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Curious about your setup, especially regarding GUI support: are you running Rosetta in the GUI VM? I haven't tried Rosetta yet myself, and I'm considering optio

by wslh 2y ago

Curious about your setup, especially regarding GUI support: are you running Rosetta in the GUI VM? I haven't tried Rosetta yet myself, and I'm considering options for a stable Linux VM (not frequently creating and removing VMs). I'd appreciate any insight! Also, reading through this thread has given me an "aha" moment about the under-the-radar innovations Apple is building. Many people criticize Apple without understanding these aspects, and I’m not an Apple fanboy. I had similar realizations with Microsoft’s .NET, which I still believe is incredible underrated. Lastly, how does running the Linux VM impact battery management efficiency?

commandersaki 2y ago
I only run Rosetta 2 for Linux via `docker --platform linux/amd64 <run|build>` which triggers the rosetta helper in the underlying docker VM to do the right thing. I use colima for a docker VM which sets up Rosetta 2 automatically. I don't know anything about GUI use; I don't run Linux for GUI stuff. Linux VM affects battery proportional to how much you use it. For example when I build our projects that take 12 minutes running across all cores, I'm using the laptop at 100%. When I'm not using docker, the VM is idle, and therefore doesn't really impact battery whatsoever.