Supported Guest Operating Systems
You can install the following guest operating systems into Parallels Desktop virtual machines:
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Parallels Tools |
Windows |
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Windows 10 |
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Windows 8.1 |
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Windows 8 |
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Windows Server 2019 |
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Windows Server 2016 |
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Windows Server 2012 R2 |
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Windows 7 (SP0-SP1) |
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Windows Server 2008 R2 (SP0-SP2) |
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Windows Vista Home, Business, Ultimate and Enterprise (SP0-SP2) |
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Windows Server 2003 R2 (SP0-SP2) |
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Windows XP (SP0-SP3) |
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Windows 2000 Server, Professional SP4 |
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Linux |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7, 6 |
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CentOS Linux 7, 6 |
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Fedora Linux 30*, 29 |
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Ubuntu 19.04, 18.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS |
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Debian GNU/Linux 9, 8 |
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SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 |
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OpenSUSE Linux 15.1, 15 |
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Kali 2019, 2018 |
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Linux Mint 19, 18 |
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Elementary 5 |
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Manjago 18 |
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Mageia 7, 6 |
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Gentoo Linux |
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Solaris 11, 10 |
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openBSD 6 |
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FreeBSD 12, 11 |
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openVZ 7 |
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eComStation 2, 1.2 |
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ReactOS 0.4 |
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Android OS* |
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macOS |
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macOS 10.15 Catalina |
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macOS 10.14.x Mojave |
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macOS 10.13.x High Sierra |
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macOS 10.12.x Sierra |
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OS X 10.11.x El Capitan |
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OS X 10.10.x Yosemite |
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OS X 10.9.x Mavericks |
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OS X 10.8.x Mountain Lion |
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OS X 10.7.x Lion |
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OS X 10.7.x Lion Server |
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OS X 10.6.x Snow Leopard Server |
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* - only the version downloaded using the Parallels Desktop Installation Assistant.
Parallels Tools for Linux require X Window System version 1.15 - 1.20 and Linux Kernel version 2.6.29 - 5.1.
Please note that Parallels Desktop does not include operating system installation discs or their images. You should purchase them separately.
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