In the next screen, fill in all the details like your full name, user name and a good password. As you can see from the below image, VMware automatically detects the OS and makes all the arrangements for easy installation. Select the radio button “Installer disc image file (iso)” and click on the “Browse” button and point it to the Ubuntu ISO file. The above action will open virtual machine wizard. To create a new virtual machine, click on “Create a New Virtual Machine” link.Ģ. Launch it via the desktop shortcut or by going to the Start menu. Once you have downloaded VMware Player, install it in your Windows machine. I really stress this because the 32-bit version of Ubuntu tends to run more smoothly on less memory (less than 2 GB) which is ideal for virtual machine.ġ. Personally, I recommend you to download the 32-bit version of Ubuntu unless you have tons of memory to spare.

Ubuntu ISO – download it from Ubuntu’s official website.Download VMware Player (free) – Once you have downloaded the software, just install it like any other software.Note: This tutorial shows you how to install Ubuntu, but it will work for most Linux distro as well. VMWare Player is another virtualization software that allows you to run a virtualized OS in your current system.

We have previously shown you how to install Ubuntu in a Virtualbox.

Ubuntu iso for vmware