MDmdaniel·Nov 26, 2024
For others interested in such things, colima also supports it: https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/tree/v0.8.0#incus
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Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup
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You might look into CoLima as a way to get started. https://github.com/abiosoft/colima?tab=readme-ov-file Its user interface is Docker-like, using containers. For full desktop,…
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7 sourcesI've opened a feature request with them. Feel free to add comments or upvote it! :)
https://github.com/abiosoft/colima/issues/1186
In Accelerating the Performance of Rosetta in Linux VMs on Apple SiliconColima: Container runtimes on macOS (and Linux) with minimal setup
2 points · Open discussionI'm surprised the post title says "with focus on running containers". That would be Colima, AFAIK, which uses Lima but is a separate project. See https://github.com/abiosoft/colima. Colima is meant as a free replacement for Docker Desktop on Mac OS.
Lima, OTOH, is more of a nice way to run a Linux VM on Mac in a way that integrates the guest and the host systems to a good degree by default. It wraps either QEMU or Apple's VZ framework.
In my mind, Lima is spiritually similar to https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox, but for a Mac host
For a more traditional VM GUI, there's https://mac.getutm.app/ which is a completely separate free project that also wraps QEMU or VZ. It will run any OS you want, not just Linux.
In Linux virtual machines, with a focus on running containersIf you don't need a GUI, the following combo works pretty well:
- https://github.com/abiosoft/colima
- https://github.com/peterldowns/localias
In Lcl.host: fast, easy HTTPS in your local dev environmentYou might look into CoLima as a way to get started.
https://github.com/abiosoft/colima?tab=readme-ov-file
Its user interface is Docker-like, using containers.
For full desktop, I've only used the commercial app "Parallels", which can set up an Ubuntu desktop for you. Also Fedora and Alpine and Debian I believe.
But
> I don't really have any resources to share. I just know how to boot a vmlinuz with an initramfs using QEMU, and decided to download the Linux kernel source code and try compiling it.
I highly recommend working through Linux from Scratch and possibly the Gentoo Handbook. It's a journey.
In Damn Small Linux 2024Or, if you're doing containers (like Tart/Virt): colima. (which uses lima, of course).
https://github.com/abiosoft/colima
In Tart: VMs on macOS using Apple's native Virtualization.Framework