virtualizing linux m1 part 1

virtual ubuntu linux on m1

I wanted to run pop_os! on my m1 mac mini. 

Yay!

 Found UTM which is a slick frontend to qemu.  

Clipboard Sharing

Install spice-vdagent and reboot to enable clipboard sharing.

sudo apt install spice-vdagent

Woes

 x86 images are as slow as molasses.   Pop_os!  is only available in x86 iso.

arm64 are much faster; UTM has an image gallery where ubuntu 22.04 arm64 is available.

 

More Woes

Useful blog

https://blog.vkhitrin.com/booting-arch-linux-using-apple-virtualization-framework-with-utm/

UTM’s documentation.

Conclusion

 I'm out.  I have an old i7 I will run pop_os! on the bare hardware.