Qemu

Install

brew install qemu

Cheat Sheet

# List available machines
qemu-system-x86_64 -machine help

# List available accelerators
qemu-system-x86_64 -accel help

Create VM

Create disk

qemu-img create -f qcow2 disk.qcow2 50G

Intel Host -> x86_64 guest

qemu-system-x86_64 \
  -machine type=q35,accel=hvf \
  -smp 2 \
  -hda disk.qcow2 \
  -cdrom ~/Downloads/Ubuntu.iso \
  -m 4G \
  -vga virtio \
  -usb \
  -device usb-tablet \
  -display default,show-cursor=on \
  -cpu host \
  -full-screen

M1 Host ->x86_64 guest

qemu-system-x86_64 \
  -machine type=q35,accel=tcg \
  -smp 2 \
  -hda disk.qcow2 \
  -cdrom ~/Downloads/Ubuntu.iso \
  -m 4G \
  -vga virtio \
  -usb \
  -device usb-tablet \
  -display default,show-cursor=on \
  -full-screen

References

https://www.arthurkoziel.com/qemu-ubuntu-20-04/

https://www.arthurkoziel.com/qemu-on-macos-big-sur/