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did you had a look into Colima? https://github.com/abiosoft/colima https://github.com/abiosoft/colima
by salzig 4y ago
did you had a look into Colima? https://github.com/abiosoft/colima https://github.com/abiosoft/colima
- cassianoleal 4y agoI'll vouch for colima. Been using it since I got my M1 Air at launch and it's been stellar. That said, it still uses ~2.5-3% CPU when idle. This is probably background processes inside the VM and it's not a lot, but it's there. I have had instances where I had completely forgotten I had the VM up and didn't notice any impact on battery life though, so I don't really think it's a big deal. It's also dead easy to just stop it when not in use. To the GP, increased kernel_task usage (if any) might not be having any impact on battery at all. The main utility for this process, from my experience, is to idle the CPU when it gets hot. This is how the thermal throttle works on macOS.