UTM Reviews and Details

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• A low-carbon computing platform from your retired phones

  This group’s approach of treating the devices as many weaker servers (basically a raspberry pi cluster) sounds like the most realistic way to reuse phone hardware at scale, especially with the backing of the actual hardware vendor. It’s a genuine shame how locked down iPhones are compared to even Android. Hypothetically you could run Linux inside UTM[0] but outside the EU Apple makes it intentionally difficult,... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 month ago

• Your Phone Is an Entire Computer

  Why not just use https://getutm.app/ ? - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• What About iOS? Or, How a $30 Android Phone Embarrasses a $1000 iPad

  UTM is a QEMU-based virtual machine app that can run full Linux distributions on iOS. Two versions exist:. - Source: dev.to / 5 months ago

• Show HN: What to Do with an Old iPad

  - Surprised UTM wasn't mentioned here. Depending on the version of iPad, you should be able to get UTM SE on it, which will let you run a virtualized operating system on it. https://getutm.app/ - There appear to be some jailbreaks too - iSH would let you install and run local linux packages. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• Coding Without a Laptop – Two Weeks with AR Glasses and Linux on Android

  UTM runs virtual machines on iOS and has been around a while: https://getutm.app Issue is that Apple doesn’t allow apps to run JIT so if you want the JIT version of UTM, you need to sideload or Jailbreak. The non-JIT version is on the App Store. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Conducting forensics of mobile devices to find signs of a potential compromise

  > I wonder if there's a Termux equivalent for iPhone. https://getutm.app. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Ask HN: Any Recommendations Around Programming on an iPad?

  1. SSH to VPS/homelab server using Termius[1] 2. On jailbroken iPads, UTM[2] VM running x86 linux should run great 3. iSH[3], it was quite sloppy for me, YMMV. [1]: https://termius.com/ [3]: https://apps.apple.com/pl/app/ish-shell/id1436902243. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• iPad Pro M4 review: ludicrously good hardware that's total overkill for most

  I have that Magic Keyboard and would love to have the option to run real Linux via https://getutm.app/. The iPad is fully capable of this, but it is a pain because you have to jailbreak it. Ugh. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Giving up the iPad-only travel dream

  Did anyone try this https://getutm.app, is it possible to install it on a non-jailbroken iPad Pro M2? - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• UTM for Developers

  UTM makes it easy to set up and manage macOS and Windows virtual machines. This can be especially useful for developers such as Tauri contributors who need to test their applications across multiple platforms, or for those looking to experiment with different operating systems without affecting their primary system. - Source: dev.to / about 3 years ago

• Programming on an iPad

  Is anyone using UTM for programming on an iPad?[1] I was surprised to see in the demos that it appears to perform quite well, considering there's no hardware virtualization support. [1]: https://getutm.app/. - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago

• Looking for iPad game that is closest to RoN?

  You could run windows in a VM and play RoN: https://getutm.app/. Source: about 3 years ago

• Apple just lost its lawsuit trying to ban iOS virtual machines

  There’s UTM, you’ll have to side load it though https://getutm.app. - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago

• What are you thoughts on the EU Digital markets act that will (most likely) force Apple to allow 3rd party installs?

  And those who actually are advanced users will be able to install something like https://getutm.app/ and run Linux desktop in a virtual machine on iPadOS without jailbreaking and transform it into an actual laptop :). Source: about 3 years ago

• Couldn't afford a new laptop. Had to make do with what I have.

  For the last: UTM + JIT. Unfortunately it’s not on the AppStore, but those utilities will allow you to run any operating system (that doesn’t mean they’ll be useable). I use Debian ARM64 (with LXQt environment) on my iPad mini (A12) which runs fast enough to handle sublime text and one terminal window (but not a web browser ;_;). Some software won’t run on it like PSEint (unless you figure out how to compile it),... Source: over 3 years ago

• UEFI Shell when installing Windows 11?

  Separate but maybe related question--I downloaded the UTM install from getutm.app. Is the install easier if I buy it from the Mac App Store? It's only $10 so I'm happy to buy it. I just wanted to try it first. Source: over 3 years ago

• Culverhouse Microsoft Requirement?

  Another option is to have a windows VM - look at UTM (https://getutm.app/), plenty of install guides to get you up and running. My son has had good success running some odd CS apps this way. Source: over 3 years ago

• So many desktop studies

  If you're using an iPad you could try UTM. UTM is a virtual machine that can run Windows and Linux operating systems. Check the Install page to see if yours is supported. An external mouse and keyboard would be highly recommended to complete the "desktop" experience. Source: over 3 years ago

• iPad Pro doesn’t need a major revamp, but better software

  That's true. And honestly, I might even consider buying a high-end iPad if it shipped with an app like UTM so I could run a Linux VM. That alone would cover so many of the current pain points. Source: over 3 years ago

• [Help] Full screen UNIX console App (tty like) on iOS ?

  Https://getutm.app - full qemu based virtual machine. Has few variants that differ with performance depending on if you’re jailbroken, have jit support enabled or hypervisor available… You can run whole Linux VM and even Win10/11. Source: over 3 years ago

• Run Homebridge on Linux VM on iPhone?

  Does anyone have experience running Homebridge on a VM on an iPhone? I'm thinking something like https://getutm.app/ to host either a Linux (lightweight) or MacOS on an old iPhone I have. My preference would be to do a Raspberry Pi but as I'm sure everyone knows they are expensive and hard to get at the moment. Source: over 3 years ago