Ubuntu developer Canonical has announced the rollout of an update to its cross-platform VM manager Multipass, adding a free and fast way of running Linux on an M1-powered Mac. The news comes a month after Linux became available to run on Apple silicon 'as a basic desktop,' and merely days after reports suggested that Linux kernel 5.16 will include mainline support for the Apple M1 chip's PCIe controller.
Parallels Desktop 17 also offers Ubuntu support on M1 Macs, but the price starts at $79.99.
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