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TheTwelveYearOld @lemmy.world

1mo ago

macOS 26 introduces the Containerization Framework: "enables developers to create, download, or run Linux container images directly on Mac"

Apple supercharges its tools and technologies for developers

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cm0002 @lemmy.world

1mo ago

macOS 26 introduces the Containerization Framework: "enables developers to create, download, or run Linux container images directly on Mac"

www.apple.com /newsroom/2025/06/apple-supercharges-its-tools-and-technologies-for-developers/

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TheTwelveYearOld @lemmy.world

1mo ago

macOS 26 introduces the Containerization Framework: "enables developers to create, download, or run Linux container images directly on Mac"

www.apple.com /newsroom/2025/06/apple-supercharges-its-tools-and-technologies-for-developers/

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WSL for Mac?
- Yeah pretty much.
- I wonder if you could run WSL under Wine...
- MSL that is.
- Why do you need WSL?
  MacOS is BSD, so you can do most Linux things with an issue. But some of the BSD tools have different options the the GNU tools.
  We moved to Mac years ago and it makes doing almost everything I do a simples
  
  because docker. it hard requires a linux kernel and is extremely slow on mac, just like it was on windows until they integrated with wsl.
That's very cool! But, my work needs to run proprietary x86 containers not ARM ones. We are sadly being "forced" (they rather still not turn to open source software) to move to Windows. It's a shame.
- I haven't checked but it should be possible?
  macOS has had support for x64 binaries in Linux VMs for a few years now, using their Rosetta 2 translation layer.
  
  I've been using colima for x64 emulation. This blog talks a little bit about it, but basically you start colima in either arm or x64 mode and then can run that type of image - https://blog.barakimam.me/running-vs-code-devcontainers-with-x8664-runtime-on-apple-silicon
  
  the performance isn't there yet, unfortunately.
- Linux isn't an option?
I wonder if this opens up any new opportunities for cool Distrobox usecases.
I hope I can run ollama in a container with full power, can't install it natively on my work computer
- Still uses VMs, although it's 1 VM per container.

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