If it is your first install, you will be prompted to create a new one.

The step 2 is related to storage, where your machine will physically be installed. Option Other may be helpful for some exotic or old distros. In the first step of the wizard, select the Linux choice. So run Virtual Machine Manager, select Virtual Machine on the left menu a click to create.Ĭreate a new virtual machine Choose Operating System Creating Virtual MachineĬreating your own Virtual Machine is the most important step, but Synology has its own wizard which is very helpful and I think is very easy to understand. I have used an Ubuntu Desktop because it is very popular with most people (actually I do not know why :)).ĭownload ubuntu-xxx-desktop-amd64.iso and save it to your NAS. You can install your favourite image (ISO) of your distro. We can summarize a recipe into the following steps:

To install any virtual machine to your Synology, you need to install Virtual Machine Manager to your NAS. You are able to install any other Linux distribution using this recipe, it does not matter whether desktop or server type of any distro. This post is about installing an Ubuntu desktop on your Synology NAS.

Install linux package on synology