Matthias shared his early successes for Ubuntu on the M1 via Parallels. When getting the Ubuntu desktop running within Parallels Desktop will also be a matter of graphics acceleration support. Though there are some limitations like only being able to use 8GB of RAM within the VM even for systems having 16GB, IPV6 not working with a bridged network, and no support for ARM32 binaries but at least some of those limitations are likely to be worked out soon. Ubuntu also turns out to run rather nicely from this early build of Parallels Desktop.ĭebian/Ubuntu developer Matthias Klose shared that with a Mac Mini and the Parallels preview build, he got Ubuntu up and running by making use of the Ubuntu Server 20.10 build.

Parallels this week began rolling out a technical preview program of Parallels Desktop 16 for the Apple M1 Macs for running the likes of Microsoft Windows from ARM-based Macs. There has been some early success geting Ubuntu up and running on Apple's M1 ARM hardware with using the Apple Hypervisor Framework but it looks like a much better experience is on the way with the forthcoming Parallels Desktop for Apple Silicon.

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