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> you cannot easily source arm hardware commercially Buy Mac Minis and run virtual linux inside?

• throwaway894345 4y ago
  I've been passively curious about this for a homelab--does linux virtualize on apple silicon today? I was of the impression this didn't work when they announced m1 in 2020, but I could be misremembering.
  • vbezhenar 4y ago
    Absolutely. It worked from day one. There are issues with emulating x86 Linux, but that’s a different story. For ARM Linux — just ordinary qemu works fine.
    • throwaway894345 4y ago
      Oh, interesting. That's great to hear!
• api 4y ago
  You can (in theory) run Linux straight on Apple Silicon. It's not locked like the iPad and iPhone. The M1 Ultra would be a pretty solid high volume server if you can manage to plug a 10-40gbps LAN dongle into it. I believe USB-C and/or thunderbolt connectors like that exist. In theory so far because I'm not sure if there are mature installers and such yet.
  • dochtman 4y ago
    The Asahi Linux installer worked flawlessly on my MacBook Pro M1 Max, though it asks you to do some low level things like repartitioning the drive.