Cubic spins up Linux virtual machines on Linux, macOS and Windows with a single command.
Every distribution comes as a prebuilt cloud image and is ready to use within seconds, so you skip the long installation. Cubic keeps things simple and secure by acting as lightweight glue over proven tools. No privileged system service is required and every VM runs as your normal user, so you never need admin or root rights. Cubic is built on top of QEMU, EDK2, official cloud images and cloud-init.
One command takes you from nothing to a shell inside a fresh Linux VM. The images are official and verified, downloaded straight from each distribution. Every machine is a real VM, so you get stronger isolation than containers can offer. The same workflow runs on Linux, macOS and Windows across amd64 and arm64. No privileged system service is required and you never need admin or root rights.
Cubic fits a lot of everyday workflows:
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Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Snap can be installed on Pop!_OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
To install cubic, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install cubic
Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap.
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