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Lightweight Linux VMs on macOS

3 pointsby pickleMeTimbersabout 2 years ago

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pickleMeTimbersabout 2 years ago
After a positive reception by the HN community five months ago [1, 2], this small project has reached a 1.0 milestone with:<p>* Encrypted instance import&#x2F;export using age file encryption<p>* Secure credential configurations<p>* Instance autostart<p>* Multiple quality-of-life improvements, including instance tagging<p>The goal of this project is to enable MacOS users to:<p>* Easily spin up and manage lightweight Alpine Linux environments.<p>* Use tiny VMs to take advantage of containerisation technologies, including LXD and Docker.<p>* Build and test software on x86_64 and aarch64 systems.<p>--- References<p>1. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=33762657" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=33762657</a><p>2. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=33769274" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=33769274</a>