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This is a very nice effort but I can't help but dream of something like xhyve + alpine side loaded on an iPad Pro. I just want to run neovim and use its termin
by recuter 8y ago
This is a very nice effort but I can't help but dream of something like xhyve + alpine side loaded on an iPad Pro.
I just want to run neovim and use its terminal emulator and a few cli tools.
- saagarjha 8y agoiOS doesn't have Hypervisor.framework like macOS does, unfortunately, which makes a project like this significantly more difficult. Hence the need for an emulation layer. However, > I just want to run neovim and use its terminal emulator and a few cli tools. This is doable with the project as it is currently.
- recuter 8y agoBe that as it may, the lack of Hypervisor.framework just means there is no Apple sanctioned way to publish an app like VirtualBox in the App Store. I'd still happily pay the yearly Apple developer tax to side load until Apple ends up shipping one when it transitions from x86 to ARM. ;) AFAIC rolling your own hypervisor is technically feasible just would not be very performant.