Native Virtualization For macOS
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Native Virtualization For macOS
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Re: Native Virtualization For macOS
#2Last time I tried Veertu it was crazy buggy. I emailed them a bunch of bug reports which, to their credit, they did acknowledge. It will be interesting to see if they're fixed.
Edit: No, they're not. The Ubuntu image, on my iMac, just flickers its window horribly and is unusable.
Edit 2: There are some improvements. The Debian image now boots! It boots into the installer, which is interesting. Doing a full GUI install right now.
Edit 3: The same flickering problem affects Debian after a GUI install. Shame.
This is a video I made earlier, demonstrating the problem: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4419997/Flicker.mp4
Re: Native Virtualization For macOS
#3The lean approach is interesting - I like.
Unfortunately veertu is way behind Parallels and VMWare in terms of features, compatibility, comfort, etc. I wouldn't recommend it for productive workloads, yet.
Re: Native Virtualization For macOS
#4How does this work, being able to be downloaded from the app store and all?
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#5How does this work, being able to be downloaded from the app store and all?
It uses Hypervisor.framework, much like xhyve does, the Mac port of bhyve.
https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Driver...
Re: Native Virtualization For macOS
#6Last time I tried Veertu it was crazy buggy. I emailed them a bunch of bug reports which, to their credit, they did acknowledge. It will be interesting to see if they're fixed. Edit: No, they're not. The Ubuntu image, on my iMac, just flickers its window horribly and is unusable. Edit 2: There are some improvements. The Debian image now boots! It boots into the installer, which is interesting. Doing a full GUI instal…
ubuntu 16.04.1 works fine. Very good graphical experience. Have you tried it?
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#7I bought Veertu through the Mac app store on an early 2009 MacBook Pro. The CPU instructions used for native virtualization are not enabled on the machine. Despite not being compatible with the machine on which I was purchasing, and despite not having documentation on the app store purchase page about the limitations, it let me buy the app - which refused to function. When I requested a refund - after trying multiple times through Apple's horrific broken iTunes refund process - they denied the refund without explanation as to why they did not deem me worthy of a refund for the defective product they sold me.
Possibly if I had the time to spend hours phoning and finding someone to listen I could have gotten a refund.
My takeaway from the experience was a reminder that I was a terrible person for supporting the apple app store business model - a model which inches closer to being mandatory for developers every day.
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#8Last time I tried Veertu it was crazy buggy. I emailed them a bunch of bug reports which, to their credit, they did acknowledge. It will be interesting to see if they're fixed. Edit: No, they're not. The Ubuntu image, on my iMac, just flickers its window horribly and is unusable. Edit 2: There are some improvements. The Debian image now boots! It boots into the installer, which is interesting. Doing a full GUI instal…
ubuntu 16.04.1 works fine. Very good graphical experience. Have you tried it?
Yes, that's what I was referring to. It seems to be hardware specific. On some Macs it's fine, on others (particularly newer ones, it seems) its unusable.
Re: Native Virtualization For macOS
#9It's a trap! Also, VirtualBox is a lot better than you remember it.
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#10downloaded ubuntu gnome 16.04 and it's hogging my CPU really badly. VMWare is way more light weight than this, at the moment.
Lots of work to do.