Background: As a heavy user of Ubuntu system, I still encountered a lot of troubles along the way, both in system installation and desktop configuration. So, here is a summary of the entire Ubuntu installation and configuration process for your reference.
There are generally two ways to use the Ubuntu desktop system: install it directly on a physical machine, or use virtual machine technology. I have tried both of these two ways. The specific use depends on the need. If it is for daily play, you can install virtual machines. If it is to do some professional work, feeling or physical machine fluency.
Install on a physical machine
First, you have to download the system image, and you can choose the version you want. So far, Ubuntu has officially released Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, which is another long-supported version. I have to say that the Ubuntu desktop is getting better and better. Visit here to download it.
Next, you need to make a USB boot device. This is also easy. If you are using Ubuntu, open Startup Disk Creator, you just need to download the Ubuntu ISO file, connect the USB drive, This tool will create a bootable Ubuntu USB drive for you.
Of course, if you’re running Windows, you can use the Universal USB Installer. It’s a neat little tool that allows you to create a launcher just as easily with simple information.
Once the boot disk is ready, restart your computer, press F2 or F10 or ESC (depending on the computer), boot your computer from USB, follow the instructions of the boot program, and Ubuntu is installed on your physical machine.
Installing a VM
Note: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is used as an example.
Most computers today are powerful enough to run another virtual operating system on top of their own, which means that if you only have one computer with Windows, but with the memory and processing power of the computer, You can still run Chrome OS, Solaris, Ubuntu, macOS and more.
There are also many virtual machine software on the market, with VMware and VirtualBox being the most popular. Taking VMware as an example, other software is similar.
If you don’t need enterprise-level virtual machine support, consider simply using the free VMware Player, download it and install it.
With that done, we started creating the virtual machine.
Open VMware Player, click Create a New Virtual Machine, enter the wizard to Create a New Virtual Machine, select I will install the Operating system later, click Next, Select Linux and Ubuntu 64-bit in Guest Operating System, click Next, enter the vm name and storage location, click Next, specify the initial disk space size. Click Split Virtual Disk into Multiple Files, click Next, and click Finish. Click Edit Virtual Machine Settings, select Use ISO Image from CD/DVD(SATA), select the location of downloaded Ubuntu image, and save.
Then the virtual machine is created.
Try it on?
Click Power On to start the VM and enter the system installation page. Select Install Ubuntu and follow the wizard step-by-step. After the installation is successful, restart the VM.
After the VM is started, the SCREEN size of the host cannot be adjusted.
Select the Virtual Machine drop-down menu in VMware Player and select Install VMware Tools, which will Install a driver on the Virtual Machine.
VMware Tools is a set of utilities that improve the performance of virtual machine client operating systems and improve virtual machine management. For example, after installing VMware Tools, we will be able to:
1. A shared folder between the host and the client file system
2. Copy and paste text, graphics, and files between the VM and the desktop of the host or client
3. Improved mouse performance
4. The CLOCK on the VM is synchronized with that on the desktop of the host or client
5. Scripts that help automate client operating system operations
TXT, run_upgrader.sh, vmwareTools-XXX.tar. gz (the XXX is the specific version number), vmware-tools-upgrader-32, Copy the vmwareTools-XXX.tar. gz package to a directory (such as Documents) and unzip it. Open the terminal. Go to the vmwaretools-xxx /vmware-tools-distrib and run the vmware-install.pl file.
$ sudo ./vmware-tools.pl
Copy the codeThis script will start the installation of VMware Tools, with the option to confirm the installation, selecting the default along the way.
If the following information is displayed, the installation is successful.
Enjoy,
– the VMware team
Restart the VIRTUAL machine and find that the full screen is available.
With Ubuntu 18.04 LTS installed, we can then update the software and make some personalized configurations, which I will share with you in the next article.
Hope you found this article helpful 🙂