First visit the official website of Ubuntu from your favorite web browser. Once the page loads, click on Download. Now, click on the Ubuntu version that you want to download. I will download the Ubuntu You will be asked for a location where you want to save the Ubuntu ISO file.
New Virtual Machine Wizard window should be displayed. Now, select Typical recommended and click on Next.
Now, select I will install the operating system later and click on Next. Select Linux from the Guest operating system section and Ubuntu bit from the Version section. Now, type in the size of the virtual hard disk in GB gigabyte. I will give the virtual machine a 20GB virtual hard disk. Now, for better performance, select Store virtual disk as a single file and click on Next. Now, click on Finish. A new virtual machine should be created. Now, click on the newly created virtual machine from the library panel to open it.
A file picker should be opened. Now, go to the Memory settings. Or, you can click and drag the slider up and down to increase or decrease the memory for the virtual machine respectively.
From the Processors settings, you can change the number of virtual processors, and the number of cores to vmware workstation 12 install ubuntu 18.04 free download to each virtual processor for this virtual machine.
Usually, the Number vmware workstation 12 install ubuntu 18.04 free download processors is set to 1 and Number of cores per processor can be 1 or more depending on your need. If you want to use performance tuning softwares in the virtual machine, check the Virtualize CPU performance counters checkbox. For this to work, you must have a compatible processor installed on your host computer. Now, click on the button or click on Power on this virtual machine to start the virtual machine.
At this vmware workstation 12 install ubuntu 18.04 free download, Ubuntu installer should start. Now, you can install Ubuntu on the virtual machine as usual. I will just select Erase disk and install Ubuntu which will erase the entire virtual hard disk, create all the required partitions automatically and install Ubuntu. At this point, Ubuntu should vmware workstation 12 install ubuntu 18.04 free download installed on the virtual machine.
Click on Restart Now. Your virtual machine should restart into the Ubuntu login screen. Login to Ubuntu with your password as usual. Now, you should install Open VM Tools on the Ubuntu VM for improved performance and features such as clipboard sharing, auto guest resizing, better graphics support etc. Now enjoy Ubuntu. I was born in Bangladesh. Your browser should start downloading the Ubuntu ISO file. It may take a while to complete.
Now, you have to select the operating system that you will be installing on the virtual machine. Now, type in a name for the virtual machine. You may also type in a path or select a directory where the virtual machine data will be saved.
Now, click on Browse. The Ubuntu ISO file should be selected. I will set 4 GB or MB of memory for this virtual machine in this article. The virtual machine should start. As you can see, Ubuntu is starting from the ISO file. Now, select your keyboard layout and click on Continue. Click on Continue. If you need to, you can do manual partitioning as well. Select your time zone and click on Continue. Now, type in your personal information and click on Continue.
Ubuntu installer should start installing Ubuntu. Ubuntu should be running smoothly on the virtual machine. View all posts.
