You can install it using CPU-emulation, but that would not be workable in practice.

That will not work, as it requires an Intel-compatible CPU in order to work.

You list in the question that you have tried installing the AMD64 version of Ubuntu in VirtualBox on the M1 Mac. In that case, I would again recommend Parallels Desktop, but if you must go with VirtualBox then remember to download the ARM64 version of Ubuntu. It is done automatically.įrom your comments, you indicate that you are not a first time user of VirtualBox. This will give you a full installation of Linux - including the GUI - and you do not have to know how to install Linux. You can choose from Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian and Kali. You will be given the choice of automatically installing included, ready-to-go Linux distributions for ARM. The full version of the software costs €99.99 for home users.Īfter installing Parallels Desktop, you can select to create a new virtual machine. In that case, I would suggest Parallels Desktop. How can I get the GUI to work on M1 on macOS?Įdit: Just to add, VirtualBox is working fine with Linux Guest and MacOS host on the Intel processor on another PC.įrom the nature of your question, it seems like you want first of all an easy to use solution for first time users. Therefore, the farthest I have been able to go is to activate the CLI. I attempted to use the ARM-based distro of Ubuntu and yet there was no success even with this it just fails to install. However, when I attempted to install the xubuntu-desktop and xrdp (as documented on Multipass's website, I was not able to gain access to the GUI interface. I was able to install Multipass with Homebrew and was able to activate the machine with the CLI. It throws a hard disk error and shows something regarding UUID being unable to register. In this attempt, I installed the VirtualBox beta version for M1/M2, then I used the Ubuntu ISO AMD 64 version the installation did not proceed at all. I made the following unsuccessful attempts - Attempt 1 With Virtualbox for M1 processors Therefore, I want to activate the GUI on a virtualization environment on a Linux Guest and Mac M1 host. Interestingly, this software does not function properly on the Mac M1 natively, even with Rosetta.

I want to install a software which predominantly uses GUI, and is available across all the platforms.

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