New Multipass Release to Run Ubuntu VMs on Apple M1 Macs

New Multipass Release to Run Ubuntu VMs on Apple M1 Macs

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Marius Nestor
Nov 11, 2021

The company behind Ubuntu has updated Multipass to version 1.8, a release that introduces support for setting up and running Ubuntu virtual machines on Apple M1 MacBook devices with minimal effort.

In fact, Multipass 1.8 promises to offer Apple M1 MacBook developers interesting apps for the Linux/Ubuntu desktop. This will be the fastest way to run Linux cross-platform, running a Ubuntu VM in as little as 20 seconds. Learn more about the new release here.

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Marius Nestor

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