Setup an Ubuntu Virtual Machine on MacOS with the UTM Emulator
July 20, 2025
At work, I do most of my development in Ubuntu via WSL, and I’ve grown to really enjoy working in a Linux environment. For personal projects, I wanted to stick with Linux, but my home machine runs macOS. To bridge the gap, I turned to UTM — a free, open-source virtualization and emulation tool for macOS. While UTM is a great option and alternative to Parallels, setting up a Linux VM with it does involve a bit of extra effort.