
Your recently downloaded ARM64 Ubuntu Server ISO should be listed there. The “Downloads” folder is one of the standard paths that it looks for these images. You will then be presented with a series of disk images on your local machine. This is the first part of my Debugging PHP and Friendica Seriesĭownload the ARM64 ISO of Ubuntu Server from the download page Creating the Virtual MachineĬreate a new VM by clicking on the File->New menu option or the + icon on the main Control WindowĪfter the initial warning screen about using Parallels under Apple Silicon you are selected with the option of choosing one of the standard machine images or manually making one from a DVD ISO.

These are the steps to taking the Ubuntu Server install disk and making a fully operational desktop environment. While Ubuntu does have AMD64 versions of Ubuntu Server for download, they only have Intel versions of Ubuntu Desktop. The version in Parallel’s wizard is Ubuntu 20. For my new PHP development with real debugging however I needed Ubuntu 22. It comes out of the box with wizards for several Linux versions and Windows. When I switched to Apple Silicon the only viable option that “just worked” out of the box was Parallels Desktop In the past I’ve relied on VirtualBox for that, since it was available on Linux, Mac, and Windows host OS’s. Whenever I can I try to stay within just using them.

It allows for proper sandboxing of development environments, customer projects, apps, etc. I traditionally live most of my life in virtual machines, both in the cloud and on my desktop.
