If you want to play around with Ubuntu 16.04, youĬan install another virtual machine. You should run as few applications inside your 32-bit Ubuntu 16.04 as possible and only use The default memory size is shown as 1GB (it may be different for a different version of VirtualBox) and 1GB is plenty if you just want to do your programming assignments!
You should then see the following screen: Select "Linux" as Type and select "Ubuntu (32-bit)" as Version, then click on the Next button. (Please ignore my typo! Instead of "u32", I have "u34" in all the screenshots! Also, if you are installing version 16.04.7, Start with the above screen, if you click on the New button in the left-top corner and you should see the following screen:Įnter " u32-16.04.7" in the Name textbox (to mean "ubuntu", "32-bit", "version 16.04", and "release 6"). If you are using a newer version of VirtualBox, your screens may look different and some of the default values may be different.įirst you need to create an empty virtual machine. The screenshots below are from a mix of VirtualBox-6.0.8 and VirtualBox-6.1.6. If you click on About VirtualBox under the Help Menu, you will see the version of the VirtualBox you are running. Then launch VirtualBox and you will get a screen that looks like the following: iso" file you actually downloaded.įollow the instruction to download and install VirtualBox. Please replaces all references to "ubuntu-16.04.7-desktop-i386.iso" with the file name of the ". Is a release number and anything ≥ 4 would be fine. The important part of the file name is "16.04". We strongly encourage you to use the 32-bit Ubuntu 16.04 since all examples used inĬlass will assume that your CPU is a 32-bit CPU.Īt the time of this writing, the file you should be downloading is "ubuntu-16.04.7-desktop-i386.iso". Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) web site and download the desktop release of Ubuntu 16.04. To download the right 32-bit Ubuntu 16.04, you need to go to the But if you would prefer to install a 32-bit Ubuntu 16.04from scratch, please follow the instructions on this page. It's better to install from a virtual appliance. Also, it's best not to install Ubuntu 16.04 from scratch. You will be downloading the WRONG version of Ubuntu. Since Ubuntu 16.04 is not the current release of Ubuntu,
The ‘good news’ is that Apple’s throw-down has served to jump-start discussions on how Ubuntu should adapt to such displays.Īnd with the inevitable flood of high-resolution laptop and desktop screens on the way it’s a discussion that is best had sooner rather than later.įurther discussion, and some technical solutions, can be found in this mailing list thread.The first thing you need to do is to download an ISO file for a 32-bit Ubuntu 16.04. To illustrate quite how ‘odd’ things would look, Bell adds an image how Unity would look if run on a Retina display Macbook today (albeit scaled by a factor of 4):
The top panel would be 3mm high.” Alan Bell writes on the Unity Mailing list. “At 204 DPI the unity launcher will be by default 48/204 inches, or 6mm wide (tweakable to sizes between 4mm and 8mm).
It’s the highest resolution notebook display ever produced, cramming in more than 5 million pixels (the average HD TV has around 2 million) sporting an resolution of 2880 x 1800 and boasting some 220 pixels per inch.īut such a high pixel density display creates a problem for OSes like Ubuntu which haven’t, as yet, needed to add support for super-sharp “retina” screens.
Credit to Apple for raising the hardware game with the introduction of a ‘Retina Display’ in their “all new Macbook Pro” ( aka the ‘Macbook Pro Pro’).