


The company also claimed that the software can get Ubuntu running on M1-powered Macs in as little as 20 seconds, which should enable developers to get started with their projects rather than having to invest additional time and energy on setting up. In the press release announcing the update, Canonical claimed that the new feature will allow users to run Ubuntu VMs with minimal set-up and maximum efficiency. 13-Inch: M1 & M1 Pro Laptops ComparedĬanonical has added Ubuntu support for Apple silicon as part of the Multipass 1.8 update that enables the software to download and launch a virtual machine image with a single command. That makes Multipass a great option for developers interested in running Linux on their M1-powered MacBooks. While VirtualBox does not support the M1's underlying ARM architecture, VMWare Fusion's Linux support for Apple silicon is still in the preview stage. Apart from the aforementioned software, M1 users do not currently have many options to run Linux on their machines.
