Ask HN: What's the nicest desktop virtualisation software for macOS?

2 points by tony_goobret 6y ago ↗ HN

I run a lot of Linux software (e.g. emacs) on macOS by ssh-ing into a Linux virtual machine. I share a folder with the virtual machine to make everything more seamless.

I'm currently using Parallels to achieve this and it works pretty well. Does anyone have a preference for some other virtualisation software (e.g. VMWare Fusion) over this? I am using a macOS laptop so battery life is something I should consider too.

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throwaway888abc 6y ago ↗

Have look at xhyve https://github.com/machyve/xhyve Was pretty performant for me compared to other tools.

*Not on Mac anymore, switched to Linux few years back.

tony_goobret 6y ago ↗

Cool, thank you!! I've not heard of this before and it looks pretty interesting (also because it doesn't require kernel extensions)