If you are MAC user – VMware Fusion for MAC – Click here to download.

VMware workstation Pro 16 for windows and Linux – Click here to download.

If you are looking for a free option then I have covered the installation of Ubuntu on VirtualBox steps here. That way they can switch between the host machine (MAC OS) and the guest machines(windows) anytime they want.Ĭreating Ubuntu VM in a VMware workstation is easy, and In this tutorial, we are going to see how to install ubuntu in VMware Workstation Pro 16, even though we use the Ubuntu version 20.10, the steps mentioned here are the same for the older version of ubuntu as well. I know some of my friends and colleagues personally who love MAC Operating systems but wanted to use Windows OS as well at times and they are using VMware fusion pro to run windows VM in MAC machine. Both software is very identical, and the steps performed here are almost the same for both workstation pro and the fusion pro.

What is VMware fusion used for?įor those who use the MAC machine and looking for virtualization software, you shouldn’t be using a VMware workstation instead, you should use VMWare fusion pro. But that doesn’t support many features which Workstation provides, hardware acceleration is one such feature. There are free versions of the alternate products out there as well, VirtualBox for example. The resources your physical machine (host) has, that would share among the VM’s.

VMWare workstation pro is a Software program that would let you install different operating systems, be it a Windows or Linux virtually on your physical machine.

Name the VM and Finalize the installation location. Setup the account for your Ubuntu machine.

How to install Ubuntu using VMware in windows 10?.

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