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installing a virtual machine + ubuntu on a macbook air m1

for the last 3 days i've been struggling to run ubuntu on my macbook m1, i tried 3 different virtual machines ( oracle virtual box, Utm and parallel ) oracle virtualbox didn't even run ubuntu it ...
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Can sound output be enabled on UTM Mac m1

I have installed ubuntu on my UTM on Mac m1. When I go to the setting the ubuntu vm, I see that sound is not enabled. When I check the checkbox for sound hardware, I got multiple options for the audio ...
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How to enable screen recording on VMWare Ubuntu virtual machine running on Mac Catalina?

I have previously been able to run Ubuntu through VMWare (version Version 8.5.10) on my Mac with no problems. However, since updating to Catalina, my Ubuntu VM screen is blank and I can only see it ...
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How to boot macOS in KVM?

Note: this question assumes the host running KVM is running on actual Apple hardware, to comply with the macOS license agreement. I have installed Ubuntu 16.04 Server on a late-2014 Mac Mini and ...
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Cannot do passwordless SSH from Mac to Ubuntu VM [duplicate]

I am trying to setup password less login from my Mac OS X to to Ubuntu VM created by Virtual-box. I am using NAT->port forwarding option in VM and have host port as 3022. When I do ssh -p 3022 ...
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Create a shared folder between Mac(Host) and Ubuntu(GUEST) on virtualbox

On my Mac I have virtualbox installed with Ubuntu. When I go into the settings of the virtual machine, under the section that allows you to create a Shared folder I select the folder I want to be ...
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My VirtualBox Ubuntu crashed. How can I access its files from my Mac?

I have Ubuntu installed in my Mac using VirtualBox. A few minutes ago it crashed, so I have no access to Ubuntu now, but I need a file in it! Is there any way I can access my Ubuntu files from my ...
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Using Ubuntu directly and through a VM

I'm not entirely sure if this is possible but here it goes: I need to run Ubuntu to do some development and there may be times when I'm stuck with a Windows machine or a Mac OS X machine. My first ...
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If I virtualise a server on my machine, can I access it in a browser?

I want to start playing around with Ubuntu Server on my machine (Macbook Pro) running off VirtualBox or something similar. I want to do this so I can get used to using Ubuntu Server, and so I can ...
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Unable to do Port Forwarding in Virtual Box

I'm using Mac OS X 10.6. I have installed Virtual Box 4.1.0 in it. My Guest OS is Ubuntu Server 11.04. I have added a rule in Port Forwarding in Virtual Box -> "guestssh" TCP 127.0.1.1 8080 127.0.0....
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VirtualBox on Mac: getting a network connection?

I've installed VirtualBox on a Macbook with Mac OS 10.6 and it's running great. Inside the VirtualBox I'm running Ubuntu 10.04. Really impressive setup and install process. However, there's one ...
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Virtualization software for a Mac

On my PC running Windows 7 I use VMware Player to run Ubuntu in a virtual machine. What would I use in my MacBook Pro to run Ubuntu? What about for running Windows?
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