Linux on M3 Apple Silicon

Capitano · 20 Feb 2024 at 20:02

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!

Capitano · 6 Jun 2024 at 19:27

ChrisD. said:
I run Kali in a VM and it’s fine. I also run a few other distro’s with no issue. As long as they have arm builds there’s no issue at all.

Excellent, exactly what I needed to know thank you

Capitano · 6 Jun 2024 at 19:28

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.

Virtualbox?

Capitano · 7 Jun 2024 at 22:52

HACO said:
Nope, there was a developer preview last year which was abandoned later.

VMWare Fusion Pro is free for personal use though.

just another one to get used to then

Capitano · 12 Jun 2024 at 20:52

jrwagh333 said:
Have you been trying to install it all this time?

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

Capitano · 13 Jun 2024 at 19:49

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.

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

Capitano · 14 Jun 2024 at 20:50

I see! fusion pro it is then :cry: