Recently I installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on my Mac Pro 5,1 running Catalina 10.15.4 as a host. It’s installed in a vm (VMWare Fusion). I gave it 3 cores of CPU, 20GB mem, and 80GB fixed virtual HD space. This thing is really fast. I had to do some tweaking to the UI settings to make the animations go away, I hated them because the virtual GPU was a little slow with those activated. Once I turned them off, BANG! Much faster.
I finally connected a BR drive to the vm and was presently surprised that I can easily RIP/BURN video quickly and easily in a vm. Who knew?
I must say, Ubuntu 20.04 look much nicer than it’s predecessors. I’m not sure how to install Ubuntu as a Rawdisk VM as I’ve never done that before, but I’m probably going to try that soon. I may do a native install and access it as a VM if possible, but that too is something I’ve never tried, so wish me luck. I suppose I could buy another 1TB nvram SSD just for the task... We’ll see what happens, I’ll post anything interesting.
Future entries...
I’m considering some serious modifications to my Coyote powered Mustang soon. I’m looking at a positive displacement supercharger, forged OPG/CS, custom headers, high-flow cats, much larger piping, and my current GT500 axlebacks. The clutch, MGW shifter, other suspension upgrades with have to wait.
I’m waiting for the COVID-19 situation to improve before letting go of that much cash, but it’s going to happen soon.
