Solved Linux on a Mac?

[Skybear]

I have a 2023 M2 MacBook Air. I think I can use Virtual Box to run Linux Mint on it (as that’s what I have on my PC). But does anyone have experience with a similar setup?

Thanks,
Mike

 

[Magrid0]

I’m not sure I understand, do you want to fully install linux on your mac, or just want a virtual machine on top of macos?

 

[Rocketing-warp9]

I actually just finished a Asahi Linux install on my M1 Pro MacBook.
That's a big can of worms if you go that route.

However, If you just use Virtualbox, I might have some good tips as I use a few VMs on my M1 Mini.
May I have the specs of your air?- It depends on how much RAM you got and storage you are willing to sacrifice- mOS will kill Virtualbox if you use too much.

 

[KGIII]

It depends on how much RAM you got and storage you are willing to sacrifice- mOS will kill Virtualbox if you use too much.

While slower, you can store your VMs on external storage. It's not all that slow once it has loaded.

 

[Skybear]

Oh, I was just thinking about installing Virtual Box and then installing Linux inside that. But it was just a thought.

It sounds like it would be more trouble than it’s worth. No biggie.

 

[agaskew]

Oh, I was just thinking about installing Virtual Box and then installing Linux inside that. But it was just a thought.

It sounds like it would be more trouble than it’s worth. No biggie.

You can do this, its pretty easy. There is a version of VirtualBox for Apple Silicon. As above it depends how much RAM you have on your host laptop. You'd need to allocate 3-4Gb to Mint for it to be reasonable to use in a VM.

 

[Rocketing-warp9]

A little more on the 3gig side if your air has 8gigs of ram. Or else mOS kills Vbox.

Otherwise-8 gigs should be fine if you got 16/24