Apple Silicon Mac (UTM) Guide

Create the VM

• Click + to open the VM creation wizard

• Click Virtualize on the first screen named Start

• Click Linux under Preconfigured

• Leave the default settings and click Continue on the Hardware screen

• On the virtualization screen also leave the default settings but click Browse to choose the ISO, select the ISO, and click continue

• On the storage screen leave the default settings and click Continue

• On the Shared Directory screen leave the default settings and click Continue

• Name the VM NextBSD or whatever you like and click Save

Optionally enable bridged mode (useful for ssh)

• Right click the new VM

• Click edit and select Network

• On the Network screen select Bridged (Advanced) for network mode

Installing NextBSD

• Login as root (no password) after booting the VM and type the following

nextbsd-installer

• Click enter on the first screen and select the disk normally vtbd0 and press enter

• Press right arrow to select Shut Down and press enter on the final screen

• After the VM is powered down click CD/DVD and click clear to eject the media used for the install

Optionally installing Gershwin Desktop

After installation login as root either locally or ssh root@virt-10-0 you can confirm the hostname by typing hostname as root.

After logging in the following process will install the bleeding edge version of Gershwin Desktop from developer branches which is more useful for testing resolution change functionality and other new items.

pkg install xlibre -y