Lima: A nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac

Re:Lima: A nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac by gpsz on Monday July 10, 2023 @01:24PM (#36669627)

Also worth looking at UTM [1] which uses the apple virtualization framework, while also being a simple frontend to QEMU.

[1] https://github.com/utmapp/UTM

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Re:Lima: A nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac by mrweasel on Monday July 10, 2023 @02:04PM (#36670429)

I really like UTM for VM that I just need to shell into. It's not as complete as something like VirtualBox or VMware Fusion, but it does what I need.

The only thing I'd like to have is some sort of background daemon, so my VM don't stop if I accidentally close the UTM window.

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Re:Lima: A nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac by gpsz on Monday July 10, 2023 @04:41PM (#36672644)

Yeah, thats pretty much my usage with UTM as well. I run it in console mode, hide all the windows, and then SSH into my VM.

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Re:Lima: A nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac by coldtea on Monday July 10, 2023 @06:58PM (#36674162)

Can't you run it on scren/tmux?

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Re:Lima: A nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac by saagarjha on Monday July 10, 2023 @11:11PM (#36676002)

It shows UI.

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Re:Lima: A nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac by ChrisLTD on Monday July 10, 2023 @02:39PM (#36671035)

This is what I've been using. Very nice app.

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Re:Lima: A nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac by SpriglyElixir12 on Monday July 10, 2023 @02:41PM (#36671053)

Is there a way to persist volumes in UTM? I want a persistent fedora vm but haven't been able to set it up.

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Re:Lima: A nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac by codetrotter on Monday July 10, 2023 @03:39PM (#36671845)

Did you run the Fedora installer in the VM, or just boot from live-CD?

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Re:Lima: A nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac by LeoPanthera on Monday July 10, 2023 @06:33PM (#36673923)

Persistence is the default. Maybe you are just using the live environment, instead of actually doing the install?

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Re:Lima: A nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac by hamandcheese on Monday July 10, 2023 @04:19PM (#36672372)

I had a pretty bad experience with running a desktop in UTM. The UTM app itself freezes a lot and has to be force quit, and I think there are issues with the GPU acceleration.

Parallels was a night and day difference in both stability and responsiveness of my desktop. And copy/paste Just Worked as well. Definitely worth the $100/year subscription in my opinion.

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Re:Lima: A nice way to run Linux VMs on Mac by c-hendricks on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @02:20PM (#36685118)

For anecdote, I didn't have those issues in a UTM VM on multiple Apple Silicon MacBook Airs.

Having said that, yeah, Parallels performance still wins.

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