Ubuntu development on Mac OS X
My main development machine is Mac OS X. Sometimes I need to use some Linux specific tool though. Here is my setup for doing that. VM, shell and ssh setup Lima-VM launches Linux virtual machines with automatic file sharing and port forwarding. Install lima-vm using homebrew: brew install lima Next I’m creating and starting an ubuntu VM: limactl create --name=ubuntu template://ubuntu-lts ... INFO[0005] Run `limactl start ubuntu` to start the instance. limactl start ubuntu ... INFO[0012] READY. Run `limactl shell ubuntu` to open the shell. At this point the ubuntu VM is running, and lima tells us how we can open the shell: limactl shell ubuntu. ...