On 12/17/25 7:49 AM, Isaac Gonzalez wrote:
Hello everyone,
I'm new posting to the newbies kernel list and currently learning kernel
driver and subsystem development.
Welcome to the Linux Kernel community!
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'd always suggest native but using MacOS ssh'd into a different host or
running a VM are pretty okay options IMO.
Personally I'd find all this kinda cumbersome to work in, running a
x86_64 machine with a native Linux Distro seems like the easier route.
(although I do understand the want to use a Macbook, the M series are
great on power!)
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 generally have an easier time in Arch, but Debian is also a good
option if you don't want to deal with the bleeding edge packages Arch
uses. (It's generally pretty stable, but bugs do slip through more often
compared to Debian for example)
Cheers,
Louis
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