: https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy
- Everything feels snappier on Sonoma.
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Apple Virtualization Framework
VirtualBuddy is a great open-source project that takes advantage of this framework: https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy
- Does anyone work professionally as a web developer with a MacBook Air M1 or M2? Should I buy it?
- free macos VM om m1 mac?
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free Virtualisation on Mac M1
If you want to virtualize Mac on Mac, here's free solution https://github.com/insidegui/VirtualBuddy
- Parallels $500 price increase ... are they out of their mind?
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Possible to virtualize MacOS Ventura on Apple Silicon?
VirtualBuddy - GitHub link
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How do you virtualize? Enrolling VMs in Jamf
I’ve been using Virtual Buddy to virtualise mac for quick testing. It’s pretty quick to spin up a vm and can be enrolled without modification to the vm. I think parallels is the same.
- Has anybody used this VirtualOS software? If so, what do you think? Can't find any discussion on it anywhere so it might be a dud but curious to know if anybody has used it.
colima
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Lcl.host: fast, easy HTTPS in your local dev environment
If you don't need a GUI, the following combo works pretty well:
- https://github.com/abiosoft/colima
- https://github.com/peterldowns/localias
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Damn Small Linux 2024
You might look into CoLima as a way to get started.
https://github.com/abiosoft/colima?tab=readme-ov-file
Its user interface is Docker-like, using containers.
For full desktop, I've only used the commercial app "Parallels", which can set up an Ubuntu desktop for you. Also Fedora and Alpine and Debian I believe.
But
> I don't really have any resources to share. I just know how to boot a vmlinuz with an initramfs using QEMU, and decided to download the Linux kernel source code and try compiling it.
I highly recommend working through Linux from Scratch and possibly the Gentoo Handbook. It's a journey.
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Howto: WASM runtimes in Docker / Colima
I could not find any guide how to add WASM container capability to Docker running on Colima. This guide provides a few Colima templates for exactly this, which adds WasmEdge, Wasmtime and Wasmer runtime types.
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RamRamRamEveryoneSleepingOnDocker
Colima runs much faster on Macos: https://github.com/abiosoft/colima
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Podman Desktop v1.5 with Compose onboarding and enhanced Kubernetes pod data
After docker desktop became unusable, I jumped to colima and never looked back. I still use the docker runtime in it (the non-proprietary part) but it also supports containerd. On Mac it's just a "brew install colima" and then "colima start"
I also install the compose and ecr credentials plug-ins (since I use ecr for my container registry.) It has the full functionality of docker desktop minus the UI, which I never used anyways.
https://github.com/abiosoft/colima
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K3s – Lightweight Kubernetes
On my M1 Pro system, I have nothing but positive things to say about the experience of using Colima (https://github.com/abiosoft/colima). Quick to set up and fast to use.
- abiosoft/colima
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UTM – Virtual Machines for iOS and macOS
I'd say Lima and Colima should be enough for most use cases:
https://lima-vm.io/
https://github.com/abiosoft/colima
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Lazydocker
The bash/zsh equivalent wouldn't be too hard, but I use fish.
[0] https://github.com/abiosoft/colima, https://hn.algolia.com/?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fabiosof...
[1] https://orbstack.dev [3], https://hn.algolia.com/?q=https%3A%2F%2Forbstack.dev
[2] https://github.com/abiosoft/colima#customizing-the-vm and https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/blob/main/docs/FAQ.md#edi...
[3] I’m on OrbStack now, but it isn’t so much better at how I use Docker than Colima is that I think that it’s an instant buy, especially with the planned subscription model. If I used anything other than the Docker integration, I might think it's better, but as of right now, no.
I also have some issues with its insistence on asking for elevated permissions. I will never grant permission[4] to make a symlink to the "standard" Docker socket; context and `$DOCKER_HOST` work well enough. It should not ask if the permission hasn't been given once. I also worry about other "advanced" features that may need an elevated permissions helper[5].
[4] https://github.com/orbstack/orbstack/issues/281#issuecomment...
[5] https://github.com/orbstack/orbstack/issues/281#issuecomment... and following
- FLaNK Stack Weekly for 17 July 2023
What are some alternatives?
UTM - Virtual machines for iOS and macOS
lima - Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containers
MacVM - macOS VM for Apple Silicon using Virtualization API
Podman Desktop - Podman Desktop - A graphical tool for developing on containers and Kubernetes
vmcli - A set of utilities (vmcli + vmctl) for macOS Virtualization.framework
minikube - Run Kubernetes locally
OPS - ops - build and run nanos unikernels
rd - Container Management and Kubernetes on the Desktop
postgres-operator - Production PostgreSQL for Kubernetes, from high availability Postgres clusters to full-scale database-as-a-service.
podman - Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.
VirtualApple - Work with macOS VMs using Virtualization
multipass - Multipass orchestrates virtual Ubuntu instances