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1. Download
1-1. Official website
1-2. Quick download of mirror website
If the download speed of the official website is slow, you can directly download it from the mirror download websites of various universities on Baidu. Take the Tsinghua mirror website as an example below:
1. Search the Tsinghua mirror website on Baidu and
attach the URL: https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn /
2. Enter the mirror website and search for ubuntu directly, then select ubuntu-releases
3. Select the version you want to download
4. Select the desktop version: ubuntu-20.04.5-desktop-amd64.iso
Note:
1>. Select according to the number of device digits:
Your computer equipment is nothing more than 32-bit or 64-bit. 32-bit uses i386, and 64-bit uses amd64.
2> As shown in the figure below, the image file has the suffix .iso/.ios.torrent, etc.:
.iso: is the image itself.
.iso.torrent: It is a mirrored BT seed. You can use BT related download tools to download. Note: Please do not use Thunder downloads in the first few days after the system is released. It is best to use regular BT download tools.
.iso.zsync: Zsync is a command under Linux. Its function is to compare the existing .iso file with the zsync file on the server, and then only download the updated part of the new disc image and merge it with the old image to update the disc. The purpose of mirroring. You can use zsync to update your old version of the image, see the tutorial.
.jigdo: Jigdo ("Jigsaw download", curve download) is a download tool designed for Debian packages. It can download different files from several mirror sites and then generate a CD image.
.list: Not an image, this is a list of image files, listing all the files contained in the image and their corresponding paths.
.metalink: metaLink is an open standard to speed up downloads. For more explanation, please see Baidu Encyclopedia. The use is somewhat similar to a torrent file, download it, and then download the image through special software.
2. Installation
2-1. Install under VMware:
1. File - Create a new virtual machine.
2. Select custom installation here. You can choose the installation configuration according to your own needs.
3. The default hardware compatibility is Workstation 16.x.
4. Select the downloaded ubuntu-20.04.5-desktop-amd64. iso image
5. Modify the virtual machine name and set the installation location (the subsequent virtual machine files will be in this path)
6. Select the number of processors and the number of cores of a single processor. This depends on the number of processors and cores on your physical machine. Do not exceed the number of physical machine processors, otherwise it will crash. Specifically, you can enter the cmd command devmgmt.msc to open the device manager to view the number of cores of the processor. After selecting, click Next.
As shown below, this machine has a processor with 4 cores:
7. Set the running memory of the virtual machine. This also depends on the running size of your computer.
8. Select the default for network connection settings: use network address translation (NAT)
9. IO controller Type: Default option "LSI Logic"
10. Virtual disk type setting: Default option, "SCSI"
11. Disk settings: Select "Create new virtual disk"
12. The disk size is also set according to the actual size of your computer's hard disk; select " Split the virtual disk into multiple files"
13. Name the disk file, depending on personal preference.
14. Click Finish to enter other installation options (language, user name, password, etc. settings)
15. Select Install Ubuntu:
16. Select language:
17. continue
18. install now
19. Set name, virtual machine name, user name, password
After filling in, the installation starts.
20. Installation completed:
21. Has the Ubuntu interface changed so much in version 22.04?
