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Take Control of Parallels Desktop 12
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Take Control of Parallels Desktop 12

by Joe Kissell
November 2016
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
175 pages
3h 45m
English
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Install and Use Other Operating Systems

The vast majority of Parallels Desktop users run full versions of Windows in their virtual machines, but if you need to run a different operating system—including Linux, macOS, and special trial versions of Windows—this chapter provides a quick introduction to installing and using them.

Add Free Systems

Parallels Desktop can run various free, open-source operating systems (including Chromium OS, Android, and numerous versions of Linux) from prebuilt, downloadable images. These are shown at the bottom of Parallels Wizard (Figure 71) when you choose File > New.

**Figure 71:** The Free Systems options at the bottom of Parallels Wizard give you an easy way to install operating systems such as Linux and Android, and trial versions of Windows.
Figure 71: The Free Systems options at the ...
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