Showing posts with label virtualization. Show all posts
Showing posts with label virtualization. Show all posts

2025-05-08

Linux x86_64 Virtual Machine on Apple Silicon using UTM (QEMU)

Host hardware: MacBook Air M3, 16 GB RAM.

UTM 4.6.4 (107).

Virtual machine setup:

  • no. of cores: 2
  • memory: 3 GB
  • OS: Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS amd64 (x86_64); minimal install
Installation began at 15:30; completed 16:58

Boot up time: ~4 minutes

Increase to 4 cores; boot time ~1m 30s. From entering password to desktop: ~50s.

In use, it is terrible. Much too slow to be useful. Typing in a terminal has a delay of almost a second between hitting the key and the character appearing.