Here's what I have read about the M1: (*) It's an ARM variant, so you can run virtualized ARM linux on it. To run Intel linux on it you need to use an emulator (so, lower speed -- I have read that qemu/acvm currently works on m1, with vmware and virtual box people planning on releasing support when they're happy with their implementation).
(*) There's also at least one project to create an M1 specific linux port (asashi linux), Docker supports the arm architecture and also supports qemu, vmware and virtual box, though it looks like they might still be working through some issues, and qemu apparently sometimes runs into problems. https://docs.docker.com/desktop/mac/apple-silicon/ Anyways, like any new platform, there will probably be some issues to work through, but people who have the time and energy to burn, to help work through those will also be gradually building some expertise with the platform (and occasionally, be surprised by some of the eventual changes or other issues). I hope this helps, -- Raul On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 8:34 PM Devon McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does Docker allow you to run on an M1? > > I briefly considered getting a Mac for a change before I bought my Dell > desktop several months ago but decided I didn't want to waste the time > re-learning the many things that would differ on a Mac. I may have > considered it if I could have tested my own software on the M1 and found > that it gave very good performance but I didn't know how to do that. > > The Dell has worked out well. I recently completed a series of 300 million > poker game simulations (times 8 because there was a separate set of > simulations for each of 2 to 9 players) in about 45 hours, so that seems > pretty performant. > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 5:35 PM Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yes. > > > > Though I haven't done much of anything along that line in the last year or > > so. > > > > Anyways, poking around, > > https://newbedev.com/brew-install-docker-does-not-include-docker-engine > > seems to plausibly match my memories of what I had had working. > > > > I hope this helps, > > > > -- > > Raul > > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 4:55 PM John Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I presume you are running Linux in a local Docker container? > > > > > > I've seen Docker put to very good use online. I believe the > > > https://www.overleaf.com/ system started in Docker. > > > > > > I will do some reading. > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 2:38 PM Raul Miller <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > I don't know about the best way to run Linux on a VM on the Mac. (And, > > > > I imagine "best" implies some kind of criterion as a basis for > > > > judgement.) > > > > > > > > But Docker has worked for me for that purpose. > > > > > > > > I hope this helps, > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Raul > > > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 4:31 PM John Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I thought I'd throw this out to J'sters as I've received much good > > advice > > > > > in the past. > > > > > > > > > > I am looking to get a new 64bit Mac, mostly for testing J, kicking > > BQN > > > > and > > > > > Rust around, running the Lean Theorem Prover, and, I'm sorry to > > > > confess, > > > > > watching the upcoming Foundation series on Apple TV, but before > > plunking > > > > > down the cash I'd like to ask: > > > > > > > > > > 1) Is a native M1 version of J on the horizon? > > > > > > > > > > It usually takes two to three years after a fundamental hardware > > change > > > > > before system software is ported and optimized. The M1 hasn't been > > out > > > > long > > > > > enough so I'm not expecting native J versions for at least a year. > > > > > > > > > > 2) What's the best way to run Linux under a virtual machine on the > > Mac? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks to any and all. > > > > > -- > > > > > John D. Baker > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > For information about J forums see > > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > John D. Baker > > > [email protected] > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > -- > > Devon McCormick, CFA > > Quantitative Consultant > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
