VirtualBox disk images are not resizable.So here is the question: what's the best VM app for Linux desktop guests on a Mac OS X host? VirtualBox, VMware Fusion, Parallels, or any other? What do you like about it? Seamless mode is nice, but I wonder if VMware Fusion or Parallels will be nicer. An interesting feature that both VMWare Fusion and Parallels have added to their applications is the ability to use the BootCamp partition as a bootable Virtual Machine drive. Parallels Desktop is a direct competitor to Fusion Pro and VMware Fusion, and it offers two versions for individuals and businesses. BootCamp runs AutoCAD and/or Inventor in a very native mode and for most situations you would not know the difference from running in BootCamp vs. We cannot complete a discussion of virtualization software without mentioning Parallels Desktop. Using an Ubuntu VM for all my development work seems to be the way to go. Fusion Pro is OS X only, so you can run Windows and Linux in a virtual machine on your Mac. The current hardware generation (7,1) is not fully supported. Rewriting all the deployment scripts just to accommodate one Mac developer seems like a waste of time.ĭual-booting Ubuntu on this Mac doesn't seem like an option yet. They are all nice, but they don't provide a 100% drop-in replacement for Ubuntu packaging.
I've been through Macports, Fink and Homebrew. I'm currently on a project with multiple dependencies, and which is configured for Ubuntu.Ĭonfiguring all these dependencies on OSX is a pain. I use a MacBook Pro as my primary machine, but my work targets Linux servers.
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