ACVM Alternatives

ACVM reviews and mentions

• Are there any Virtual Machines that work well with MacOS?
  2 projects | /r/MacOS | 11 Jul 2023

  https://github.com/ubenmackin/ACVM is a good free alternative, arguably better than utm. Parallels is unmatched though

• Running Linux VM on M2 – any experience?
  3 projects | /r/mac | 16 Aug 2022

  If you want something non-commercial, I've been using ACVM and UTM (UTM exclusively, these days) to run ARM Debian and Ubuntu.

• Is it possible to dual boot a Debian Linux distribution and macOS on a mac laptop?
  1 project | /r/mac | 28 Jul 2022

  If you absolutely need to boot into Debian, booting on Apple Silicon Macs isn't possible currently, and would be up to the Debian community to eventually support. If you'd be willing to use a VM, I've been using ACVM and UTM since I got my M1 in 2020 to run Ubuntu and Debian for ARM. (There's also Parallels Desktop for Apple Silicon which I've personally used for Ubuntu; I can't imagine there's any reason it wouldn't work for Debian for ARM.)

• virtual machine on m1 chip?
  1 project | /r/MacOS | 9 Jul 2022

  I use (and prefer) ACVM, which is another front end for QEMU which is an open source emulator and virtualization environment that on its own can be a hassle to set up and use (which is why things like ACVM and UTM exist). Try them both and see what you like better. ACVM feels a little faster, for me. UTM is probably likely to be better supported, as we go forward.

• MacOS basics
  1 project | /r/macbook | 18 Apr 2022

  You can run other ARM operating systems in virtualization. I've been using ACVM and UTM to run ARM versions of Debian and Ubuntu in QEMU. Running Windows on ARM is still wonky, and largely relies on Microsoft actually providing better support for WOA for virtual machines like Parallels or QEMU. You can't easily boot into Windows or Linux like you could on x86 Macs, but Asahi Linux is working on a version of Linux that will boot on ARM Macs; it's very much in beta. Use at your own risk. (I haven't needed Linux on the bare metal in ages; virtualization works fine for me. YMMV.)

• MacStudio Virtual Machines
  1 project | /r/MacStudio | 13 Apr 2022

  I don't have a Mac Studio yet, but I'd been using ACVM to run ARM builds of Ubuntu and Debian on an M1 MacBook Pro. I've recently switched to UTM, as it seems to be more actively developed.

• Will virtual machines run on M1 in the future?
  1 project | /r/MacOS | 12 Jan 2022

  This is Ubuntu, running in ACVM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-v8CsVLZRJQ

• Easiest & free way to install Linux on M1 Mac?
  1 project | /r/MacOS | 12 Jan 2022

  I use Ben Mackin's fork of ACVM over on GitHub, to run ARM versions of Ubuntu.

• Intel to M1 x86 virtualization for dummies
  1 project | /r/mac | 5 Jan 2022

  For Linux on M1, I use ARM Ubuntu in a Qemu VM, which I manage using Ben Mackin's fork of ACVM, available on Github.

• Anyone tested the new Parallels release on M1? Are Win & Linux working both?
  1 project | /r/mac | 14 Apr 2021

  Didn't test, but the release notes mention 3D acceleration for Linux is still not available. So, it depends on your definition of 'working'. You might be better of using https://github.com/ubenmackin/ACVM.

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