Creating A Lubuntu Virtual Machine With Parallels For Mac

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Linux is an incredibly versatile operating system that has been designed to run on a wide range of devices—from mobile devices, to desktop computers, and even servers. Due to the open-source nature that ensures code has active community support, Linux is widely loved by developers. Think of Linux as an operating system “of the people, by the people, for the people.” (Yes, we just quoted the Gettysburg Address to enable readers to understand Linux as a whole.)

Users online have expressed a desire to run Linux on their Mac computer without rebooting. This is where Parallels Desktop® for Mac enters as a solution. Virtualization of Linux is a powerful and easy installation process that allows for an interruption-free environment.

The following instructions will enable you to create an Ubuntu virtual machine. They have been created specifically for a Mac computer, but are essentially the same for Windows. As you follow the instructions, you will see they have been adapted so that even a beginner can complete this task.

Parallels Desktop provides several popular distributions of Linux for free directly in the product itself. Additionally, Parallels Desktop users can download .ISO files of and install other Linux distributions (for example: Kali Linux & use Vagrant to download and setup Linux environments like a pro!)

The free included systems are shown below. There’s no need to take any additional steps to find the right Linux distribution for you. We’ve made it very easy to run Linux on Mac!

Ubuntu: One of the most popular open-source softwares; based on the Debian GNU/Linux distribution.

Fedora: Formerly Fedora Core. Based on the Linux kernel, developed by the community-supported Fedora project, and sponsored by Red Hat.

CentOS: Provides a stable, predictable, manageable, and reproducible platform.

Debian GNU/Linux: A popular Unix-like operating system that is composed entirely of free software, which is utilized for personal computers and network servers.

Linux Mint: An easy-to-use free distribution that requires little maintenance and goes with full multimedia support.

Android: A Linux-based operating system for mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablet PCs.

All of these Linux distributions are free and easy to install as a virtual machine on your Mac through Parallels Desktop. Linux distributions can be located under the “Free Systems” options available to users within the Installation Assistant when creating a new virtual machine. See the full list of free systems below:

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This document provides information on using Ubuntu with virtual machine software.

Enzymex for mac. This section lists the most commonly-used virtual machine applications which support Ubuntu.

Xen

Xen is a popular, open-source virtual machine application that is officially supported by Ubuntu. It provides high performance, but only supports a small number of host and guest operating systems. Ubuntu is supported as both a host and guest operating system, and Xen is available in the universe software channel.

• Xen - instructions on getting Xen up and running on Ubuntu

• Xen wiki - more information about how Xen works

VirtualBox

* VirtualBox - Open-source virtual machine from Oracle. Easy to install and use and not to mention very popular.

VMWare

VMware is a non-free virtual machine application, which supports Ubuntu as both a host and guest operating system. Several versions of VMware are available at no cost and can be installed on Ubuntu. One, vmware-player, is available from the multiverse software channel in Ubuntu. VMWare is the virtual machine solution that has been in use the longest and is the most widely used.

• VMware - General instructions on installing and using VMWare with Ubuntu

• Full listing of VMWare documentation available from the community support pages

Qemu

Qemu is a processor emulator and virtual machine. Qemu supports Ubuntu as both a host and guest operating system, and is capable of emulating arm, powerpc, sparc and x86 processors. Qemu is available from the universe software channel in Ubuntu as the package qemu.

• Installation/QemuEmulator - Instructions for installing Ubuntu as a guest in Qemu

• WindowsXPUnderQemuHowTo - Instructions for running Windows XP as a guest on Ubuntu

• FrQemuInstallHowTo - Instructions pour l'installation de Qemu (en Français)

• WindowsXPUnderQemuHowTo - Instructions for installing KQemu accelerator on Ubuntu.

Microsoft Virtual PC

Microsoft Virtual PC is a proprietary virtual machine application for Microsoft Windows. It is capable of running Ubuntu as a guest operating system.

• XFree86 needs to be configured for either 16 bpp or 32 bpp. 24 bpp does not work.
• All Virtual PC network configurations work: direct, shared, and local (loopback).
• There is a bug with PS/2 emulation in the kernel 7.04. Since Virtual PC 2007 emulates a PS/2 mouse, the mouse doesn't work.

Parallels

• Parallels - Commercial virtual machine for Macintosh computers.

This section provides a short list of alternative virtual machines which are capable of running Ubuntu as either a host or guest operating system.

• UserModeLinux - Alternative open-source virtual machine

For a Virtualization technologies that runs with Ubuntu as a Host or a Guest, please see Virtualisation.

• Virtual Machine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - General information on virtual machines.

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