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I would be happy with a clone of the Windows WSL1.0 or WSL2.0 system on MacOS. It would seem like it would be even easier to do than windows because much of the

I would be happy with a clone of the Windows WSL1.0 or WSL2.0 system on MacOS. It would seem like it would be even easier to do than windows because much of the Posix stuff is there. Yes I know brew supports much of the MacOS ecosystem, but what if you didn't need brew and you could just install normal linux packages and libraries in a containerized system.

stephenr 6y ago
... WSL2.0 isn't "containerised". It's a virtual machine, and if you use it, you're running Windows in a virtual machine too. So if you want a Linux VM: great news. They literally demoed a linux VM during the Arm Mac introduction back at WWDC. They provide the basics of a Hypervisor at the OS level, and Parallels at least, already has a working user land VM tool that can make use of said Hypervisor. They've also confirmed they're working on a new version of their app to run on Arm Macs. I get not wanting Homebrew - I refuse to install it, and will always find another alternative. I'm told macports is a better approach to the same basic idea (a 3rd party package manager for Mac utilities) but more often than not if I need something I just end up downloading a tar, and do the regular configure/make/make install.