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UTM SE: Retro PC emulator 4+
Run classic software and games
Turing Software, LLC
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
UTM SE is a PC emulator that allows you to run classic software and old-school games.
* Supports both VGA mode for graphics and terminal mode for text-only operating systems
* Emulates x86, ARM, PPC, and RISC-V architectures
* Run pre-built machines or create your own configuration from scratch
* Built from QEMU, a powerful and widely used emulator
What’s New
Version 4.5.4
* Fixed an issue causing "The file ... couldn't be opened" immediately after creating a new VM (#6398)
* The timestamp of the .utm package will always update to the last time it runs, this should make managing backups easier (#6474)
* Fixed the error "Failed to lock byte 100: Operation not supported" when trying to attach an ISO which the OS has mounted or from a network drive that does not support locking (#6564)
* Fixed an issue where release notes loading can be delayed by a lack of internet connection (it should just fail silently)
* Localization: Added Arabic (thanks @muhammadbahaa2001)
* Localization: Updated Chinese (Simplified + Hong Kong) (thanks @changanmoon)
* Localization: Updated Japanese (thanks @MMP0)
* Updated DEB to support rootless
* Terminal lines no longer get hidden by the top curved edge or by the keyboard (#6482)
* Fixed an issue where importing a drive shows up as a removable drive (#6485)
* Fixed an issue where creating a new drive sometimes automatically closes the popup
* External displays can now view serial output terminals (#6594)
* Added new tips overlay for new users
Ratings and Reviews
Almost great
This app is incredible for emulating old PC games on visionOS, however it isn’t perfect.
1. No JIT support (thanks Apple restrictions).
2. Setting a machine to i386 will crash UTM when starting the machine.
3. It seems easy enough to migrate a machine from macOS to visionOS, but it does not appear possible to go the other way around. There doesn’t appear to be an easy way to export the current disk image to a Mac.
3. The app will randomly crash when selecting menu options. This is mostly seen when adjusting the virtual CD-ROM drive’s settings while a machine is running.
Overall, this is a fantastic app and is absolutely worth downloading. Hopefully it stays on the store to receive further updates in the future.
Nice Concept, Slow to Use
I am excited for this project, but it still has a ways to go. It does work, but very slowly, at least on an iPad Pro 12.9 Gen 4. Very slow to boot and it is so slow I can’t even boot into the pre-built Linux GUIs. I created a fresh Linux VM without a GUI and while slow, it was easy to setup (took over 9+ hours to install Ubuntu Server). But even in terminal, I cannot log in because of the slowness. As of this writing, I’m logging in and after entering the password, it just sits there. I’m 10 minutes in and still haven’t gotten a prompt. Just a blinking cursor. So while this is a very interesting project, it still needs some work in the speed department. This may be faster on the latest and greatest, but I do not have that (except for the iPhone 15 Pro, which has way too small of a screen for me to test out, but I may amend this review if I do.) Developers, do keep up the good work, though. This is a very useful project for someone who would like to learn Linux, but wants the portability of a tablet. I’m thinking like a student. Also I like to note it is a battery hog. Because it is so slow, I have to keep it plugged in or the iPad would be drained.
To anyone who sees this:
Sure, this is not the fastest.
Normal UTM SE(no jit support)
Is slow yes… of course it is. Emulation is slow. Jit, used in Java, is a much faster way than the normal translation (afaik) because in normal qemu with TCG only, it’s much slower than UTM with jit. This app IS NOT FOR USERS WHO WANT A FAST EMULATOR! If you want to tinker with a minimal Arch or Alpine install, sure you are good. At a low resolution, twm, awesome, i3wm, icewm, are all good options for minimal GUI setups. Still better than nothing tho!! And yeah if you have a MacBook (intel or Mx) then it has JIT. Intel has that for non-x86 or hvf (like kvm for Linux) for x86. I do recommend this.
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Information
- Seller
- Turing Software, LLC
- Size
- 1.7 GB
- Category
- Entertainment
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Arabic, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2024 Turing Software, LLC
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Computer $9.99
- Transistor $0.99
- Chip $4.99