How to Install Ubuntu 14.04 in VMware Workstation 10

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS long-term support will be the next version of the Ubuntu operating system , "Trusty Tahr" is the code name for Ubuntu 14.04, scheduled for release 17 April 2014.

What is new in Ubuntu

What is new in UbuntuThere will be few changes to the desktop as 14.04 will use the existing mature Unity 7 interface. Ubuntu 14.04 will include the ability to turn off the global menu system for individual applications.

Retention of Xorg 

Unity 8 Desktop preview

Mobile applications

USB Start-Up Disk Creator tool

Unity Control Centre

SSD TRIM supportSo lets get started first Download Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and VMware Workstation 10 or Virtual Box 4.3. In this article I am going to install Ubuntu 14.04 on VMware workstation 10.

Open VMware Workstation 10 & click on File-> New Virtual Machine –> Select Custom (advanced) option as shown below.

Select Linux as guest operating system and version as Ubuntu 64-bit.

This is my Ubuntu 14.04 Virtual machine summary. I am using 4GB of memory with two processor. If you want you can use more memory & CPU as per requirement. Also I am using 20GB of Hard Disk.

In next step I have mounted my Ubuntu ISO file & stared my Virtual machine. Here is the booting screen of Ubuntu,