Skip to content

The Eclectic Light Company

Macs & painting – 🦉 No AI content
Main navigation
  • Downloads
  • Freeware
  • M-series Macs
  • Mac Problems
  • Mac articles
  • Macs
  • Art

Liviable

Liviable version 1.0.5 (beta 5)

Fixes two bugs, including the saving and use of display resolution and other settings, has revised menus, and a full 13-page Help book.

January 9, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Virtualise Linux on Apple silicon with Liviable beta 4

T T Read More

Adds bridged networking, VM settings files, prevents inadvertent window closure when a VM is running, and more. Tested with 6 distros.

January 1, 2024 Macs, Technology, Updates

Last Week on My Mac: VoiceOver and VMs

VMs for investigating Software Update, malware protection, and discovering how to use VoiceOver to control them. And news on bridged networking support.

September 3, 2023 Macs, Technology

Liviable now shares folders in Linux VMs, and should support Rosetta 2

T T Read More

Now feature-complete with support for shared folders with the host Mac, and everything is in place for Rosetta 2 translation of x86_64 binaries within the VM.

December 9, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Lightweight virtualisation in Ventura

How lightweight virtualisation of macOS and Linux has improved in Ventura, and what hasn’t changed.

November 17, 2022 Macs, Technology

Should you run a Linux server on Apple silicon?

Running Linux on an Apple silicon Mac may now be straightforward, but it presents challenges for installation and management.

September 27, 2022 Macs, Technology

Virtualisation on Apple silicon Macs: 12 Installing Linux is different

Differences between the creation and installation of macOS and Linux VMs explained. A new beta-release of Liviable to create and run GUI Linux on Ventura.

August 25, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates

Lightweight virtualisation of GUI Linux on Ventura

T T Read More

If you’re running a beta of Ventura on an Apple silicon Mac, here’s a virtualiser for GUI Linux with a footprint of only 33 MB.

August 11, 2022 Macs, Technology, Updates
Blog at WordPress.com.
Footer navigation
  • Free Software Menu
  • About & Contact
  • Macs
  • Painting
  • Downloads
  • Mac problem-solving
  • Extended attributes (xattrs)
  • Painting topics
  • SilentKnight, Skint, SystHist, silnite, LockRattler & Scrub
  • DelightEd & Podofyllin
  • xattred, SpotTest, Spotcord, Metamer & xattr tools
  • 32-bitCheck & ArchiChect
  • XProCheck, T2M2, LogUI, Ulbow, blowhole and log utilities
  • Cirrus & Bailiff
  • Precize, Alifix, UTIutility, Sparsity, alisma, Taccy, Signet
  • Versatility & Revisionist
  • Text Utilities: Textovert, Nalaprop, Dystextia and others
  • PDF
  • Keychains & Permissions
  • Updates
  • Spundle, Cormorant, Stibium, DropSum, Dintch, Fintch and cintch
  • Long Reads
  • Mac Troubleshooting Summary
  • M-series Macs
  • Mints: a multifunction utility
  • VisualLookUpTest
  • Virtualisation on Apple silicon
  • System Updates
  • Saturday Mac Riddles
  • Last Week on My Mac
  • sysctl information
Secondary navigation
  • Search

Begin typing your search above and press return to search. Press Esc to cancel.

  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • The Eclectic Light Company
    • Join 8,858 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • The Eclectic Light Company
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar