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Running native ubuntu installation from fusion or parallels

my intention is to buy a macbook (retina) and triple boot it, with osX, w7 and ubuntu (>= 12.04, i still have to see which one offers the best compatibility). I found guides that explain how to do it ...
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Networking Disabled under VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X

I use MacBook with Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5. I have installed VMWare Fusion 5.0.2, under which Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS have been installed as virtual machines. Under Ubuntu vmware-tools-distrib ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 running on VMWare Fusion 3.1.1

Here is a picture of the problem: http://screencast.com/t/x0rpYrqa For some reason, Ubuntu 12.10 32-bit in VMWare Fusion 3.1.1 is showing multiple small screens. I am not aware if Ubuntu 12.10 is or ...
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Vmware Fusion + Ubuntu 12.04, shortcut

I'm running vmware fusion 5 under OSx Mountain Lion. My virtual machine is running Ubuntu 12.04. I have two fastidious shortcuts which I would like to disable: When I press the command key Ubuntu ...
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Disabled HUD keyboard settings but still not working

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 in VMWare Fusion 5.0. As the default shortcut for the HUD is the ⌘ key, every time I switch between VMWare Fusion and other Mac applications with ⌘ + Tab, the HUD pops up. I ...
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How can I fix missing key presses when running Ubuntu as a VM under OSX?

Environment OSX 10.7.4 Mid-2010 iMac VirtualBox 4.1.18 Ubuntu Precise Pangolin (all updates applied) Issue I have created a fresh VirtualBox vm and installed Precise from the standard desktop ...
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ubuntu 12.04 in vmware can't detect the shared folders

I just installed ubuntu 12.04 via VMWare on MacOs 10.7.4. I assigned a shared folder and gave ubuntu the right to read/write it.But now I can't find this folder in ubuntu. I know in win7 I can find it ...
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12.04 Stuck at 'VMware easy install'

I have a Mac OS X and VMware Fusion. I did a fresh install of 12.04. I do not have VMware Tools installed. I read that I do not have to log in at the command window, that I have to wait for ...
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How do I type [ and \ with a Mac keyboard?

I am using a Mac with an Apple Wireless Keyboard - French. I have installed Ubuntu as virtual machine by VMware Fusion. The keyboard setting of Ubuntu is as follows: And the preview is not exactly ...
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3D acceleration is not possible for Ubuntu as virtual machine by VMware Fusion?

I have installed VMware Fusion 4.1.2 in my MacBook Pro, and installed Ubuntu 11.10 as a virtual machine. I have tried to enable the 3d acceleration, via Virtual Machine -> Settings -> Display ...
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Why is apt-get giving me “404 Not Found” errors? [closed]

I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.10 from the iso 'ubuntu-11.10-desktop-amd64.iso'. I installed this in VMWare Fusion 4.1.1 running on OSX 10.7.3. When setting up the VM, I allowed easy install to ...
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How to enable compiz in VMWare Fusion

I am using Macbook Pro with OS Lion. I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my VMWare Fusion 4.1.0. I am wondering is there any way to activate the compiz / 3d. I am new here and I really want to use ...
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Forced into “Classic” interface under VMWare Fusion

I installed Ubuntu 11.04 under VMWare Fusion on my macbook pro. The first time I logged in, there was a message, something like "Unable to run Unity because your hardware is not supported, Ubuntu will ...
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Any way to get VMware Fusion's Shared Folders working with 11.04/Natty guest?

Just upgraded to Natty this morning. I know, I should have waited until VMware updated Fusion for it, but I was impatient. :-) I can't seem to get Shared Folders working now... anybody have this ...
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Sharing directories are not shown

I use Ubuntu on my Mac with VMWare Fusion. I setup share folders. However, I don't have anything in /mnt/hgfs I did have the shared directories, but they're not there. What's wrong with this, ...
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How to view files from host? (running inside VMWare Fusion)

I have just finished moving my development server into a Ubuntu 10.04 Server VM in VMWare Fusion 3. I have all of my mysql and tomcat stuff running and am now trying to connect to my actual site ...