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by rfoo 652 days ago
Hi, is it possible to add a virtual machine mode to OrbStack? See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41423667 for why. I'm okay with most (or all) nice integrations unavailable.

Basically I want a true UTM replacement, the one I can run my own kernel.
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kdrag0n 651 days ago
Sorry, no plans for that. That vertical integration is a key part of OrbStack — it's not just for nice extras/integrations.
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rfoo 651 days ago
Fair enough. Thanks for answering.

Well, as someone who still lives in stone age (I guess?) I always run headless Linux VM on Windows/macOS and have all my projects/files inside VM so I unfortunately don't use your Docker/Kubernetes features, and fast file sharing is a nice to have.

But, you and your team seems to really care about client virtualization on macOS, more so than Apple. So while being a niche, I sincerely hope you may consider this sometimes later.

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