Ubuntu – VMWare Player Image: Ubuntu 64Bit

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I have been searching around for quite a while now to get an Ubuntu 64 Bit image for the VMWare Player. Sources I have discovered are

Unfortunately, the description of the images either does not state if the image is 64 or 32Bit or it says the image is 32Bit. I also tried an image without the statement and it turned out to be 32Bit.

  1. Why do the images (mostly?) seem to be 32 Bit?
  2. Can somebody point me to an ubuntu image 64 bit for vmware player from a trustworthy site?

Thanks a ton!

Best Answer

The easiest way to get an Ubuntu image for VMWare is to install one yourself. It will be quicker than the download of the image as well.

Goto Ubuntu.com and choose to download the 64-bit ISO, then start VMWare and tell it to create a new virtual machine. In the settings for the machine, point to the Ubuntu ISO as the ISO that you wish to use to load into the new virtual machine.

I find the default settings of VMWare work well for Ubuntu VMs, although I prefer to give the system 2 GB of memory rather than one.

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