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Parallels is virtualization software for Macintosh computers.

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Why zsh doesnt have shift+arrow (left/rigth/up/down) shortcut on VM ARM machines?

I'm a new user of ARM arch (MacOS main OS) laptop, and I don't know why the VM I installed doesn't have this shortcut. Anyone knows how to add this type of shortcut? I tried a lot of different stuff ...
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How to run Amazon Linux 2 on Apple Silicon

Amazon Linux 2 -- historically a cloud offering -- is also offered as an on-premise solution for various setups. The two most popular on-premise solutions are: Virtual Machine (e.g. KVM, Oracle ...
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How can I fix crashed Cinnamon?

I get an error after logining to computer. It returns the message Cinnamon just crashed. You are currently running in fallback mode. Do you want to restart Cinnamon? I selected Yes, but it had still ...
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Debian 10 and Parallels Tools issue after restart

Given: Parallels 13 (older version) MacOS High Sierra (older version) Debian 10 I just installed Debian 10 in Parallels. I installed Parallels and it said I needed to restart to complete. I ...
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Install kernel devel in CentOS VM

I was trying to install Parallels tool in the CentOS VM of Mac OS host and get the following error message, An error occurred while installing the following packages: │ │ - kernel-...
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Apple Mac / Pop!OS keyboard issues

Apple Mac Pro (early 2009) Full size slim aluminium keyboard with extended layout. UK edition .4.1 -> 5.1 firmware upgraded macOS 10.13.4 High Sierra Parallels 13 for Apple Mac Parallels Tools Pop!...
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Debian Jessie (8) using the Parallels desktop

I have installed the Debian Jessie (8) using the Parallels desktop in the MacBook Pro host. It goes fine for some time and now I keep getting message, some of the required kernel modules are missing. ...
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MacBook Pro Parallels (Kali) Linux Limited Screen Resolution

I installed Kali Linux 2.0 in a virtual machine running Parallels on my 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display. For some reason the max resolution is 1920x1200. I have Parallels graphics set to '...
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apt-get update Kali Linux

I'm having problems updating my Kali Linux VM. When I run apt-get update I get this error. How do I solve this?
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CentOS 7 installation falls back to text-mode on Parallels Server Mac VM

Every time I am trying to install CentOS 7 in Parallels Server Mac, the installation wizard falls back to text-mode. I am getting this error: X startup failed, falling back to text mode Default ...
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Parallels Tools breaks SFML

so I created a clean VM of Xubuntu 14.04.2 in Parallels 10.2.1 and I got SFML working properly with sudo apt-get install libsfml-dev. Then I rebooted and made sure it still worked, and after that the ...
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Does Parallels support 3.18.0-kali3-amd64?

I'm not able to find information on which kernels Parallels supports. I'm trying to figure out if Parallels 10.1 supports this kernel since Parallels Tools will not install no matter what I try. ...
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Kali 1.3 - Installing Parallel Tools

I am running Kali 1.1 on Parallels 9 for Mac and am having some issues. Firstly, the WiFi doesn't work (normal for use within a virtual machine, but also isn't working with my external wireless card ...
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Parallels on Mac - can no longer sudo within Ubuntu

I have been using Parallels on my Mac to run Ubuntu for a couple of weeks and it's been fine. Today I tried to install a package and received the following error: {user} is not in the sudoers ...
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All Domains Missing After Plesk Parallels Upgrade From 11 To 12

I've just used the Parallels upgrade service (autoinstaller in terminal). I upgraded from Parallels 11 to 12. I logged into the panel, it asked me all the personal info and I started to get nervous. ...
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i3-wm not resizing screen resolution on login

I'm using Parallels for the Mac, but this may be relevant to other VMs too. Using Ubuntu 14.04, when I login using Unity it resizes the screen and uses all available screens (2 in my case), perfect. ...
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vmware/Parallels and Backtrack 5

After endless hours of debugging and trying different things, I can't seem to get Backtrack 5 R3 to cooperate as guest OS on my OSX Lion host. What I'm trying to do is to setup BT as guest OS on my ...
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Linux Mint freezes while downloading eclipse

I installed linux mint on parallels on my mac computer. It seemed to work fine and then, while downloading eclipse from Software Manager the entire system froze when it got to 40%. I've tried ...
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How to Increase Screen Resolution in Linux Mint. (Parallels and iMac)

I'm very new to Linux and I've decided to install Linux Mint on a Virtual Machine on my iMac 27 inch using Parallels 7. But, the screen resolution is stuck at 800x600 and there are no options in the ...
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Which linux distro is good as a VPS in parallels? [closed]

I will use Parallels Virtuozzo Containers for virtualization and have a good server machine. Which linux distro is good to use? I have CentOS 5, Debian 5.0 Lenny and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx.
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No core dump on Ubuntu on a Parallels shared folder

I have an application that I'm working on, and I'm having trouble getting a core dump when it segfaults. In fact, I'm having trouble getting real core dump files at all. A simple test case will ...
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Prevent disk renumbering on reboot in OSX

I have 3 physical drives in my Mac Pro with OSX 10.6.4. Occasionally after rebooting the machine, the disk numbering changes such that the /dev/disk# does not reference the same drive as it did before ...
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