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I also have a lot of Linux help on this site too thatвЂ™s worth exploring.The ability to run Windows on Macs has massively increased the reach and popularity of Apple computers. Now have fun learning Linux, and if you want a book to help out, may I suggest my book Teach Yourself Unix & Linux in 24 Hours? You can grab a copy straight from Amazon. All thatвЂ™s left is to boot it up and log in! Fedora Linux is now installed into the virtual machine youвЂ™ve set up in VMware Fusion on your Mac system. Give it a few more minutes and finally youвЂ™ll see this delightful message:ДЄnd thatвЂ™s it.

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Pick a complex root password and set up at least one user account. The most important step is to set up some accounts.

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Now youвЂ™ll see a series of options for language, keyboard, etc, starting with this:

#Run vmware fusion 8 on macbook install#

Since you are working with VMware Fusion, choose вЂњ Install to Hard DriveвЂќ to proceed. Then itвЂ™ll ask if you want to just try Fedora without an install or actually install it into the virtual partition: After a bit Fedora will actually boot up and launch the desktop manager. ThereвЂ™s lots that goes streaming past, including plenty of boot time errors, but you can ignore it all.

Not sure what to do? Just wait, after about a minute itвЂ™ll automatically start the installation processвЂ¦ The virtual machine boots up and youвЂ™re ready to start the actual install: One more step, and itвЂ™s an easy one: Name your new virtual machine.ДЇinally, get the machine turning by choosing вЂњSaveвЂќ once youвЂ™ve named this new VM. If you want to tweak this вЂ“ perhaps adding additional RAM for performance reasons вЂ“ click on вЂњCustomize SettingsвЂќ but if that looks good, you can move forward by choosing вЂњFinishвЂќ on the lower rightвЂ¦ The default setup and configuration that VMware choses is pretty darn good, with a 20GB virtual disk, 2GB of RAM being made available and sharing the MacвЂ™s network connection, optical drive (if you have one), USB peripherals, printer and sound card. Just click вЂњContinueвЂќ on the lower right. Not too confusing, and immediately below it you can see that VMware Fusion has correctly identified it as Fedora 64-bit too. Workstation is the version of Fedora (versus server), 64 = 64bit and 27.1.6 is the specific release number.

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You can also see the name of the ISO image IвЂ™m using, that includes version ID: Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-27-1.6.iso. Lots of options, but you can ignore them all: Just drag and drop the ISO disk image onto the top section labelled вЂњinstall from disc or imageвЂќ and it immediately scans it and figures out what to do next. When I went through these steps the download file was 1.63GB) fire up VMware Fusion and choose File > New to create a new virtual machine. Once you have the ISO ready to go (and itвЂ™s big. Easier to deal with it before than after. Before you go further, do ensure that you also have the very latest version of VMware Fusion too. Once youвЂ™ve chosen exactly what configuration you want and waited for the download, however, you do end up with a.

Instead of being a simple ISO image you can download, Fedora also has a confusing Fedora Media Writer.

For a corporate environment, however, Red Hat and its free cousin Fedora are a clear winner and latest stats IвЂ™ve read suggest that Red Hat accounts for an impressive 68% of corporate Linux installs. ThatвЂ™s an interesting choice for Linux distributions: a lot of people who explore Linux are finding that Ubuntu or Mint are the best choices for a first Linux distro because theyвЂ™re designed to be more user friendly and are easier to work with right out of the box.