Click the Download button, and Parallels Desktop begins to download the Ubuntu distribution files to your Mac.Ĥ) Ummm…that’s really about it. A window describing Ubuntu is displayed, with a Download button in the lower right corner. As an example, we’ll show you how to install Ubuntu in Parallels Desktop 12.ġ) Make sure you have Parallels Desktop 12 installed and running on your Mac.Ģ) At the Parallels Wizard window that appears upon launching the Parallels Desktop environment, click “Download Ubuntu” from the list of Free Systems listed at the bottom of the window (see image below): The Parallels Wizard, showing Free Systems listed near the bottom of the windowģ) Click the Continue button once the Ubuntu logo is highlighted. The best things about Parallels Desktop for those interested in trying out Linux is that it includes free distributions for Ubuntu, Fedora, CentOS, and Debian GNU/Linux (a Linux-like OS that uses the Linux kernel). Parallels is an extremely popular VM environment for Mac, available from for just $79.95. Probably the easiest way to set up Linux on a Mac is to create a virtual machine (VM) in Parallels Desktop. Today, we’ll look at two ways that you can quickly install and run Linux on a Mac. There’s still a lot of interest in Linux in the IT and scientific communities, and it’s a popular OS to learn more about. Early on in the Linux timeline, it was thought that the operating system would be popular for home and educational use instead, those areas have been dominated by macOS, Windows, and more recently ChromeOS on Chromebooks. Many servers operate on Linux, which is probably its primary use case. Linux is an open-source Unix-like operating system that has been available in one form or another since 1991. This will boot Fedora in a standard way.Tux the penguin, the official mascot of Linux In the QEMU window, choose the first option, Start Fedora-Workstation. This will launch Fedora Workstation through QEMU. -drive file=… specifies the partition disk you want to use.-device usb-tablet indicates you are using a touchpad as the input device.-show-cursor ensures that you see a mouse cursor.-accel specifies the type of acceleration you want to use, which should be hvf for hardware-based acceleration.-cdrom specifies the file you will use to boot your workstation.This is a modern, virtio-based display device designed for virtual machines and includes VGA-compatibility mode. -vga specifies the graphic output in virtio-vga.
This allocates 2GB, but you can increase it, if you would like.
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