Best way to run Linux VMs on M1 Mac with fileSharing/shared networking?

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Tried Parallels, but seemed to expensive. Tried UTM, felt too slow. And then, VMWare fusion has file sharing issues in my experience.Are there any other programs that allow running VMs via virtualization (arm64) instead of emulation? Something like WSL for windows.

sigjuice · Accepted Answer

UTM should be running arm64 Linux guests using virtualization and NOT emulation. I have been running arm64 Linux guests on M1/M2 Macs and it is not at all slow.Does your Linux guest have the "Use Hypervisor" setting turned on?

digikata · Answer

Have you tried lima? https://lima-vm.io/ https://github.com/lima-vm/lima

lesserknowndan · Answer

I&rsquo;d suggest trying out Docker. The Docker app itself is free.I&rsquo;ve been using Docker on macos for the past couple of months and found it extremely flexible. Docker also supports mapping within-container locations to the host filesystem.

jrjsmrtn · Answer

Although I have a Parallel license, I'm mostly using UTM. I have Debian/Ubuntu, NixOS, SUSE, Windows 11 VMs all running natively on ARM.

figomore · Answer

Maybe https://github.com/containers/krunvm

vhodges · Answer

I haven't done it yet, but I am planning to use UTM. Dumb question, did you run an ARM64 image or a x86 on utm?

Best way to run Linux VMs on M1 Mac with fileSharing/shared networking?

Tried Parallels, but seemed to expensive. Tried UTM, felt too slow. And then, VMWare fusion has file sharing issues in my experience.
Are there any other programs that allow running VMs via virtualization (arm64) instead of emulation? Something like WSL for windows.

UTM should be running arm64 Linux guests using virtualization and NOT emulation. I have been running arm64 Linux guests on M1/M2 Macs and it is not at all slow.
Does your Linux guest have the "Use Hypervisor" setting turned on?

Have you tried lima? https://lima-vm.io/ https://github.com/lima-vm/lima

I’d suggest trying out Docker. The Docker app itself is free.
I’ve been using Docker on macos for the past couple of months and found it extremely flexible. Docker also supports mapping within-container locations to the host filesystem.

Although I have a Parallel license, I'm mostly using UTM. I have Debian/Ubuntu, NixOS, SUSE, Windows 11 VMs all running natively on ARM.

Maybe https://github.com/containers/krunvm

I haven't done it yet, but I am planning to use UTM. Dumb question, did you run an ARM64 image or a x86 on utm?