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by drzaiusx11 962 days ago
"no more complicated VMs" -orbstack

Curious how this works without a VM, or have they created some sort of linux "shim", a la WSL1.x?

If it's something like WSL1.x it means you're not actually "running linux", which may have subtle repercussions like differences in threading etc since it's really a Darwin system wearing a Linux suit.

That said if you're writing a CRUD app in python, that probably won't matter to you so it's still worth the tradeoff.
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quinncom 961 days ago
“OrbStack uses a lightweight Linux virtual machine with a shared kernel to minimize overhead and save resources, similar to WSL 2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux). This flexible architecture comes with many advantages such as high efficiency, low resource usage, seamless integration with macOS, and more.”

https://docs.orbstack.dev/architecture

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drzaiusx11 955 days ago
Seems they're maintaining an unpublished fork of the Linux kernel "linux-macvirt" to achieve this. Apparently you have to contact them directly for a copy of the code[1]

https://github.com/orbstack/linux-macvirt

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