Linux on M3 Apple Silicon

Capitano

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Does anyone here use Linux on apple silicon? Does it run well?

I want to be able to run ParrotOS or Kali, doesn't necessarily need to be a dual boot system, but what about running it as a virtual machine?

anyone with experience in this sort of stuff will be great!
 
I'd be interested in knowing what hypervisors people are using these days. Back in the (Intel) day, I always used to use VMware Fusion, but perhaps there are better Hyperkit-based options now.
 
arty said:
I'd be interested in knowing what hypervisors people are using these days. Back in the (Intel) day, I always used to use VMware Fusion, but perhaps there are better Hyperkit-based options now.
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Not much has changed. The two usual suspects (VMware Fusion and Parallels) are there, there are some open source ones too (UTM) but they're not as refined as the two commercial options.
 
HACO said:
Not much has changed. The two usual suspects (VMware Fusion and Parallels) are there, there are some open source ones too (UTM) but they're not as refined as the two commercial options.
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Thanks, I've been looking into UTM. I'm tempted to use a spare Raspberry Pi 4 for Linux duties rather than a VM, but we'll see.
 
Capitano said:
no, but im thinking of getting a macbook pro next year but ill need to be able to run some VM's and the software I use on my desktop is virtualbox
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As said above, don't use Virtualbox. It doesn't support Apple Silicon.

I have both the pro version of Parallels and VMWare Fusion Pro and tend to like Fusion more. I've got multiple Linux installs, FreeBSD and OpenBSD installed and running happily. I would say that make sure you have enough RAM and storage space though.

If I could go back in time I would have gone with the 1TB SSD and 64GB RAM Mac Studio rather than the 512GB SSD and 32GB RAM Mac Studio.
 
Cromulent said:
As said above, don't use Virtualbox. It doesn't support Apple Silicon.

I have both the pro version of Parallels and VMWare Fusion Pro and tend to like Fusion more. I've got multiple Linux installs, FreeBSD and OpenBSD installed and running happily. I would say that make sure you have enough RAM and storage space though.

If I could go back in time I would have gone with the 1TB SSD and 64GB RAM Mac Studio rather than the 512GB SSD and 32GB RAM Mac Studio.
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Thanks for the tip! Think I might use parallels then

really dont want to pay ridicculous prices for ram upgrades on macbooks so im hoping the next gen has an increase in the base capacity
 
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