Yes, VMware Fusion includes a simple Migration Assistant for Windows that allows you to quickly and easily move your entire PC to your Mac as a virtual machine. Install a simple application on your PC, connect it to your Mac, and VMware Fusion will detect your PC and take care of the rest. 1 day ago When you click “Finish,” Ubuntu should instantly start-up and begin installing the VM. When the installation is complete, it’ll be ready to use! Setting up Ubuntu in VMware via OSboxes VMDK. To set up an Ubuntu VM with the downloaded OSBoxes VMDK, do the following. First, click on the Home tab, and select “Create a New Virtual Machine.”.
A quick tutorial on how set up a simple macOS VM in QEMU, accelerated by KVM. Jump over the break to learn more…
WHAT IS KVM?
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a virtualization module in the Linux kernel that allows the kernel to function as a hypervisor.
KVM converts Linux into a type-1 (bare-metal) hypervisor and requires a processor with hardware virtualization extensions, such as Intel VT or AMD-V.
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DEPENDENCIES
- Qemu 3.1 or later
- python3
- pip
- KVM modules enabled
- A Mac computer is NOT required
INSTALL
1. Install dependencies. You might also want to install git (not shown in the screenshot ). Depending on your distro:
- For Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, and PopOS:
sudo apt-get install qemu-system qemu-utils python3 python3-pip
- For Arch and Arch based distros:
sudo pacman -S qemu python python-pip
- For Void:
sudo xbps-install -Su qemu python3 python3-pip
- For openSUSE Tumbleweed:
sudo zypper in qemu-tools qemu-kvm qemu-x86 qemu-audio-pa python3-pip
- For Fedora:
sudo dnf install qemu qemu-img python3 python3-pip
2. Clone this git https://github.com/foxlet/macOS-Simple-KVM.git
and cd
to path.
3. Run jumpstart.sh
to download installation media for macOS (internet connection required). The default installation uses macOS Catalina, but you can choose which version to get by adding either --high-sierra
, --mojave
, or --catalina
. For example: ./jumpstart.sh --mojave
4. Create an empty hard disk using qemu-img, changing the name and size to preference: qemu-img create -f qcow2 MyDisk.qcow2 64G
NOTE: Change “MyDisk” to your preffered disk name. Change “64G” to your prefered disk size ( min. 20G )
5. Edit basic.sh
with sudo nano basic.sh
and add this at the end:
-drive id=SystemDisk,if=none,file=MyDisk.qcow2
-device ide-hd,bus=sata.4,drive=SystemDisk
Save the changes and exit.
NOTE: change “MyDisk” to your disk name set in previous step.
6. Run ./basic.sh
7. Boot into macOS Catalina Installer
8. Go to “Disk Utility” and format your disk
9. Once your disk is ready, you can install macOS Catalina. From now on, it’s your typical macOS install. No extra steps required.
10. You’re done! To fine-tune the system and improve performance, look in the docs folder for more information on adding memory, setting up bridged networking, adding passthrough hardware (for GPUs), tweaking screen resolution, and enabling sound features. For further support, check out the official github page.
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Buy VMWare Fusion, download, andinstall (write the serial number during installation). To get quicklystarted, you download a trial version for free and later buy it andregister the serial number (easy).
Go tohttp://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/downloadand choose the latest 64-bit Desktop version of Ubuntu.Save the downloaded Ubuntufile 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 prebuiltmathematical software.Among the Debian-based distributions, we recommend Ubuntu, simply becauseswitching keyboard layouts is more reliable or easier in Ubuntu than in, e.g.,Lubuntu, Xubuntu, and Linux Mint (a configured layout might be goneafter a reboot). Switching keyboard layouts are particularlyconvenient 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.
- 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. - 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.
- Ubuntu will now install itself without further dialog, but it will take some time.
- You may need to define a higher resolution of the display in the Ubuntu machine. Find the System settings icon on the left, go to Display, choose some display (you can try several, click Keep this configuration when you are satisfied).
- You can have multiple keyboards on Ubuntu. Launch System settings, go to Keyboard, click the Text entry hyperlink, add keyboard(s) (Input sources to use), and choose a shortcut, say
Ctrl+space
orCtrl+backslash
, in the Switch to next source using field. Then you can use the shortcut to quickly switch keyboard. - A terminal window is key for programmers. Click on the Ubuntu icon on the top of the left pane, search for
gnome-terminal
, right-click its new icon in the left pane and chooseLock to Launcher
such that you always have the terminal easily accessible when you log in. Thegnome-terminal
can have multiple tabs (Ctrl+shift+t
to make a new tab).
Installing software on Ubuntu
You now have a full Ubuntu machine, but there is not much softwareon a it. Installation is performed through the Ubuntu Software Center (agraphical application) or through Unix commands, typically
To look up the right package name, run apt-cache search
followed bytypical words of that package. The strength of the apt-get
wayof installing software is that the package and all packages it depends onare automatically installed through the apt-get install
command.This is in a nutshell why Ubuntu (or Debian-based Linux systems)are so user-friendly for installing sophisticated mathematical software.
To install a lot of useful packages for scientific work, go tohttp://goo.gl/RVHixr and click on one of the followingfiles, which will install a collection of software for scientific workusing apt-get
:
install_minimal.sh
: install a minimal collection (recommended)install_rich.sh
: install a rich collection (takes time to run)
The program will run for quite some time, hopefully without problems.If it stops, set a comment sign #
in front of the line where it stoppedand rerun.
File sharing
The Ubuntu machine can see the files on your host system if youdownload VMWare Tools. Go to the Virtual Machine pull-down menu inVMWare Fusion and choose Install VMWare Tools. A tarfile isdownloaded. Click on it and it will open a folder vmware-tools-distrib
,normally in your home folder. Move to the new folder andrun sudo perl vmware-install.pl
.You can go with the default answers to all the questions.
On a Mac, you must open Virtual Machine - Settings... and chooseSharing to bring up a dialog where you can add the folders you wantto be visible in Ubuntu. Just choose your home folder. Then turn onthe file sharing button (or turn off and on again). Go to Ubuntu andcheck if you can see all your host system's files in /mnt/hgfs/
.
If you later detect that /mnt/hgfs/
folder has become empty,VMWare Tools must be reinstalled by runningsudo perl vmware-install.pl
as above or
Documents/Virtual Machines/Ubuntu 64-bit
.Backing up the Ubuntu machine means backing up this folder.However, if you use tools like Time Machine and work in Ubuntu duringbackup, the copy of the state of the Ubuntu machine is likely tobe corrupt. You are therefore strongly recommended to shut down thevirtual machine prior to running Time Machine or simply copying thefolder with the virtual machine to some backup disk.If something happens to your virtual machine, it is usually a straightforwardtask to make a new machine and import data and software automaticallyfrom the previous machine.
Linux Vm On M1 Mac
Internet Does not Work in Ubuntu.Invoke the VMWare Fusion menu Virtual Machine - Settings - Networkand test Share the Mac's network connection versus Connect directly tothe physical network (Bridged).