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Ubuntu Server (macOS Apple Silicon)

  • Enable Apple virtualization during VM setup (You can't switch to this later)
  • Install Ubuntu 24.04 server
  • Chose "Erase disk and install ubuntu", default partitioning options
  • UNCHECK the LVM disk option
  • hostname: embsec
  • username: hacker
  • password: password
  • Reboot
  • sudo apt update
  • sudo apt upgrade
  • Reccomend shutting down and exporting the VM here so you can get back if something goes wrong
  • sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop minimal

Ubuntu 24.04 desktop (macOS Intel or Windows)

  • Click "Try or Install Ubuntu"
  • Click "Install Ubuntu 22.04..." icon on the Desktop
  • Choose "Minimal installation"
  • Check "download updates and 3rd party software"
  • Chose "Erase disk and install ubuntu", default partitioning options
  • hostname: embsec
  • username: hacker
  • password: password
  • Log in automatically: yes
  • don't use active directory

VirtioFS (for file sharing on Apple Virtualization engine)

sudo mkdir -p /shared
sudo mount -t virtiofs share /shared

After install:

  • Open terminal

  • Preferences

  • Profiles -> unnamed

  • Text -> Uncheck Terminal bell

  • Check Custom font and select Ubuntu Mono 12

  • Colors

  • Uncheck "Use colors from system theme"

  • Drag everything out of utilities folder in app menu so utilities goes away (gnome might crash when you do this, that's OK)

    • If it hangs logging back in, take the VM out of fullscreen mode

  • sudo systemctl disable pd-mapper

  • sudo systemctl disable systemd-networkd-wait-online

Install VS Code

  • Open firefox
  • Download appropriate VS code (arm64 or amd64 from) https://code.visualstudio.com/Download
  • Close firefox
  • run this to avoid apt permissions issue: sudo chown _apt /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/
  • Install VS Code deb: sudo apt install ./code_whatever_arm.deb
  • Delete deb file from downloads

Prep scripts

  • Run chmod +x on both scripts from this repo

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