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VirtualBox on macOS vs macOS in KVM on Linux?
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Easiest to use Mac as host machine. Check out UTM as an alternative to VirtualBox. It works well on my m1 machine and hosts Ubuntu just fine.
No, I don't have a dedicated Linux machine. Mac emulation is harder and painful to set to up, last I checked. Whereas it's easy to run ARM versions of Linux using UTM on ARM Macs. There are ARM builds of Windows as well.
I agree that Mac emulations are hard to set up, and they often break without warning. Linux on the other hand works really well in virtual machines.
Every time I read about setting up MacOS in any kind of virtual environment I decide it's just not worth it.
Linux works great in VirtualBox. Sometimes there's a little bit of hassle getting the VirtualBox additions up to date, but that's becoming rarer these days. I haven't run Windows in VirtualBox for a long time (since Windows 7) so I can't comment there.
I'm unable to use USB drives, etc. in VirtualBox machines on MacOS. It's a problem that's been around for more than a year with no sign of a fix coming. Some people have reported being able to use USB devices if Virtual box is run with sudo. I'm not doin' that.
I know from trying some years ago that it’s possible to set up virtual Macs, and sometimes you can find patches to get certain hardware working with them. However, you generally have to make the VM static and not update it in any way, as patches stop working or hardware suddenly stops being recognized.
I’m with you on this - it’s not worth the effort, as it takes far more work than it does for other operating systems.
It depends on which OS you prefer and use most
In the past I had a Linux host with Windows10 and Catalina with gpu passthru , it was hard to setup but after spending days I managed to geit it work . Although it was just for showcasing and proving "yes ,I can"
If you plan using OSX for serious work , I'd suggest getting a Mac since it's annoying keep following updates that might break stuff on Hackintosh systems
If you buy a m1/m2 mac , there is an interesting project porting Linux
https://asahilinux.org/
also Windows ARM works , but don't know if there is any point running this OS
Both are possible.
I've tried both.
As previously mentioned the first option (Mac is host, Lin and Win are guests) is elegant, much easier to setup, you can run all 3 OSes both virtual and bare-metal. Also much more expensive. Baseline Mac prices are pretty ok, but any further upgrade will cost a kidney.
Running PC (hackintosh or virtual OSX) is much cheaper, but requires time and skills. I do it from time to time for fun, but would never rely on it for work. Also, with introduction of M1/2/3 cpus, the days of hackintosh (and/or virtual macOS) seems to be numbered (different cpu architecture) so it'll be a kinda shortlived option.
I've seen online its possible to configure servers (using proxmox or other baremetal hypervisors) with Lin/Win/Mac OSes (running at the same time on 1 PC), which are remotely managed, which is an efficient way to have a powerful and budget approach to many OSes (if you need it), but the management of such a system is surely demanding.
Linux on ARM is running crazy fast, I love it!
Unfortunately, except for Raspberry pi dont have any experience with arm PC computers. Installing MacOS on such a PC via hypervisor must be extremely experimental, if it exists at all.