The Apple M1, ARM/x86 Linux Virtualization, and Boinc (2021)
(Author here)<p>Just a reminder, this article was published in Jan 2021, I&#x27;d had the M1 Mac Mini for about a month, and virtualization was still very rough around the edges.  My understanding of the state of it today is that it&#x27;s <i>far</i> better, with VMWare and such having actual working products for it (the very early beta was out, and it wasn&#x27;t very good).<p>The Speedometer numbers are a bit suspect, it turns out that some of the browser extensions were impacting performance more than I realized, so the &quot;raw&quot; speed is a bit higher on the M1 than I was reporting.  However, I stand by my point that it&#x27;s a properly quick little Linux VM.<p>Unfortunately, I no longer have the M1, so I can&#x27;t provide any current comparisons.  Apple went in some directions I&#x27;m not OK with and I&#x27;ve stopped using their stuff pretty much entirely.