The 'Computer name' will be auto-generated so you shouldn't need to put anything in there. Here is the dialog in which you will set up your 'login account' for the virtual machine. When this confirmation dialog appears, click 'Continue'… This WON'T erase your computer's hard drive/storage, it will erase the virtual disk that is created with the VM. Make sure 'Erase disk and Install Ubuntu' is selected.

Make sure that 'Normal Installation' is selected, then click 'Continue'… You should be able to accept the default values in the 'Keyboard layout' screen, so just click 'Continue'… You are free to choose whichever language you want, then click 'Continue'… The graphical Ubuntu installer should launch: Then, press the RETURN key on your keyboard. Use your arrow key to move the selection to 'Install Ubuntu', like this: Go ahead and click 'Create':Īnd then you'll see the window above. Again, it should be fine to accept the default settings in this window. By default, it will store the VM in a directory named 'Parallels' in your home directory. It should just say 'Ubuntu Linux', and that should be fine. You'll be asked to name your Virtual Machine. Verify that you see the 'Ubuntu Linux' label, and then click 'Continue':

iso file (that you downloaded at the beginning of these instructions) and drag it into this window. iso file you just downloaded, so click on 'Choose Manually' to bring up the following screen: Once the file is downloaded launch the Parallels application. Remember where that file is saved to you'll need it later. This will cause a file named focal-desktop-arm64.iso to be downloaded.

If you are willing to download and install the Parallels technical preview, I will provide instructions for obtaining an ARM-based Ubuntu distribution and show how to install it in the technical preview.īegin by going to the following URL to download a Ubuntu distribution for ARM:Ĭlick on the '64-bit ARM (ARMv8/AArch64) desktop image' link. Their technology is marked as a 'technical preview' and is not a fully supported shipping product yet. The Parallels virtualization product has been updated to provide ARM-based virtualization on an M1-based Macintosh. There is a solution for users of M1 based Macintoshes.

Ubuntu vm on m1 mac