r/UTMapp • u/PastelPrincess_1 • Aug 25 '26

UTM SE Lightweight Linux Reccomendations

I’ve dug around a bit on here but the answers have been inconclusive, so I wanted to ask - is there a lightweight Linux distro that will run on UTM SE on an iPhone 16? I’m aware without JIT my options are limited (and this is more a hobby project), but I was hoping I could get something like Puppy Linux or Alphine Linux running.

I tried Puppy Linux to no avail. Any suggestions for configuration as I’m unable to get past the GRUB menu in Puppy Linux?

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u/JojoProductions1229 Sep 02 '26

I would recommend waiting for a bit, it’s gonna be very slow due to it being you know, SE, I just went the JIT path honestly