It’s also available in various languages and keyboard layouts, which should also help bring Ubuntu to a greater audience.
Not so much anymore - Ubuntu is installed with a very traditional-looking installer that offers its various options via tick boxes, which shouldn’t scare anyone away. For users who want a huge amount of control over the process, this might have been welcomed, but for anyone else, it was a massive pain point. Alternative distributions have a bit of a reputation for complicated installation. The interface is attractive and fast, and it’s entirely intuitive: if you’ve ever used a Windows or Mac machine, basic operations will present you with absolutely no problem whatsoever. Today we’re looking at the desktop distribution which, although it doesn’t come ready installed with all the cloud computing tools the Server edition does, still packs a punch if you’re into the more technical things on your computer, since it’s all Linux-based.ĭespite the technical leanings, however, Ubuntu’s actually very nice to use.
It’s an alternative operating system that is strictly aimed at programmers and techy folk - it comes in three distributions, Desktop, Server, and Core (for IoT purposes, which gives you a really good indication of what it’s aimed at. If you’re not familiar with Ubuntu, don’t worry. You can follow our blog for new images we release for VMware.If Windows and Mac aren’t for you, you might find an option in UbuntuĪn alternative OS that has plenty of charm VMware claims the Player offers better graphics, faster performance, and tighter integration than any other solution for virtualization. It uses the same virtualization core as VMware Workstation, a similar program with more features, but not free of charge.
VMware Player can run existing virtual appliances and create its own virtual machines (which require an operating system to be installed to be functional). It is free of charge for personal use offered by VMware corporation. VMware player is virtualization product just like VirtualBox. We do not install ‘VMware Tools’ in the OS or add any kind of stuff, read our privacy policy. Here you can follow the guide how to attach/configure VMDK image to VMware. You can check FAQs for credentials( Username & Password) for VMDK images. At the moment we have plans to offer you 30+ Linux/Unix distributions, we may add more to our list in near future, you can also send us suggestions if we are missing any popular distribution from our list. We provide images for both architectures 32bit and 64bit, you can download for free for both architectures. From here you can download and attach the VMDK image to your VMware and use it. We offer open-source (Linux/Unix) virtual machines (VMDKs) for VMware Player/Plus/Workstation, we install and make them ready-to-use VMware images for you.
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