# Multiple distros on UTM

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**Created:** [July 5, 2026, 9:05am UTC](https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/multiple-distros-on-utm/5072 "2026-07-05T09:05:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skybear](https://community.learnlinux.tv/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Skybear](https://community.learnlinux.tv/u/Skybear)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 9:05am UTC](https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/multiple-distros-on-utm/5072/1 "2026-07-05T09:05:59Z")

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How many distros can be installed on UTM? I only have Ubuntu on it but I’m thinking of adding another distro to try something different.

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**Author:** ![kazimierzkrauze](https://community.learnlinux.tv/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@kazimierzkrauze](https://community.learnlinux.tv/u/kazimierzkrauze)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 10:35am UTC](https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/multiple-distros-on-utm/5072/2 "2026-07-05T10:35:05Z")

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I have never used it, so I don’t know about its limitations but if it is anyway like virtualbox or KVM in linux you can can install as many virtual machines as you like:)

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**Author:** ![cwest](https://community.learnlinux.tv/user_avatar/community.learnlinux.tv/cwest/32/1471_2.png) [@cwest](https://community.learnlinux.tv/u/cwest)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/multiple-distros-on-utm/5072/3 "2026-07-06T15:19:35Z")

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As many as you can based on your MacBook specifications. For example, I have a MacBook Pro M2 Pro with 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. I currently have 4 VMs and one backup, all but one use 4GB of RAM (Ubuntu 26.04 is at 6GB) and have a hard drive limit of 64GB (default in UTM). My Fedora 44 install is using the most right now at ~30GB. I use it to test things. I think I’ve had at least 3 VMs on at the same time and saw no performance issues. Just keep in mind RAM and storage used for each VM and you should be good.

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**Author:** ![Skybear](https://community.learnlinux.tv/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Skybear](https://community.learnlinux.tv/u/Skybear)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 1:24am UTC](https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/multiple-distros-on-utm/5072/4 "2026-07-07T01:24:58Z")

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Good. I bought the M5 MacBook Air. 24 GB ram and 1Tb drive. Should arrive today. (Figured I should buy it now before the prices really go through the roof.) I think I’ll try Debian. Where do I specifically look for when determining what resources to allocate for this or any other distro?

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**Author:** ![cwest](https://community.learnlinux.tv/user_avatar/community.learnlinux.tv/cwest/32/1471_2.png) [@cwest](https://community.learnlinux.tv/u/cwest)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.learnlinux.tv/t/multiple-distros-on-utm/5072/5 "2026-07-17T18:25:01Z")

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I would keep an eye on your drive space on the Mac and while running multiple VMs you can use the Activity Monitor app on the Mac to view RAM usage.