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| ish | usbfluxd | |
|---|---|---|
| 163 | 4 | |
| 18,214 | 384 | |
| 0.9% | 0.0% | |
| 9.1 | 2.9 | |
| 6 days ago | about 1 year ago | |
| C | C | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Show HN: Lume – OS Lightweight CLI/API for macOS/Linux VMs on Apple Silicon
You can, with ish (https://ish.app). It is a bit slow though and doesn't support the newest releases. (Well and by default it runs Alpine instead of Debian)
- ISH: Linux on jailbreak-free iPhones via userspace emulation
- Developer wrote 25k lines of Neovim plugin code using phone and touchscreen
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Configure SSH between your PC and mobile
On IOS, there is a emulator called ISH which looks great. I haven't tried personally though, I couldn't afford an iphone. I will be using Termux on android for the rest of the post.
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Poll: When will we see full Linux distros as official iPhone apps?
I'm a happy daily iSH [1] user, it's an amazing technical project, but I really pine for the day when `apt get blah` will be a reality, using an app available from the official App Store. Be it a paid or free app. CLI only, or with graphics. For concreteness, let's say a Debian-based distro in your iPhone upon tapping Get on Apple's App Store, independently of your location. It is pretty sad that, if this ever comes to be, it will probably be the result of EU/DOJ forces, not of technological advancements.
When do you see this happening (options are number of years)?
[1] https://ish.app/
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Qualcomm's Oryon Core: A Long Time in the Making
You can run iSH on the device for Linux (somewhat limited)
https://github.com/ish-app/ish
- ISH: Linux shell running on iOS, using usermode x86 emulation
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Apple blocks PC emulator in iOS App Store and third-party app stores
If you're curious, iSH's source is public: https://github.com/ish-app/ish
You're correct that there is no Linux kernel emulation. They went with reimplementation for that. However, the userland is very much emulated x86 binaries. You can even compile your own C code inside iSH and run it. When you syscall, control passes from the threaded code[0] interpreter into the Linux reimplementation.
The reason why they aren't shipping Debian is that the threaded code technique being used as a JIT substitute in both iSH and UTM SE is far too slow to run a full Debian derivative. Believe me, I tried installing Ubuntu on UTM SE and it took literal hours and flattened my iPad battery in the process. iSH uses Alpine Linux because it's very lightweight[1].
As far as I'm aware there's no secret deal with Apple to lock iSH down. The only limitations I've ran into have to do with MySQL, which wants unaligned atomics, which you can't do on ARM64 without compromising the performance of the emulator. I actually had a discussion with the developer of iSH about this and put in a PR to make MySQL stop crashing iSH.
[0] return-oriented programming
[1] So lightweight it doesn't even ship anything GNU, making it one of the few genuine "Linux distros" with no slash or plus or "I would just like to interject"
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Apple downgrades new M2 iPad Air, 9-core GPU instead of 10-core
> in software side of Ipad IOS, that is the biggest innovation in years
That would be iSH, slow but functional Alpine Linux emulation for iOS.
https://ish.app
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Apple must open iPadOS to sideloading within 6 months, EU says
> Just imagine how much more versatile the iPad Pro would be if only you could run Linux VMs on it
After installing https://ish.app for Alpine Linux emulation on iPad, one immediately comes up with use cases, even though it's excruciatingly slow.
Hopefully Apple opens up the imminent M3 iPad Pros to run macOS and Linux VMs.
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How can I access USB devices in a cloud workstation setup
https://github.com/corellium/usbfluxd
I have used this before, it works in a pinch.
- "Linux Is Free, if You Don't Value Your Time." - Tech 'as a millionaire' Lead
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[Update] Linux iPhone USB working on Xcode, iMessage, Configurator + Monterey! All 100% Working with Docker-OSX.
It’s coming along! I just wish someone had told me about usbfluxd a year ago 😂 https://github.com/corellium/usbfluxd
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[Update] ios-signer-service v2.0 released with support for free developer accounts, on-device hosting, and much more
Maybe you could use something like https://github.com/corellium/usbfluxd to overcome this and the OTA install limitation.
What are some alternatives?
UTM - Virtual machines for iOS and macOS
ios-signer-service - ✒ A free, self-hosted, cross-platform service to sign and install iOS apps, all without a computer [Moved to: https://github.com/SignTools/SignTools]
termux-packages - A package build system for Termux.
osx-optimizer - OSX Optimizer: Optimize MacOS - Shell scripts to speed up your mac boot time, accelerate loading, and prevent unnecessary throttling.
box64 - Box64 - Linux Userspace x86_64 Emulator with a twist, targeted at ARM64, RV64 and LoongArch Linux devices
AreWeAntiCheatYet - A comprehensive and crowd-sourced list of games using anti-cheats and their compatibility with GNU/Linux or Wine.