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.