Once installed, open the terminal on your Mac OS host and run the following to download and install the latest LTS release of Ubuntu Server.

You’ll first need to get Multipass installed by visiting the Multipass website and downloading and installing the package on your Mac OS host. The following instructions will get you an Ubuntu Server VM up and running, and the Ubuntu file system mounted to Mac OS so that you can work in the Mac OS UI using your regular development tools like VS Code.

Canonical has released a new tool called Multipass which allows you to quickly spin up Ubuntu Server virtual machines on Ubuntu, Mac OS and Windows. Running and developing an Ubuntu based workload on Mac OS has never been easier. The Ubuntu site tends to take you to the Intel version, so make sure you grab an ARM download. I recently needed to run Linux so I could test out what Python version was installed, and how to upgrade it for some documentation I’m creating. Use Ubuntu on Mac OS with Multipass 28 February 2020 Download the Ubuntu Server ISO image for the version you’re interested in (I used 20.10).

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