In this document, I will guide you how to install Mac OS 10.11 on VMWare. 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. Login to Ubuntu with your password as usual. Ubuntu should be running smoothly on the virtual machine. Installing Open VM Tools on Ubuntu VMware Virtual Machine: 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.).
Learn how you can enable VMWare tools on its hypervisor for not only Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Linux but also for previous versions such as Ubuntu 18.04,19.04,16.04, including Linux Mint, Debian, Elementary OS and more…
VMware is one of the oldest entities that deal with Virtualization technology and stability with the performance of Vmware Workstation Player on Windows and Linux OS is proof of that. As we know, we have only a couple of Type-2 virtualization platforms to run on our OS in which Vmware Player, VirtualBox, and KVM are the best options. Well, if you leave the KVM aside then between VirtualBox and VMware, the performance I got while using Ubuntu 20.04 on Vmware Player was much faster then the VirtualBox.
Therefore, if you are also using Ubuntu on VMware workstation player and want to install VMWare Tools on it, here is the tutorial on that. It is just the same as we have VirtualBox Guest Additions for Oracle VBox.
Now, What functions we will get from VMware Tools?
VMware Tools is the package that is meant to enhance the functionality of the Virtual machines running on Vmware Workstation Player or fusion. Once you install it, it will enable several features on the VM, lets’s say you are running Ubuntu Linux on VMware Player and now want to copy-paste or drag-drop files directly from the host machine to guest VM then that is possible after installing Vmware Tools on Linux or Windows.
Apart from that, the Guest VM will automatically start adjusting the display size the moment you increase or decrease the area of its window using the mouse which means increased graphics performance will be there too. Even share folders and other performance enhancement process will be activated after getting the VMware tools on your Virtual Machine running on VMware hypervisor.
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- Install Vmware Tools on Ubuntu 20.04 Linux using the command terminal
Install Vmware Tools on Ubuntu 20.04 Linux using the command terminal
If you can’t install Vmware tools the option is grey out on the graphical user interface of the software then the command line will be the best and easiest possible way…
Start Virtual Machine
Simply go to the VMWare, select, and start the virtual machine where you can’t mount Vmware tools or it is showing in grey color under Player⇒ Manager.
Open Command Terminal
As we are here not using the graphical user interface thus, to use the command line we will access the terminal. Either click on the Show Applications, search Terminal, or simply use the keyboard shortcut that is Ctrl+Alt+T.
Update Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Before going further make sure the installed packages on your system are up to date. This will also rebuild the repo cache so that APT could find the latest packages in the system added source lists.
Use APT to install VMware tools via Open VM Tools packages
The easiest way to get the VMware Tools using APT package manager on Ubuntu 20.04/18.04/16.04 is to download and install the Open VM Tools which is an open-source version of VMware Tools for Linux virtual operating systems. It is available in the official repo of the Ubuntu, thus, we don’t need to add any other third-party repository.
For Servers & Desktops:
Update & Upgrade
Once you are done with that, once again update and run upgrade command:
Restart Guest VM
Finally, restart your Debian based Ubuntu 20.04 LTS guest virtual machine to make sure the installation of VMware Tools takes effect properly.
Do you want to make Ubuntu look like Mac OS X? If so, we’re going to show you how to do it, step-by-step.
The whole point of using Linux is that you can do things like this
It doesn’t matter whether you have a bad case of Apple envy, or you simply appreciate the design aesthetic of Apple’s OS; there’s nothing wrong with aping the appearance of a rival operating system.
After all, the whole point of using Linux is that you are free to do things like this — and hey: you certainly can’t make macOS look like Ubuntu!
Mac Os 10.12 Vmware Image
How To Make Ubuntu Look like a Mac
A stack of mac GTK themes, icon sets, fonts and cursors are available for Linux, just a quick Google away.
The ones included below are the ones we use/think give you the best Mac-like look on your Linux box, But don’t be afraid to explore DeviantArt, GitHub and other avenues if our choices don’t quite match with your tastes.
1. Pick the Right Desktop Environment
GNOME Shell
To achieve the most Mac-like look on Linux you need to use the most appropriate desktop environment and that is GNOME Shell.
This is not a slight against other desktop environments (DEs) as Unity, Budgie, MATE and Cinnamon can all be moulded to resemble Cupertino’s computing OS too.
But GNOME Shell is the most customisable desktop environment. This is a key ask in a task like this. GNOME Shell lets you theme and re-arrange everything you need to with the least amount hackery or fuss.
If you’re using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or later you already have everything you need to get started, so skip ahead.
But if you don’t have GNOME Shell installed on Ubuntu you will need to install it first.
This is easy. Just click the button below and follow in the on-screen prompts (select ‘lightdm’ as the display manager when asked):
You’re also going to need to the GNOME Tweaks tool in a few steps time, so install that now too:
Install Mac Os In Vmware
Once both installations are complete you need to logout and select the ‘GNOME Shell’ session from the Unity Greeter:
A word on using Unity
One thing GNOME Shell can’t offer, that the Unity desktop can, is global menu support.
Now, I don’t consider this to be a negative as more and more applications use use Client Side Decorations, making the need for a global menu redundant.
But if having an omnipresent set of app menus stripped across the top of the screen is part of the Mac experience you don’t wish to lose, stick with Unity.
2. Install a Mac GTK Theme
The single easiest way to make Ubuntu look like a Mac is to install a Mac GTK theme.
Our top recommendation is the ‘macOS Mojave’ theme by Vinceluice. This is a near-enough pixel-perfect clone of Apple’s OS skin, and is available in light and dark versions. It’s one of the best designed Mac GTK themes out there (it also has a matching GNOME Shell theme).
The ‘macOS Mojave’ theme requires GNOME 3.20 or later, so you’ll need to be running Ubuntu 16.10 or later to use it.
If you’re running the older Ubuntu 16.04 LTS release you can use the competent ‘macOS Sierra’ clone created by the B00merang project:
Tip: How To Install GTK Themes
Once you download your chosen macOS theme from the link(s) above, you will need to install it.
To install themes in Ubuntu first extract the contents of the archive you downloaded, then move the folder inside to the ~/.themes folder in your Home directory.
If you do not see this folder press Ctrl + H to reveal hidden folders. Next, find the .themes folder or create it if it doesn’t exist. Move the extract folder mentioned above to this folder.
Finally, to change theme, open GNOME Tweak Tool > Appearance and select your chosen theme (and the GNOME Shell theme, if you also downloaded one).
3. Install a Mac Icon Set
Next grab some a Mac Icon set for Linux. A quick Google will throw up a bunch of results. Most, sadly, aren’t complete enough to function as a full icon set, so you’ll also want to use (and in some cases manually specify) a fall back icon theme like Faba, or Papirus.
To avoid all of that hassle you may wish to use the fabulous ‘La Capitaine‘ icon pack.
What’s great about La Capitaine is that it’s a proper Linux icon set, with custom macOS inspired icons for many Linux apps and not just a direct port of mac icons to Linux. It’s also totally open-source, and is available to download from Github.
How to Install Icon Themes
Once you’ve downloaded your chosen theme from the link(s) above you need to install it. To do this first extract the contents of the archive you download, then move the folder inside to the ~/.icons folder in your Home directory.
If you don’t see this folder press Ctrl + H to view hidden folders. Next, find the .icons folder or create it if it doesn’t exist. Move the extract folder mentioned above to this folder.
Finally, to apply, open GNOME Tweak Tool > Appearance and select your chosen theme.
4. Change the System Font
If you’ve used Mac OS X / macOS at some point in the past few years you’ll know it has clean, crisp system typography.
‘Lucida Grande’ is the familiar Mac system font, though Apple uses a system font called ‘San Franciso’ in recent releases of macOS.
A quick Google should turn up plenty more information (and links to download San Francisco font) but be aware that neither font is not licensed for distribution — so we can’t link you to it, sorry!
Thankfully there’s an open-source alternative to ‘Lucida Grande’ called Garuda. It’s even pre-installed out of the box on Ubuntu, so you don’t need to go on a font safari to find it.
Head to GNOME Tweak Tool > Fonts and set the ‘Windows Titles’ and ‘Interface’ fonts to Garuda Regular (or any other font you wish).
If you use Unity you can use Unity Tweak Tool to change the font on Ubuntu.
5. Add a Desktop Dock
Ask people what a Mac desktop looks like and chances are they will mention its ubiqutious desktop dock. This is a combined application launcher and window switcher.
If you opted to use GNOME Shell back in Step 1 install the excellent Dash to Dock extension from the GNOME extensions site. This dock can be adjusted, tweaked and tune to look exactly like its macOS counterpart.
Dash to Dock doesn’t look very mac-ish by default so you will want to dive in to the GNOME Tweak Tool > Extensions > Dash to Dock > Appearance to change the colour to white, and lower the opacity.
Plank Dock
If you chose to stick with the Unity desktop you can set the Unity Launcher to hide (System Settings > Desktop > Behaviour) and install Plank, a desktop dock, to handle app launching and window switching:
Ubuntu Mac Os Theme
Plank can be configured with all sorts of themes too, making it easy to replicate the Mac OS X experience. Gnosemite is a faithful mac Plank theme worth a look.
That’s it; we’ve achieved our aim to make Ubuntu look like a Mac — now it’s your turn.
Mac Os X Vmware Image
We’d love to see a screenshot of your mac-inspired creation so do feel free to share one in the comments.