Re: VirtualBox

On May 22, 2023, at 09:36, Jason Bacon <bacon4000@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 5/22/23 10:55, Bob Bishop wrote:
>> Hi,
>>> On 18 May 2023, at 16:33, Alex Samorukov <samm@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On 2023/05/18 15:58, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
>>>>> VirtualBox is x86 emu.
>>>> Yes, and it now runs on Mac/Arm64 as of version 7, but it
>>>> is known to of shakey alpha quality.
>>> But i think it still emulates x86, so probably will be damned slow. I think on MacOS using qemu is a best way to run FreeBSD, of course aarch64. I found performance very good, as well as stability.
>> Parallels also works very well, if you don’t mind paying.
>> --
>> Bob Bishop
>> rb@gid.co.uk
> 
> On Apple silicon?

Parallels? Well, https://www.parallels.com/blogs/windows-11-arm-apple-m-series/ reports:

"Effective February 16, 2023, Microsoft has authorized the Parallels Desktop solution for using Arm versions of Windows 11 on Mac with Apple Silicon."

So any issues would likely be more specific to FreeBSD than to the general status of
virtualizing aarch64.


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Mark Millard
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