Working with Fedora using a Virtual Machine(VMware)

[iamnjeri (Mercy Njeri Kimaru)]

If you’ve been wanting to use fedora using virtual machine, you are in the right place.
Here’s a clear guide on how to use fedora in a virtual machine using your windows.

INSTALLING VM (VMware)

Step 1

Install VM from Fusion and workstation
Click the download fusion or workstation button.

Step 2

Login or create an account with broadcom

Step 3

Once loggedin, click software on your top left

It will direct you to this page; Click mainframe software

Step 4

It will direct you to this page; Click my downloads then click here.

Step 5

It will direct you to the page below just scroll down you will see vmware workstation pro

Click it and then just choose windows or linux

Choose the version you want

You’ll answer some details then click download;

After downloading it you can now install it.

Downloading Fedora workstation

Step 1

Download your Fedora Workstation

Step 2

On the top right click ‘get fedora’. Then click workstation

Step 3

Download the workstation at the bottom of the page.

Step 4

Download the one with Fedora Workstation Live ISO

Setting up Fedora in VMware

Step 1

Open Vmware
Click file in the top right then open new virtual machine

Step 2

Click browse and choose your Fedora workstation file.

Step 3

Then click next
Here, you can consider increasing your disk size to 50GB

Then click finish

Step 4

You can now open your Fedora VM by clicking ‘power on this machine’ on your top left

Step 5

Start Fedora Workstation

Step 6

Then install Fedora linux and set it up

[barryascott]

I was a VMware users for a very long time but I gave up on VMware a while ago because of the issues with it maintenance.

On macOS I have used Parallels which worked better then VMware for me.
Now I use the open source UTM - macOS | UTM Documentation

On Fedora I use Virtual Machine Manager.

You may want to make it clear in the title that your guide is only for VMware.

[iamnjeri (Mercy Njeri Kimaru)]

Thank you very much@barryascott
will certainly check them out
Thanks for the correction , I have specified its vmware

[andym (Andrei Manzhov)]

@iamnjeri

wanting to use fedora using virtual machine, you are in the right place.
Here’s a clear guide on how to use fedora in a virtual machine using your windows.

Just a suggestion: If one wants to try Fedora on windows, the best way is to use Hyper-V type 1 hypervisor that is part of Windows (if license permits, not allowed in home editions).

[barryascott]

@andym

ust a suggestion: If one wants to try Fedora on windows, the best way is to use Hyper-V type 1 hypervisor that is part of Windows (if license permits, not allowed in home editions).

You can install Fedora using WSL, a guide was posted earlier today.
That is all part of the home license.

It works well for command line and GUI apps.

[iamnjeri (Mercy Njeri Kimaru)]

Thank you so much Andrei will definitely check it out

[iamnjeri (Mercy Njeri Kimaru)]

Yeah there’s a guide on using WSL its actually easier using WSL than the whole process of vm. Here’s the link to that guide; Setting Up Fedora Linux on Windows Using WSL
VM can be used if you want the full system experince

[andym (Andrei Manzhov)]

@iamnjeri

ts actually easier using WSL than the whole process of vm.

it can be easier but it won’t be a full-featured machine. WSL is usually used by software developers that want to keep windows for some reason.

[barryascott]

@andym

it can be easier but it won’t be a full-featured machine

It’s a great way to try out a unix world before taking the plunge and dropping Windows.

[iamnjeri (Mercy Njeri Kimaru)]

yeah sure

[theprogram (MatH)]

There are fully open source options for installing a VM on Fedora.
They are also better options - no pirate software, community maintained, fully free, better memory management.

It would be great for you to focus your efforts on supporting free and open source and Fedora software rather than advertising for mega-corps.

I don’t mean to come across as harsh, but technology is highly political for me. Free software is a public good, and one we need to promote for all of us to share in equally.

[iamnjeri (Mercy Njeri Kimaru)]

Thanks @theprogram , I will look into the free and open ones.