VMs on macOS using Apple's native Virtualization.Framework

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  • virt

    small Linux VM, ready to run containers, for macOS on ARM

    • I don't get it - why would one pay for something that comes for free on every Mac? Bootstrapping one in Swift is quite straightforward and there are a number of tools and apps (with UI) like virt (https://github.com/apinske/virt)

  • multipass

    Multipass orchestrates virtual Ubuntu instances

    • If you just need Ubuntu then you can try "Multipass" from Canonical (https://multipass.run/). Works quite well on my M2 Air. I haven't tried using Linux GUI with it though as I need only terminal based VMs.

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