How To Install VMWare Fusion with Ubuntu on a Mac Eirik Didriksen [1] Hans Petter Langtangen [1, 2] [1] Simula Research Laboratory [2] University of Oslo Jan 15, 2015 Installation of VMWare Fusion Buy, download, and install (write the serial number during installation). To get quickly started, you download a trial version for free and later buy it and register the serial number (easy). Installation of Ubuntu Go to and choose the latest 64-bit Desktop version of Ubuntu.

Notice that /path/to/ubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64+mac.img.dmg part? That’s where you saved the Mac-friendly version of the.iso file you downloaded back in the earlier step. In this tutorial, I have shown you how to download the correct version of Ubuntu Linux to test on a Mac. I have shown you how to correctly format a USB drive and how to copy Ubuntu to that drive in order to make a bootable live-drive. Notice that /path/to/ubuntu-14.04-desktop-amd64+mac.img.dmg part? That’s where you saved the Mac-friendly version of the.iso file you downloaded back in the earlier step. By now, you have a working Live USB flash drive that contains the Ubuntu installer, your Mac configured with a partition ready to be used for installing Ubuntu, and an itchy mouse finger just waiting to click on the Install Ubuntu icon you see on the Live Ubuntu desktop.

Dragon speak for mac. Save the downloaded Ubuntu file at some place you can recognize later. Other Linux distributions. We strongly recommend to use a Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution, because Debian has by far the largest collection of prebuilt mathematical software. Among the Debian-based distributions, we recommend Ubuntu, simply because switching keyboard layouts is more reliable or easier in Ubuntu than in, e.g., Lubuntu, Xubuntu, and Linux Mint (a configured layout might be gone after a reboot). Switching keyboard layouts are particularly convenient when doing programming with an English/American keyboard, with braces and brackets in natural places, and then writing emails using a native keyboard with special characters.

Quick description • Launch VMWare Fusion (the instructions here are for version 7). • Click on File - New and choose to Install from disc or image. • Click on Use another disc or disc image and choose your.iso file with the Ubuntu image. Microsoft excel for mac 15 how to reload files.

• Choose Easy Install, fill in password, and check the box for sharing files with the host operating system. • Choose Customize Settings and make the following settings (these settings can be changed later, if desired): • Processors and Memory: Set a minimum of 2 Gb memory, but not more than half of your computer's total memory. The virtual machine can use all processors. • Hard Disk: Choose how much disk space you want to use inside the virtual machine (20 Gb is considered a minimum). • Choose where you want to store virtual machine files on the hard disk. The default location is usually fine. The directory with the virtual machine files needs to be frequently backed up so make sure you know where it is.