Why would you use a mac for kernel dev? That's a horrible choice. Stick with bare metal linux.
Dec 17, 2025, 20:21 by [email protected]: > Hello everyone, > > I'm new posting to the newbies kernel list and currently learning kernel > driver and subsystem development. > > I am considering working on a Macbook air with virtual machines for my > learning and experimentation process. Is it reasonable or would it be better > to consider native development, especially while working remotely? > > I plan to use the macbook as a remote development environment with tools to > work on code inside virtual machines and remotely (ssh) to a desktop with > Ubuntu 24. It has been cumbersome getting the kernel to build due to > configurations in Ubuntu for certificates which do not exist in the mainline > kernel so any suggestions on any other host OS are appreciated. I have no > issues switching between distributions and consider it a great part of the > development learning process. > > Thanks, > Isaac Gonzalez >
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