In this article, I will show you how to create a Ubuntu 24.04 LTS virtual machine (VM) on Proxmox VE. This article is the foundation of the Proxmox VE Ubuntu 24.04 LTS VM GPU passthrough guide. Once you have a Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Proxmox VE VM set up, you can passthrough a GPU (i.e. NVIDIA GPU) to the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS VM and do amazing things on the VM.       Table of Contents Downloading Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ISO Image and Uploading it to Proxmox VE Creating an Ubuntu 24.04 LTS VM on Proxmox VE Installing Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on the Proxmox VE VM Removing the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ISO Image ..read more

If you passthrough an NVIDIA GPU to an Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Proxmox VE virtual machine (VM), you get many benefits, such as: Stream the display of the VM directly on the monitor connected to the NVIDIA GPU. Add a USB keyboard and a mouse to the VM and use the VM like a real desktop computer. Get near-native 3D performance on the VM.   In this article, I will show you how to passthrough an NVIDIA GPU to an Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Proxmox VE VM and use the VM just like a real desktop computer.       Table of Contents Configuring Proxmox VE for NVIDIA GPU Passthrough Creating a ..read more

If you have an NVIDIA GPU installed on your computer/server, installing the NVIDIA GPU drivers will be the first thing to do after installing Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. On Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Desktop, you can install NVIDIA GPU drivers using the following methods: Software & Updates app APT package manager   On Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Server, you can install NVIDIA GPU drivers using the following methods: APT package manager   In this article, I will show you how to install NVIDIA GPU drivers on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS desktop and server operating systems.       Table of Content ..read more

For VMware Workstation Pro kernel modules to load on UEFI Secure Boot enabled Linux systems, you must sign them manually. Unsigned VMware Workstation Pro kernel modules won’t load, resulting in VMware Workstation Pro services failing to start. As you can see, VMware Workstation Pro services failed to start after the VMware Workstation Pro kernel modules were compiled successfully.   The vmware systemd service also failed to start. $ sudo systemctl status vmware   One solution to this problem is to disable UEFI secure boot from the BIOS/UEFI firmware of your motherboard. But if you ..read more

Once the VMware Workstation Pro desktop virtualization software (Type-II hypervisor) is installed on your Ubuntu/Debian system, you must compile the VMware Workstation Pro kernel modules for your Ubuntu/Debian system for it to work. In this article, I will show you how to compile the VMware Workstation Pro kernel modules on Ubuntu/Debian. I will also discuss the problems you may face while compiling the VMware Workstation Pro kernel modules and how to solve them. The methods shown in this article should work on the following Linux distributions: Ubuntu Debian Linux Mint Elementary OS ..read more

VMware by Broadcom discontinued the VMware Workstation Player product line completely and released the VMware Workstation Pro 17 (and later versions) for free for personal use. In this article, I will show you how to install the free VMware Workstation Pro 17 desktop virtualization software on the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS operating system.     Table of Contents Enabling Hardware Virtualization from the BIOS/UEFI Firmware of Your Computer Downloading Free VMware Workstation Pro 17 for Linux Installer Installing Free VMware Workstation Pro 17 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Compiling the VMware Worksta ..read more

UEFI Secure Boot needs no introduction. As it says, it makes your computer “more secure” when enabled. But at times, more security means more hassle. Specially getting different device drivers to work on some Linux distributions is very troublesome with UEFI secure boot enabled. So, if you’re running a personal computer and you don’t care much about secure boot, you might just as well disable UEFI secure boot and get rid of the hassles. In this article, I will show you how to disable UEFI secure boot from the BIOS/UEFI firmware of some of the popular motherboard vendors (i.e. ASUS, Gigabyte ..read more

VMware by Broadcom discontinued the VMware Workstation Player product line completely and released the VMware Workstation Pro 17 (and later versions) for free for personal use. In this article, I will show you how to download and install the free VMware Workstation Pro 17 on the Windows 10/11 operating system.       Table of Contents Enabling the Hardware Virtualization from the BIOS/UEFI Firmware Downloading the Free VMware Workstation Pro 17 Installer for Windows 10/11 Installing the Free VMware Workstation Pro 17 on Windows 10/11 Running the Free VMware Workstation Pro 17 ..read more

After VMware was acquired by Broadcom, they made a lot of changes to the licensing model of VMware products. One of those changes is the release of the free VMware Workstation/Fusion Pro versions for personal use. VMware by Broadcom decided to release the VMware Workstation/Fusion Pro desktop virtualization software (Type-II hypervisor) for free for personal use. This is a game changer for many of us worldwide and also for people getting started with virtualization. From now on, the VMware Workstation Pro 17 can be used for free on Windows and Linux operating systems and the VMware Fusion Pro ..read more

In this article, I will show you how to create a Fedora 40 virtual machine on Proxmox VE. This article is the foundation of the Proxmox VE Fedora 40 virtual machine GPU passthrough guide. Once you have a Fedora 40 virtual machine set up, you can passthrough a GPU (i.e. NVIDIA GPU) to the Fedora 40 Proxmox VE virtual machine and do amazing things on the virtual machine.     Table of Contents Downloading the Fedora 40 ISO Image and Transferring it to Proxmox VE Creating a Fedora Virtual Machine on Proxmox VE Installing Fedora 40 on the Proxmox VE Virtual Machine Running the Fedora 40 ..read more