Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I just started a new job and asked for a Mac as my laptop so as to re-acquaint myself with the other side. My main work is still Linux-based and I looked into VMWare Fusion (my old go-to), Parallels (what Microsoft "officially" supports on Mac), the two FOSS choices, VirtulBox and QEMU. It turns out that if you go directly to the Ubuntu site you can download a tool called MultiPass that makes Macs support Ubuntu Linux much like Windows does through WSL. It feels like you just have a genuine Linux shell on a Mac without jumping through the VM hoops. It is a pleasant surprise and will allow me to adapt my Windows FOSS SEO software to Macs.
I just started a new job and asked for a Mac as my laptop so as to re-acquaint myself with the other side. My main work is still Linux-based and I looked into VMWare Fusion (my old go-to), Parallels (what Microsoft "officially" supports on Mac), the two FOSS choices, VirtulBox and QEMU. It turns out that if you go directly to the Ubuntu site you can download a tool called MultiPass that makes Macs support Ubuntu Linux much like Windows does through WSL. It feels like you just have a genuine Linux shell on a Mac without jumping through the VM hoops. It is a pleasant surprise and will allow me to adapt my Windows FOSS SEO software to Macs.
