I ran Ubuntu Linux inside MacOS Xcode and you can too with this odd little hack – ZDNet

Screenshot by David Gewirtz/ZDNET

So, you want to install Linux on a Mac? Well, there’s more than one way to get that done. Compared to what I’m going to show you below, there’s a somewhat easier set of steps that my colleague Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ran through using an installer on the App Store and Kali Linux.

Also: How to install Ubuntu Linux (It’s easy!)

But I’m going full geek. Together, we’re going to use Xcode and build our own sample app, which we’ll then use to install the full distribution of the latest Ubuntu release, Noble Numbat.

Once you’ve done this, you will have considerable bragging rights. There’s a lot to cover, so let’s dig in.

Download these first

You’ll need to download these items before you get started setting up Linux: