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Multipass orchestrates virtual Ubuntu instances

15 mentions on Hacker News by 15 people: 3 stories, 12 comments · first 2019-12-19 · latest 2026-03-19

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  1. They do document how to build and run, in the OS specific build docs. Eg this: https://github.com/canonical/multipass/blob/main/BUILD.linux... I think pointing end users to use the end user packaged app is fine, as is to trust people who…
    comment by fulafel · 2026-03-19 · in CVE-2026-3888: Important Snap Flaw Enables Local Privilege Escalation to Root
  2. …all their documentation says "install via snap"... even if your are on fedora or debian or arch: https://github.com/canonical/multipass Snap needs to die, it is hurting everybody including canonical
    comment by throwa356262 · 2026-03-19 · in CVE-2026-3888: Important Snap Flaw Enables Local Privilege Escalation to Root
  3. …to snap Note there is a minor tweak needed after install to put efi firmware in spot where it looks https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/3441 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/canonical-multipass
    comment by moondev · 2024-09-07 · in Boost your development environment with Ubuntu Multipass
  4. Appears perhaps not unless things have changed or feature added since this: https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/2503
    comment by indigodaddy · 2024-09-07 · in Boost your development environment with Ubuntu Multipass
  5. …Multipass uses qemu in which the apple-hvf support isn't getting much updates after 2021 [3]. [1]: https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/3455 [2]: https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/3235 [3]:…
    comment by 5kg · 2024-06-26 · in Podman Desktop 1.11: Light mode, Kubernetes features, macOS improvements
  6. …sites. The macOS build does not support custom images (lest not without [some truly insane hacks]( https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/1260#issuecomm... ) , which doesn’t really matter for what I use it for but it is kind of a…
    comment by intpx · 2024-01-16 · in Simulate an Ubuntu-like VM inside macOS
  7. …in macOS. You can also limit the amount of CPU/RAM the VM uses to keep things under control. [1]: https://github.com/canonical/multipass
    comment by snake_case · 2023-02-23 · in Show HN: Xc – A Markdown Defined Task Runner
  8. Multipass is awesome (lightweight) but a no go for some unless this issue is resolved : https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/2387
    comment by sourcd · 2022-11-21 · in VMware Fusion 13 – native support for Apple Silicon Macs
  9. …- the control socket was inaccessible to my "regular" user. Issue has been open since March 2020: https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/1437
    comment by rcarmo · 2021-11-11 · in Canonical Multipass – Ubuntu VMs on demand for any workstation
  10. I believe this is the issue referenced above: https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/1857
    comment by johnnypangs · 2021-09-01 · in Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies
  11. …), as long as there was a way to add a new _remote_. edit: there is a pending issue https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/307
    comment by simosx · 2019-12-19 · in Multipass 1.0 – Mini-cloud on Mac or Windows workstation
  12. …that Multipass does not support launching VMs with bridged networking. See this issue for details: https://github.com/canonical/multipass/issues/118 This means that your VMs won't be able to get IP addresses on your LAN via DHCP. Kind of a…
    comment by programd · 2019-12-19 · in Multipass 1.0 – Mini-cloud on Mac or Windows workstation