Create macOS or Linux virtual machines

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Post by hugolundin » Mon, Jun 06, 2022, 7:36 PM UTC

Create macOS or Linux virtual machines
developer.apple.com

Re: Create macOS or Linux virtual machines

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Post by jldugger » Mon, Jun 06, 2022, 8:25 PM UTC

I was expecting something more than full machine emulation I guess. But there's no way apple would publish instruction on replacing macOS with Linux.

Re: Create macOS or Linux virtual machines

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Post by homarp » Mon, Jun 06, 2022, 8:33 PM UTC

jldugger wrote: post #2

I was expecting something more than full machine emulation I guess. But there's no way apple would publish instruction on replacing macOS with Linux.

there is https://asahilinux.org/ for that...

Re: Create macOS or Linux virtual machines

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Post by dsl » Mon, Jun 06, 2022, 8:41 PM UTC

jldugger wrote: post #2

I was expecting something more than full machine emulation I guess. But there's no way apple would publish instruction on replacing macOS with Linux.

> But there's no way apple would publish instruction on replacing macOS with Linux

They support "replacing" macOS with Windows 10. I haven't personally tested it, but I hear Windows 10 ARM even runs on the M1.

Re: Create macOS or Linux virtual machines

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Post by usrn » Mon, Jun 06, 2022, 8:44 PM UTC

This is extremely basic stuff that I would expect any half decent computer to be able to do. I'd be more surprised if it were impossible but I guess this is Apple we're talking about.

Re: Create macOS or Linux virtual machines

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Post by terramex » Mon, Jun 06, 2022, 8:44 PM UTC

dsl wrote: post #4

jldugger wrote: post #2

I was expecting something more than full machine emulation I guess. But there's no way apple would publish instruction on replacing macOS with Linux.

> But there's no way apple would publish instruction on replacing macOS with Linux They support "replacing" macOS with Windows 10. I haven't personally tested it, but I hear Windows 10 ARM even runs on the M1.

Windows 10/11 ARM currently only work in virtual machines, Apple does not provide ARM drivers for Windows like they did for Intel editions.

Re: Create macOS or Linux virtual machines

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Post by tomComb » Mon, Jun 06, 2022, 8:49 PM UTC

I was very excited, very briefly, by the title of this post.

Now very disappointed.

Re: Create macOS or Linux virtual machines

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Post by 1024core » Mon, Jun 06, 2022, 8:50 PM UTC

What about Windows? Can I run Windows x86 in a VM on M2?

Re: Create macOS or Linux virtual machines

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Post by gigatexal » Mon, Jun 06, 2022, 8:50 PM UTC

"We'll also explore how you can install and run full Linux distributions on Apple silicon, and share how you can take advantage of Rosetta 2 to run x86-64 Linux binaries." That sounds like running Linux on bare metal...

Re: Create macOS or Linux virtual machines

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Post by ramesh31 » Mon, Jun 06, 2022, 8:54 PM UTC

1024core wrote: post #8

What about Windows? Can I run Windows x86 in a VM on M2?

Parallels currently supports it, but for whatever reason it's Windows 11 only.