Run Linux on Apple Silicon (and other OS) with Virtual Box 7.1 - Finally!

[@AarushPrakash-m8f]

After 3 Hours of searching I finally found this video. Just what I needed you earned a sub.

[@MikeShah]

Cheers! Welcome to the community!

[@rudolfolah7773]

finally indeed! checking the changelog for virtualbox and version 7.1 with macos/ARM support was released just 1 month ago!

[@MikeShah]

@@rudolfolah7773 They had some preview edition for a while,.took it out, and I guess just got in the final touches 😁

[@twenty-fifth420]

Virtual Machines are like the ‘spiderman pointing’ at eachother meme, just virtual processes pointing at other virtual processes 😂. Always nice to use to test pilot a distribution.

[@MikeShah]

Hehe -- indeed! It can be nice to have something that just works, and I also understand the problem things like Docker solve. The problem however is when the expectation is that delivering an entire docker file (or operating system!) becomes a better solution than the binary or source of the application -- that's usually a sign the build system or dependencies have gotten out of hand :)

[@__hannibaalbarca__]

Virtualization i heard about in 2000; but never try to use it until i switch my journey from mathematic to computing

[@alikhaled2389]

I couldn't find the ARM64 ISO, if anyone found it, can you link it please?

[@MikeShah]

See at about 5:45 where I show you how to search for the ARM version (URL displayed in video)

[@letmethink6663]

@@MikeShah there is no 22.04 desktop version for arm64 now, I couldn't able to find.

[@MikeShah]

@@letmethink6663 Might need to dig around here a bit: ubuntu.com/download/alternative-downloads

[@JohnnieWalkerGreen]

I have some problems with Sequoia. Therefore, I am not sure why VirtualBox does not work. Will try later again.

[@MikeShah]

Let us know if you find a good fix!

[@JohnnieWalkerGreen]

@@MikeShah I am a Ubuntu user and running/testing Debian-12 on VirtualBox. However, I am also running/testing Debian-12 on VirtualBox (Windows) and UTM (Mac Silicon). The early UTM versions were awful, but the current version works like a charm. Recently, I upgraded to MacOS Sequoia, and some minor problems occurred. E.g., Malwarebytes does work properly. And I could not run Jekyll (Ruby) on Debian-12 (UTM). I came to this video to find out how to solve my problems while trying to install Debian-12 on VirtualBox (Silicon). Here is my problem list: * I can not click to turn off Warning Messages when the VirtualBox console appears. The cursor disappears when hovering over the VirtualBox console. * I can not save the OVA file. Sequoia denies it, I guess.

[@MikeShah]

@@JohnnieWalkerGreen Hmm, for the first bit there's a shortcut to make the mouse appear/disappear (It looks like right control from this thread: superuser.com/questions/694155/mouse-disappear-in-virtualbox). I'm not sure on the second part -- maybe need to be a super user or 'trust/whitelist' virtualbox in privacy & settings?

[@fsouza]

I'd recommend UTM! :)

[@MikeShah]

@@fsouza I'll have to give it a try to see how it's improved over the years. In 2021 it couldn't properly run Ubuntu -- but perhaps it's improved or I will figure out the configuration properly 🙂

[@bsdooby]

UTM is a bit more stable, and supports pass-thru (e.g., ARM Linux for improved performance ) as well as X86 emulation.

[@bsdooby]

However, there are still issues; I use UTM on my M1 for demoing Windows PowerShell for my students. Switching screens (for an USB-C attached beamer) induces flickering…

[@bobweiram6321]

UTM had some serious limitations when I last ran it a few years ago.

[@bsdooby]

@@bobweiram6321 give it a try; should “work better ™️” now

[@AyahuascaDataScientist]

What about vagrant? Also…saw your pop up when I entered the chat. I see you believe in censorship!

[@MikeShah]

I'll have to look at vagrant, haven't used it in a bit. What pop up are you referring to?