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Install Ubuntu in VMware the easy way

October 12, 2015 in Install Ubuntu desktop edition 11.04, O.S.

Install Ubuntu 15.04 in VMware the easy way

Go to official website of Ubuntu and download the dvd http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop

Then if you don’t have already installed VMware go to the official site and download it:  https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/downloads

NOTE!!! VMware workstation Player is free for home use but not for commercial use!!! Please check the EULA of VMware for more information!

Now we can start the installation:

Open VMware workstation player and click on "Create a New Virtual Machine"

Vmware_create_new_VM

Chose the installation media. if you have burned Ubuntu in a DVD you can insert that to your DVD drive and choose the first option or if you have it as an "iso" file then choose the second option and locate the iso file.

Vmware_Installation_Media

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Remove nouveau and install nvidia Driver in Debian 8

September 16, 2015 in O.S.

Install Nvidia Drivers in in Debian 8

Lets remove first everything that point to any existing nvidia installation.

open a terminal and type:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia*

sudo apt-get autoremove

update and download a few tools that we will need:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install dkms build-essential linux-headers-$(uname -r)

This part is optional but its is recommended:

Install 32 bit support:

dpkg --add-architecture i386

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5

sudo apt-get update

Now its time to blacklist the nouveau driver.

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf

and add the following lines:

blacklist nouveau
blacklist lbm-nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
alias nouveau off
alias lbm-nouveau off

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Remove nouveau and install nvidia Driver in Ubuntu 15.04

July 6, 2015 in O.S.

Install Nvidia Drivers in Ubuntu 15.04

 

Lets remove first everything that point to any existing nvidia installation.

open a terminal (ctrr+alt+t) and type:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia*

sudo apt-get autoremove

update and download a few tools that we will need:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install dkms build-essential linux-headers-generic

Now its time to blacklist the nouveau driver.

sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-nouveau.conf

and add the following lines:

blacklist nouveau
blacklist lbm-nouveau
options nouveau modeset=0
alias nouveau off
alias lbm-nouveau off

Disable the Kernel nouveau by typing the following commands:

echo options nouveau modeset=0 | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau-kms.conf

sudo update-initramfs -u

Now go to nvidia.com and download the driver for your graphic card.

The file name should be something like that "NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-352.21.run" depends on the architecture of your machine and the version of the driver.

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How to install Ubuntu 11.04 desktop edition

March 14, 2012 in Install Ubuntu desktop edition 11.04

How To Install Ubuntu Desktop Edition 11.04

1. Download

First of all you have to download the disk image from the official Ubuntu site www.ubuntu.com. Choose the one that fit to your system (32bit, 64bit).

2. Burn the cd and boot

Burn the iso image into a cd. After that you can boot up your computer from this cd. Be sure that your computers boot priority is set to cd first.

3. Installing Ubuntu Desktop Edition

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