TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomacOS 26 introduces the Containerization Framework: "enables developers to create, download, or run Linux container images directly on Mac"www.apple.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down16
arrow-up192arrow-down1external-linkmacOS 26 introduces the Containerization Framework: "enables developers to create, download, or run Linux container images directly on Mac"www.apple.comTheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to Linux@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squarefriend_of_satan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 days ago~~It’s not that slow. https://www.imore.com/tests-show-apples-m1-emulates-x86-faster-intel-can-run-it-natively~~ Edit: actually I just benchmarked it and containerized x86 Linux runs at like 40% of native speed. So yeah, that’s pretty freakin slow. FWIW arm64 containers ran at nearly native speed, so it’s the x86 emulation that seems to be causing the slowdown.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoyeah last i worked with it i was the first person in the company to evaluate the arm macs, and it basically couldn’t run our application at all. took a full 40 minutes to spin up, then crashed.
~~It’s not that slow. https://www.imore.com/tests-show-apples-m1-emulates-x86-faster-intel-can-run-it-natively~~
Edit: actually I just benchmarked it and containerized x86 Linux runs at like 40% of native speed. So yeah, that’s pretty freakin slow.
FWIW arm64 containers ran at nearly native speed, so it’s the x86 emulation that seems to be causing the slowdown.
yeah last i worked with it i was the first person in the company to evaluate the arm macs, and it basically couldn’t run our application at all. took a full 40 minutes to spin up, then crashed.